List of software-defined radios

This article provides a list of commercially available software-defined radio receivers.

NameUnit cost (2024) TypeProduction status Frequency range Max bandwidth RXADCbits TXDACbits TX capable Sampling rateFrequency accuracy ppm Panadapters / Receivers Host Interface Windows Linux Mac FPGA Aaronia SPECTRAN V6 ECO 2,498 EUR Pre-builtActive 9 kHz – 8 GHz Up to 120 MHz (2 Rx with 60 MHz each) 16 14 2 GSPS 0.005 (OCXO option) 2/1 Embedded or True IQ data via 1 x USB 3.1 GEN 1. Internet remote via HTTP / JSON 1 x XC7A200T-2 (930 GMACs) Aaronia SPECTRAN V6 PLUS 9,998 EUR Pre-builtActive 10 MHz – 8 GHz (planned modules for 9 kHz – 26 GHz; 9 kHz – 55 GHz, and 9 kHz – 70 GHz) Up to 490 MHz (2 Rx with 245 MHz each) 16 14 2 GSPS 0.005 (OCXO option) 2/1/3 Embedded or True IQ data via 1 x or 2 x USB 3.0. Optional 1 x USB 3.1 GEN2 (power only). Internet remote via HTTP / JSON 1 x XC7A200T-2 (930 GMACs) Aaronia SPECTRAN V6 Command Center 24,980 EUR Pre-builtActive 10 MHz – 8 GHz (planned extensions for 9 kHz – 26 GHz; 9 kHz – 55 GHz, and 9 kHz – 70 GHz) Up to 980 MHz (4 Rx with 245 MHz each) 16 14 8 GSPS 0.005 (OCXO option) 8/4/12 Full IQ and/or Spectra data rate streaming. Fixed Workstation/PC integration. 4 x XC7A200T-2 (930 GMACs each) Aaronia SPECTRAN V6 ENTERPRISE 59,980 EUR Pre-builtActive 10 MHz – 8 GHz (planned extensions for 9 kHz – 26 GHz; 9 kHz – 55 GHz, and 9 kHz – 70 GHz) Up to 3000 MHz (12 Rx with 245 MHz each) 16 14 24 GSPS 0.005 (OCXO option) 24/12/36 Full IQ and/or Spectra data rate streaming. Remote via 2 x 100 GbE. 12 x XC7A200T-2 (930 GMACs each) ADAT ADT-200A Pre-builtDiscontinued 10 kHz – 30 MHz (planned modules for 50 – 54 MHz, 70.0 – 70.5 MHz, and 144 – 148 MHz)0.5 – 100 kHz ? ? 1/3 Embedded system (no computer needed), USB, Internet remote , with option R-1 & ADAT Commander ? ? AD-FMCOMMS2-EBZAD-FMCOMMS2-EBZAD-FMCOMMS2-EBZ User Guide Pre-builtActive 2.4 – 2.5 GHz 12 12 61.44 MSPS 2/2 FMC (to Xilinx board) then USB 2.0 or Gigabit Ethernet. AD-FMCOMMS3-EBZ Pre-builtActive 70 MHz – 6 GHz54 MHz due to filter 12 12 61.44 MSPS 2/2 FMC (to Xilinx board) then USB 2.0 or Gigabit Ethernet. AD-FMCOMMS4-EBZ Pre-builtActive 70 MHz – 6 GHz 54 MHz due to filter 12 12 61.44 MSPS 1/1 FMC (to Xilinx board) then USB 2.0 or Gigabit Ethernet. AD-FMCOMMS5-EBZ Pre-builtActive 70 MHz – 6 GHz 54 MHz due to filter 12 12 61.44 MSPS 4/4 FMC (to Xilinx board) then USB 2.0 or Gigabit Ethernet. ADALM-PLUTO Pre-builtActive 325 MHz – 3.8 GHz (70 MHz – 6 GHz with software modification) 20 MHz (streaming may be less due to USB 2.0) 12 12 61.44 MSPS 1/1 USB 2.0, Ethernet & WLAN with USB-OTG adapter Xilinx Zynq Z-7010 AFEDRI SDR Pre-builtActive 30 kHz – 35 MHz, 35 MHz – 1700 MHz 2.3 MHz 12 80 MSPS 0/2 USB 2.0, 10/100 Ethernet AirSpy R2169.00 (USD) Only offered though third party approved vendors. Pre-builtActive 24 – 1700 MHz10 MHz 12 N/A 10 MSPS MSps ADC sampling, up to 80 MSPS for custom applications0.5 0/1 USB using ports none AirSpy Mini99.00 (USD) Only offered though