{"id":437,"date":"2015-02-11T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2015\/02\/11\/really-amazing-the-portable-sdr-project-42-hours-left-to-save-it\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T13:08:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T03:08:25","slug":"really-amazing-the-portable-sdr-project-42-hours-left-to-save-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2015\/02\/11\/really-amazing-the-portable-sdr-project-42-hours-left-to-save-it\/","title":{"rendered":"REALLY AMAZING!  The Portable SDR Project!  42 Hours Left To Save It!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1mCXMjI10dI?rel=0\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <b>Holy cow! Look at that rig. The whole HF spectrum. AM, CW, SSB, Digital Modes, Waterfall display, GPS. It may even have a Vector Network Analyzer! (Deep breaths Pete Juliano, deep breaths!)<\/b><br \/> <b><br \/><\/b><b>Michael KE7HIA is trying to get this project going via a Kickstarter campaign. He needs to get to $60,000 He currently has about $47,000 pledged. There are only 42 hours to go:<\/b><br \/> <b><br \/><\/b> <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1703258614\/psdr-pocket-hf-sdr-transceiver-with-vna-and-gps\">https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1703258614\/psdr-pocket-hf-sdr-transceiver-with-vna-and-gps <\/a><\/b><br \/> <b><br \/><\/b> <b>Wow, this rig would have been great for my Double A DR DX-pedition! <\/b> <\/p>\n<h1> Features:<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Coverage from 0 to 35MHz<\/li>\n<li>Waterfall display that lets you see radio signals<\/li>\n<li>Receives AM, USB (Upper Side Band), LSB (Lower Side Band), and Morse code (CW)<\/li>\n<li>Modulates USB and LSB signals<\/li>\n<li>Variable bandpass filter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1> Hardware:<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Powerful ARM processor<\/li>\n<li>Color LCD display<\/li>\n<li>Dual DDS frequency Synthesizers<\/li>\n<li>Quadrature Sampling Detector &#038; Exciter<\/li>\n<li>Digitally controllable instrumentation amplifiers<\/li>\n<li>Morse Code key (the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/hackaday.com\/2014\/11\/05\/hackaday-prize-finalist-a-portablesdr\/#comment-2092932\" target=\"_blank\">Giblet<\/a>&#8221; on the bottom right corner of the enclosure) <\/li>\n<li>Magnitude &#038; Phase measurement chip (for VNA and antenna analysis functions) with Impedance Bridge<\/li>\n<li>Dual SMA connectors, smartphone style earphone\/microphone connector, and USB port<\/li>\n<li>GPS<\/li>\n<li>Built in Microphone and Speaker<\/li>\n<li>Internal Lithium Polymer battery with charger and high efficiency switching regulator<\/li>\n<li>MicroSD slot<\/li>\n<li>Pads for grabbing raw I\/Q signals, both in and out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h1> Things it will be able to do with your help:<\/h1>\n<p> I designed the hardware to be capable of the following, but I can&#8217;t write all the software myself. Please note that I can&#8217;t guarantee when or if these functions will be added, or that they will work as desired. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Work as a full Vector Network Analyzer (VNA)<\/li>\n<li>Work as a spectrum analyzer<\/li>\n<li>Cover more modes, including digital modes and image modes<\/li>\n<li>Work as an emergency location beacon<\/li>\n<li>Antenna Analyzer<\/li>\n<li>Frequency Synthesizer<\/li>\n<li>Media player<\/li>\n<li>E Reader \/ Picture viewer<\/li>\n<li>Have improved audio<\/li>\n<li>GPS Mapping navigation device<\/li>\n<li>High end ARM development board<\/li>\n<li>USB control of any features, including the possibility to operate the PSDR remotely. The USB port supports USB On-the-Go, making it possible to connect keyboards or other devices. Firmware updates will also be possible over USB.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PSDR.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PSDR.png\" height=\"370\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p> Our book: &#8220;SolderSmoke &#8212; Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/book.htm\">http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/book.htm<\/a> Our coffee mugs, T-Shirts, bumper stickers: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/SolderSmoke\">http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/SolderSmoke<\/a> Our Book Store: <a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/contracross-20\">http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/contracross-20<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy cow! Look at that rig. The whole HF spectrum. AM, CW, SSB, Digital Modes, Waterfall display, GPS. It may even have a Vector Network Analyzer! (Deep breaths Pete Juliano, deep breaths!) Michael KE7HIA is trying to get this project going via a Kickstarter campaign. He needs to get to $60,000 He currently has about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2015\/02\/11\/really-amazing-the-portable-sdr-project-42-hours-left-to-save-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;REALLY AMAZING!  The Portable SDR Project!  42 Hours Left To Save It!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sdr","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions\/439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}