Almost all of the software products are for risc os computers while some development work has been carried out on software for pcs running microsoft windows, this has generally been done on behalf of clients and, therefore, it is not software that can made generally available at the present time. Introducing softrock ensemble a software defined radio. The following hardware suppliers are delivering rx or rxtx hardware. Any way like most grown men with a new toy i descided to take the day out and build it, the took me about 15 hours in total. This ensures that you will have a much better chance of success once you reach the last step. Its a joy to build, straightforward to troubleshoot and understand, and the receive performance is fantastic. Setting it up as a suitable wspr transmitter seemed quite difficult, until came across some settings. This is the successor website for the ensemble rxtx, originally documented on the site introduction general info. A previous post explored the steps involved in building a simple softrock receiver for the 40m amateur radio band 77. Welcome to the main soft rock software website, where you will find a variety of software mainly for computers running risc os, such as webchange, waituntil, quicksand, and more. Availability, pricing, and ordering can be found at. Excellent receiver, 1 watt qrp software defined radio in kit form, single and dual banders. The surface mount parts were a piece of cake thanks to my hot air smd rework station, but winding the toroid coils were a bit time consuming.
I already have a case and some ideas for what i want to do with the ensemble, so expect to hear about it more in the future. Your source for softrock radio kits softrock rxtx ensemble transceiver kit the softrock rxtx ensemble transceiver kit provides a 1 watt sdr transceiver that can be built for one of the following five band groups. Introducing softrock ensemble a software defined radio software defined radio sdr is a radio communication system in which the hardware components, such as mixer, amplifiers, and filters are implemented using a computer. Aug 29, 2010 in my last post, i described how i ended up finally starting with sdr. I have built this site to allow me to provide to hams. The company shut down in 2016 due to poor management excess spending in spite of negative earnings for a full calendar year. Oct 11, 2014 softrock ensemble rxtx after a few weeks of having every hour of the day interrupted by work, even on days when i wasnt working, playing with stuff hasnt been on the top of the agenda. It features a usb interface which allows setting the frequency and keying the radio for ssb and psk31 transmissions. Softrock ensemble rxtx 2e0dfu playing with amateur radio. Basic connections for an ensemble, this is the vhf one but hf is the same. Then, i made sure all of the components in the inventory were there. All the firmware commands are available in the srdll and the interface to the softrock is back to only a sropen. My first installation was on a windows xp system using the hdsdr software. Trying to use the cat feature from wsjtx setup as ts2000 for cat and it will rxtx and even use split set to fake it but it always transmits on the lo freq, not the tune freq.
Describe your experience with the softrock qrp kit radio and tell us why you give it the rating you did required. Dec 06, 2012 yesterday my softrock rx ensemble ii hf receiver arrived from five dash inc. This is for digital modes psk, jt65hf, wspr, rtty only. I have rewired the db9 socket for operation with powersdr. The softrock rx ensemble receiver kit is essentially the ensemble rx, but has an extra option allowing the user to build the hf or the lf version of the receiver. The softrock rxtx ensemble transceiver kit provides a 1 watt sdr transceiver that. Enter your email address below and we will notify you as soon as the product is available. Rxtx is a java library, using a native implementation via jni, providing serial and parallel communication for the java development toolkit jdk. It is possible to use linux but i cannot help much with the software side. Extensive construction details are available from the various softrock user sites and yahoo reflector. The kit came from tony parks, kb9yig, and i cant say enough good about it.
Mar 27, 2012 so at the end of the day, both the softrock ensemble and the djx11 are fantastic values as sdr radios in their price categories. This time i was seeking a softrock rxtx for transmitting. I later progressed to use the sdrradio server software to allow users on the internet to access my tuner. Other useful information would include your experience with similar products, infomation on a product that you would purchase instead of this one, and so on. If you have a rxtx then learn receive with hdsdr on this page. Just a short video to show the completed softrock ensemble ii software defined receiver kit in operation in the ham shack. This firmware is the official supplied firmware in the softrock sdr kits of tony parks that are using a si570 chip from silicon laboratories silabs. This site is now the officially maintained site for the ensemble rxtx kit. Softrock is a term for a software defined radio sdr which consists of three major building. I have been running rocky under winxp for several years. This kit is a transceiver with 1 watt output, definitely qrp.