third party approved vendors. Pre-builtActive 24 – 1700 MHz10 MHz 12 N/A 10 MSPS MSps ADC sampling, up to 80 MSPS for custom applications0.5 0/1 USB using ports noneAirspyHF+169.00 (USD) Only offered though third party approved vendors.Pre-builtActive9 kHz - 31 MHz 60 MHz - 260 MHz660 kHz18N/A36 MSPS0.50/1USB Antsdr Pre-builtActive 325 MHz – 3.8 GHz(ad9363) 70 MHz – 6 GHz (ad9631) 200 kHz-20 MHz(ad9363) 200 kHz-56 MHz (ad9361) 12 12 61.44 MSPS -+2 1/1 USB 2.0 serial/console/power, Gigabit Ethernet, microSD Xilinx Zynq Z-7020 Apache Labs ANAN-10E Pre-built 10 kHz – 55 MHz 14 ? 10 W 122.88 Msps 0/2 Gigabit Ethernet Apache Labs ANAN-10/100 Pre-built 10 kHz – 55 MHz 16 ? 10/100 W 122.88 Msps 0/4 Gigabit Ethernet Apache Labs ANAN-100D/200D Pre-built 10 kHz – 55 MHz 16 ? 100 W 122.88 Msps 0/7 Gigabit Ethernet Apache Labs ANAN-7000DLE Pre-built 9 kHz – 60 MHz 16 16 100 W ? 0/7 Gigabit Ethernet Apache Labs ANAN-8000DLEPre-built0 - 61.44 MHz1616 200 W?0/7Gigabit EthernetAltera Cyclone IV AOR AR-2300 Pre-built 40 kHz – 3.15 GHz ? N/A 65 MSPS 1/1 Embedded system (no computer needed), USB ? ? ARSP / Wideband MIMO early kit / pre-built 400 MHz – 4.4 GHz ? ? 8 MHz streaming / 50 MHz ? USB 2.0 ASR-2300 Pre-Built / Open Source Design 300 MHz – 3.8 GHz, two general wideband RX and selectable GPS, ISM, PCS, UHF RX bands ? ? <40 MHz (Programmable) 0/2 USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Bitshark Express RX Kit 300 MHz – 4 GHz ? 105 MSPS (RX only) 0/1 ? PCIe ? bladeRF Pre-built 300 MHz – 3.8 GHz 28 MHz 12 12 80 kSPS – 40 MSPS1 ? USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Altera Cyclone 4 E bladeRF 2.0 micro Pre-built 47 MHz – 6 GHz 56 MHz 12 12 61.44 MSPS 2/2 USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Altera Cyclone V CaribouLite Pre-built 30 MHz – 6 GHz 2.5 MHz 13 13 4 MSPS 1/1 Raspberry Pi 40-pin header ColibriDDC Pre-built 10 kHz – 62.5 MHz, up to 800 MHz (oversampling) 38 – 312 kHz 14 N/A 125 MSPS 3/4 10/100 Ethernet ? COM-3011 Pre-built 20 MHz – 3 GHz ext External ADC required (I/Q output) ? USB ? ? Crimson TNG Pre-built DC – 6 GHz> 1200 MHz (4 independent RX chains and 4 independent TX chains, each capable of up to 322 MHz of RF bandwidth) 16 16 Four dual channel, 16 bit, 370 MSPS ADCs Two quad channel, 16 bit, 2500 MSPS DACs 4/4 2x 10Gbit/s SFP+, Ethernet Cross Country Wireless SDR receiver v. 3 Pre-built 472 – 479 kHz, 7.0–7.3 MHz/10.10–10.15 MHz,and 14.00–14.35 MHz ext External ADC required (I/Q output) 1/1 Crystal controlled two channels CyanPre-built100 kHz – 18 GHz1 – 3 GHz (8 fully independent Rx chains and 8 fully independent Tx chains, each capable of up to 1 GHz of RF bandwidth)  1616 1–3 GSPS ADCs 2.5 GSPS DACs1 – 16 receive and 1 – 16 transmit (total of 16 radio chains)4x 40Gbit/s QSFP, Ethernet Intel Stratix 10 SoC DRB 30 Pre-built 30 kHz – 30 MHz ext External ADC required (I/Q output) ? LPT parallel port Up to XP ? ? DX Patrol Pre-built 100 kHz – 2 GHz (RTL2832U, R820T, 40 MHz upconverter) 8 2.4 (up to 3.2) Msps ? USB ? ? easySDR USB Dongle