Airspy R2 sets a new level of performance in the reception of the VHF and UHF bands thanks to its low-IF architecture, high quality ADC and state of the art DSP.
The coverage can be extended to the HF bands via the SpyVerter up-converter companion.
The Airspy R2, like its predecessor is 100% compatible with all the existing software including the de facto scanning standard SDR#, but also a number of popular software defined radio applications such as SDR-Radio, HDSDR, GQRX and GNU Radio.
Typical Applications
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VHF/UHF/SHF Radio Monitoring
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Coherent Receiver Array
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Direction Finding
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Passive Radar
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ADS-B, ATC
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Radio Astronomy
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Satellite IF
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Telemetry Radio Receiver
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Wide Band Scanner
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Education
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Ham Radio, etc.
Supported platforms
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Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10
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Linux
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*BSD
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OSX
Technical specifications
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Continuous 24 – 1700 MHz native RX range, down to DC with the SpyVerter option
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3.5 dB NF between 42 and 1002 MHz
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Maximum RF input of +10 dBm
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Tracking RF filters
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35dBm IIP3 RF front end
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12bit ADC @ 20 MSPS (10.4 ENOB, 70dB SNR, 95dB SFDR)
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10MSPS IQ output
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Experimental 2.5MSPS IQ output for low power devices (Raspberry Pi, Odroid, etc.) – Not recommended for high performance applications.
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Up to 80 MSPS when using custom firmware
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Cortex M4F @ up to 204MHz with Multi Core support (dual M0)
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0.5 ppm high precision, low phase noise clock
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1 RTC clock (for packet time-stamping)
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External clock input (10 MHz to 100 MHz via MCX connector) – Ideal for phase coherent radios
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10 MHz panoramic spectrum view with up to 9MHz alias/image free
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IQ or Real, 16bit fixed or 32bit float output streams
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No IQ imbalance, DC offset or 1/F noise at the center of the spectrum that plagues all the other SDRs
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Extension ports: 16 x SGPIO
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1 x RF Input (SMA connector, up to 30kV ESD protection)
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1 x RF Output (Loopthrough, U-FL, 15kV ESD protection)
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2 x High Speed ADC inputs (up to 80 MSPS, U-FL, DC coupled, 15kV ESD protection)
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4.5v software switched Bias-Tee to power LNA’s and up/down-converters
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8 x programmable high speed gpio’s up to 100MHz
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3 x programmable synchronized clock outputs up to 160MHz
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1 x core CPU clock output
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1 x reset pin
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2 x regulated +5.0 and +3.3v pins
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1 x JTAG header
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No drivers required! 100% Plug-and-play on Windows Vista, Seven, 8, 8.1 and 10
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Operating temperature: -10°C to 40°C
Minimum hardware requirements
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3rd gen Intel i3 2.4 GHz CPU or equivalent
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2GB of RAM (to run your own OS, airspy barely needs 1MB of memory)
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High speed USB 2.0 controller
Supported Software
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The gold standard SDR#
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The ultimate Narrowband Signals Analysis and Decoding Suite Kyrpto500
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The ultimate Wideband Signals Analysis and Decoding Suite Kyrpto1000
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The other excellent SDR suite, SDR- Console
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The Suiss-army SDR knife for Linux and Mac, GQRX
PRICE €235
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