Softrock rx ensemble ii hf receiver build and quisk config. Hopefully these notes can help the next person trying to do this. The rxtx ensemble is a sdr transceiver with a 1 w pep max in ssb. The company essentially was a bait and switch for unsuspecting job seekers calling in about open positions, only to be coerced into signing up for subpar, forprofit schools think of online universities currently facing legal issues arent actually accredited. Please note the socket marked line in on a softrock refers to where it is connected on the.
This is the successor website for the ensemble rxtx. Setting up powersdr for digital modes with the softrock. This page was created to document my project to build and operate a softrock rxtx version 6. This is the home page for the detailed builders notes for the softrock rxtx v6. In summary, the hardware provides the signal, leaving the computer software to do the heavy lifting. Nov 09, 2011 i stopped looking anywhere else because of price.
Newer laptops often do have stereo inputs a list started further down. In the first option, the ensemble rx kit provides coverage of ham bands from 16010m, in four different optional super bands. X 2 board representing the culmination of a long line of softrock sdr receivers from tony parks, kb9yig. It is valid for ve3nea rocky as well also described on that site. Enhanced builders notes for the usb i2c interface are under development.
Rxtx measures the data transfer bandwidth between your computer and multiple servers. My smooth tune and automatic band pass filter are working in the. Softrock rxtx ensemble hardware and building illruminations. With tony parks kb9yig on softrock softwaredefined ham radio duration. Radio software for the softrock ensemble rxtx software defined radio sdr written in matlab. Softrock rxtx modification for 2200, 630 and 160 metre. For the nonexpert builders among us, this site takes you through a stagebystage build of the kit. First test of my softrock rx ensemble ii sdr receiver. Aj4mc p2of 17 2011 all rights reserved theory and design. Ok so in the last 2 days i built a rxtx kit i purchased 4 years ago, and i have it working, in just hdsdr with a microphone.
Setting up powersdr for digital modes with the softrock ensemble rxtx this is how i set up powersdr psdr with the softrock ensemble rxtx using a single sound card. Two years ago, i built the tony parks softrock ensemble ii software defined radio. This circuit is a tayloe or quadratue sampling detector. Each stage is selfcontained and outlines the steps to build and test the stage. The line began with the softrock 40 rx and went through several iterations of receivers. The goal of kc6f sdr is to provide a software defined radio package, intended for radio amateurs hams, that is crossplatform, easy to use, readily customizable and supports a wide range of modulationdemodulation modes. Softrock ensemble rxtx after a few weeks of having every hour of the day interrupted by work, even on days when i wasnt working, playing with stuff hasnt been on the top of the agenda. Sdr softrock ensemble rxtx remote using sdrradio via ipad duration.
Softrock ensemble rx tx vs alinco djx11 ham radio science. After restoring the rstdisbl fuse bit a normal avr isp programmer can be used. Ham radio kits built radios enclosures ham radio, electronics, kits, softrock radio. As such my new toy has been sitting in its box untouched for a while now. Completed softrock ensemble ii sdr receiver kit on air. The softrock began as a winter project, ive built a number of rigs both from scratch and kit with good results.
The softrock config tool is using a softrock dll srdll. I had high expectations for this little board and it delivers fairly well. Softrock ensemble rxtx calibration and rx test youtube. Currently supports softrock si570 radios, including the rxtx. That includes both tuning and processing of received signals. The first thing i did was to unpack all of the bags and organize the components by category roughly. The softrock rxtx ensemble transceiver kit provides a 1 watt sdr transceiver that can be built for one of the following five band groups. Ive been recently given an sdr rxtx kit by david w2lnx, so i will be using this project page to document how im putting it together. I wanted to change to linux software and decided that.
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