Pre-built 64 – 1700 MHz ? N/A 48, 96 kHz 0/1 USB Elektor SDR Bare PCB and pre-built 150 kHz – 30 MHz ? Soundcard ADC: 48, 96, and 192 kHz 0/1 USB Elektor AVR SDR Kit and pre-built up to 1 MHz in undersampling ? up to 15  kS/s 0/1 UART via RS2-232 converter or USB bridge ELAD FDM-S1 Pre-built 20 kHz – 30 MHz, up to 200 MHz in undersampling 192 – 3072 kHz 14 N/A 61.44 MHz 1/4 USB Xilinx ELAD FDM-S2 Pre-built HF:9 kHz – 52 MHz / FM:74 MHz - 108 MHz / VHF:135 MHz - 160 MHz 192 kHz – 6 MHz 16 N/A 122.88 MHz 1/8 USB 2.0 Xilinx Spartan-6 ELAD FDM-S3 Pre-built 9 kHz – 500 MHz 192 kHz – 24.576 MHz 16 N/A 122.88 MHz/98.304 MHz USB 3.0 ? ELAD FDM-DUO Pre-built 10 kHz – 54 MHz(experimental up to 165 MHz) 192 kHz – 6 MHz 16 ? 122.88 MHz 1/8+1 Embedded system + 3x USB 2.0 Xilinx Spartan-6 Elecraft KX3 Pre-built or kit 0.5 – 54 MHz (144–148 MHz optional) 14 ? 30 kHz? 0/1 USB or embedded system (no computer needed) FiFi-SDR Pre-built 200 kHz – 30 MHz ? 96 kHz (integrated soundcard) 0/1 USB ? FLEX-6700 Pre-built 0.01 – 73, 135 – 165 MHz 24–192 kHz RX (x8), 14 MHz Display (x8) 16 16 100 W 245.76 MSPS 8/8 Gigabit Ethernet Xilinx XC6VLX130T CDRX-3200 Pre-built 0.01 – 100 MHz 48 – 250 kHz RX (x32) 24 48-250 kSPS 0/32, coherent or independent Gigabit Ethernet through API through API through API Xilinx XC5VLX30T LBRX-24 Pre-built 950 – 2150 MHz 150 kHz – 80 MHz (x24) 16 150 kSPS – 80 MSPS 0/24 10 Gigabit Ethernet (x4) through API through API through API Xilinx XC6VHX380T (x2) ML-9600 with MIL-STD-188-110D data to 24 kHz Pre-built 0.01 – 54 MHz 24 – 3072 kHz RX (x4), 14 MHz Display (x4) 16 16 245.76 MSPS 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO) 4/4 Gigabit Ethernet Xilinx XC7A200T-2 ML-9600W with MIL-STD-188-110D data to 48 kHz Pre-built 0.01 – 54 MHz 24 – 3072 kHz RX (x4), 14 MHz Display (x4) 16 16 245.76 MSPS 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO) 4/4 Gigabit Ethernet Xilinx XC7A200T-2 FLEX-6700R Pre-built 0.01 – 73, 135 – 165 MHz 24 – 192 kHz RX (x8), 14 MHz Display (x8) 16 245.76 MSPS (receiver) 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO) 8/8 Gigabit Ethernet Xilinx XC6VLX130T FLEX-6600M Pre-built 0.01 – 54 MHz 24 – 192 kHz RX (x4), 14 MHz Display (x4) 16 16 100 W 245.76 MSPS 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO) 4/4 Gigabit Ethernet Xilinx XC6VLX130T or XC7A200T FLEX-6600 Pre-built 0.01 – 54 MHz 24 – 192 kHz RX (x4), 14 MHz Display (x4) 16 16 100 W 245.76 MSPS 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO) 4/4 Gigabit Ethernet Xilinx XC6VLX130T or XC7A200T FLEX-6500 Pre-built 0.01 – 73 MHz 24 – 192 kHz RX (x4), 14 MHz Display (x4) 16 16 100 W 245.76 MSPS 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO) 4/4 Gigabit Ethernet Xilinx XC6VLX75T FLEX-6400M Pre-built 0.01 – 54 MHz 24 – 192 kHz RX (x2), 7 MHz Display (x2) 16 16 100 W 122.88 MSPS 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO) 2/2 Gigabit Ethernet Xilinx XC6VLX75T or XC7A200T FLEX-6400 Pre-built 0.01 – 54 MHz 24 – 192 kHz RX (x2), 7 MHz Display (x2) 16 16 100 W 122.88 MSPS 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO) 2/2 Gigabit Ethernet Xilinx XC6VLX75T or XC7A200T FLEX-6300 Pre-built 0.01 – 54 MHz 24 – 192 kHz RX (x2), 14 MHz Display (x2) 16 16 100 W 122.88 MSPS 2/2 Gigabit Ethernet FLEX-5000A Pre-built 0.01 – 65 MHz 48 – 192 kHz (x2) 24 24 100 W 48, 96, 192 kHz 2/2 1394a Firewire FLEX-3000 Pre-built 0.01 – 65 MHz 48 – 96 kHz 24 24 100 W 48, 96 kHz 1/1 1394a Firewire FLEX-1500 Pre-built 0.01 – 54 MHz 48 kHz 16 16 5 W 48 kHz 1/1 USB FreeSRP Pre-built (OSHW) 70 – 6000 MHz 61.44 MHz 12 ? 61.44 Msps 1/1 USB 3.0 ? ? ? FUNcube Dongle Pre-built 64 – 1700 MHz 16 96 kHz 0/1 USB FUNcube Dongle Pro+ Pre-built 0.15 – 240 MHz, 420 – 1900 MHz 16 192 kHz 0/1 USB HackRF One 308,98 EUR Pre-built 1 MHz – 6 GHz20 MHz 8 8 8 – 20 Msps20 0/1 USB 2.0 HackRF Pro 434,98 EUR Pre-built 100 kHz – 7.1 GHz20 MHz 8 8 4 – 40 Msps20 0/1 USB 2.0 Type-C Hermes-Lite2 (build9) experimental kit 0 to 38.4 MHz 1.536 MHz 12 bits @ 76.8 MHz 12 bits @ 153.6 MHz 76.8 MSPS 0.5 ppm 4 / 4 + 1 Ethernet Altera Cyclone IV  HiQSDR prebuilt modules & kits, pcbs 30 kHz – 62 MHz ? 48 – 960 kHz ? 10/100 Ethernet HobbyPCB RS-HFIQ Pre-built 3 MHz – 30 MHzUp to 250 kHz depending on Sound Card ? ? 5 W Depends on Sound Card 2/1 Using HDSDR software Relies on a computing asset with sound device to process I and Q input and output Yes, HDSDR, PowerSDR Yes, Quisk, Linrad, GNU Radio Yes, various software Hunter SDR Kit 2.5 – 30 MHz (1 – 30 MHz typ.) ext External ADC required (I/Q output) ? USB Icom IC-7610 Pre-built RX: 0.030 - 60 MHz. TX: differs between regional models. 16 14 130 MHz 2/2 USB 2.0Ethernet Iris-030 Pre-built 50 MHz – 3.8 GHz 122.88 MHz 12 12 122.88 Msps (SISO) 61.44 Msps (MIMO) 2/2 Gigabit Ethernet or 24.6 Gbit/s High-Speed Bus Xilinx Zynq 7030 ISDB-T 2035/2037 Pre-built 50 – 960 MHz8 MHz ? 0.5-12 MS/s 0/1 USB Kanga Finningley Kit 3.750 MHz ± 48 kHz ext External ADC required (I/Q output) ? None KerberosSDR (4x coherent RTL-SDR's)Pre-built24 MHz - 1.7 GHz4 times the sample rate82.4 Msps (can go up to 3.2 Msps but drops samples)<1ppm4/4USB LimeSDR Pre-built (full Open Source/Hardware) 100 kHz – 3.8 GHz 61.44 MHz (120 MHz internally) 12 ? 61.44 Msps2.5 2/2 USB 3.0, PCIe Altera Cyclone IV LimeSDR Mini Pre-built (full Open Source/Hardware) 10 MHz – 3.5 GHz 30.72 MHz 12 ? 30.72 Msps2.5 1/1 USB 3.0, PCIe Altera MAX 10 LimeSDR Mini 2.0 Pre-built (full Open Source/Hardware) 10 MHz – 3.5 GHz 30.72 MHz 12 ? 30.72 Msps2.5 1/1 USB 3.0, PCIe Lattice ECP5 LD-1B Pre-built 100 kHz – 30 MHz ext External ADC required (I/Q output) ? USB ? ? Lunaris-SDR Pre-built 10 kHz – 55 MHz ? 122.88 Msps 0/4 Gigabit Ethernet Matchstiq Pre-built 300 MHz – 3.8 GHz ? ? 40 MSPS (RX/TX) ? Embedded System or USB Xilinx Spartan 6 MB1 Pre-built 10 kHz – 160 MHz 38 – 312 kHz 16 14 160 MSPS (RX), 640 MSPS (TX) 3/4 10/100 Ethernet, WLAN (optional) ? Mercury Pre-built 0.1 – 55 MHz 16 122.88 MSPS 0/7 USB (via Ozy) or Ethernet (via Metis) Myriad-RF 1 Pre-built 300 MHz – 3.8 GHz ? Programmable (16 selections);