List of software-defined radios

! Name

!Unit cost (2024)

! Type

!Production status

! Frequency range

! Max bandwidth

! RX
ADC
bits

! TX
DAC
bits

! TX capable

! Sampling rate

!Frequency accuracy

ppm

! Panadapters / Receivers

! Host Interface

! Windows

! Linux

! Mac

! FPGA

|€2,498 EUR

| Pre-built

|Active

| 9 kHz – 8 GHz

| Up to 120 MHz (2 Rx with 60 MHz each)

| 16

| 14

| {{yes}}

| 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

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 1 x XC7A200T-2 (930 GMACs)

|€9,998 EUR

| Pre-built

|Active

| 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

| {{yes}}

| 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

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 1 x XC7A200T-2 (930 GMACs)

|€24,980 EUR

| Pre-built

|Active

| 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

| {{yes}}

| 8 GSPS

| 0.005 (OCXO option)

| 8/4/12

| Full IQ and/or Spectra data rate streaming. Fixed Workstation/PC integration.

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 4 x XC7A200T-2 (930 GMACs each)

|€59,980 EUR

| Pre-built

|Active

| 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

| {{yes}}

| 24 GSPS

| 0.005 (OCXO option)

| 24/12/36

| Full IQ and/or Spectra data rate streaming. Remote via 2 x 100 GbE.

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 12 x XC7A200T-2 (930 GMACs each)

|

| Pre-built

|Discontinued

| 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

| {{yes}}, with option R-1 & ADAT Commander

| ?

| ?

|

|

| Pre-built

|Active

| 70 MHz – 6 GHz

|54 MHz due to filter

| 12

| 12

| {{yes}}

| 61.44 MSPS

|

| 2/2

| FMC (to Xilinx board) then USB 2.0 or Gigabit Ethernet.

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|Active

| 325 MHz – 3.8 GHz (70 MHz – 6 GHz with software modification{{cite web|url=https://www.rtl-sdr.com/adalm-pluto-sdr-hack-tune-70-mhz-to-6-ghz-and-gqrx-install/|title=ADALM-PLUTO SDR Hack: Tune 70 MHz to 6 GHz and GQRX Install|date=17 August 2017|website=rtl-sdr.com|access-date=23 May 2019}})

| 20 MHz (streaming may be less due to USB 2.0)

| 12

| 12

| {{yes}}

| 61.44 MSPS

|

| 1/1

| USB 2.0, Ethernet & WLAN with USB-OTG adapter

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Xilinx Zynq Z-7010

|

| Pre-built

|Active

| 30 kHz – 35 MHz, 35 MHz – 1700 MHz

| 2.3 MHz

| 12

|

| {{no}}

| 80 MSPS

|

| 0/2

| USB 2.0, 10/100 Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|Active

| 24 – 1700 MHz

|10 MHz

| 12

| N/A

| {{no}}

| 10 MSPS MSps ADC sampling, up to 80 MSPS for custom applications

|0.5

| 0/1

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}} using ports

| none

|

|Pre-built

|Active

|9 kHz - 31 MHz

60 MHz - 260 MHz

|660 kHz

|18

|N/A

|{{No}}

|36 MSPS

|0.5

|0/1

|USB

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|Active

| 325MHz – 3.8GHz(ad9363) 70MHz – 6GHz (ad9631)

| 200kHz-20MHz(ad9363) 200kHz-56MHz (ad9361)

| 12

| 12

| {{yes}}

| 61.44 MSPS

| -+2

| 1/1

| USB 2.0 serial/console/power, Gigabit Ethernet, microSD

| {{no}}

| {{yes|(ubuntu, maybe debian)}}

| {{no}}

| Xilinx Zynq Z-7020

|

| Pre-built

|

| 10 kHz – 55 MHz

|

| 14

| ?

| {{yes}} 10 W

| 122.88 Msps

|

| 0/2

| Gigabit Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 10 kHz – 55 MHz

|

| 16

| ?

| {{yes}} 10/100 W

| 122.88 Msps

|

| 0/4

| Gigabit Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 10 kHz – 55 MHz

|

| 16

| ?

| {{yes}} 100 W

| 122.88 Msps

|

| 0/7

| Gigabit Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 9 kHz – 60 MHz

|

| 16

| 16

| {{yes}} 100 W

| ?

|

| 0/7

| Gigabit Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

{{Cite web|url=https://apache-labs.com/al-products/1048/ANAN-8000DLE-HF--6M-200W-SDR-Transceiver.html|title=Apache Labs|website=apache-labs.com|access-date=2018-03-06}}

|

|Pre-built

|

|0 - 61.44 MHz

|

|16

|16

|{{yes}} 200 W

|?

|

|0/7

|Gigabit Ethernet

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|Altera Cyclone IV

|

| Pre-built

|

| 40 kHz – 3.15 GHz

|

| ?

| N/A

| {{no}}

| 65 MSPS

|

| 1/1

| Embedded system (no computer needed), USB

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

|

|

| early kit / pre-built

|

| 400 MHz – 4.4 GHz

|

| ?

| ?

|

| 8 MHz streaming / 50 MHz

|

| ?

| USB 2.0

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

|

| 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

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Kit

|

| 300 MHz – 4 GHz

|

| ?

|

|

| 105 MSPS (RX only)

|

| 0/1 ?

| PCIe

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 300 MHz – 3.8 GHz

| 28 MHz

| 12

| 12

|{{yes}}

| 80 kSPS – 40 MSPS

|1

| ?

| USB 3.0 SuperSpeed

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Altera Cyclone 4 E

|

| Pre-built

|

| 47 MHz – 6 GHz

| 56 MHz

| 12

| 12

| {{yes}}

| 61.44 MSPS

|

| 2/2

| USB 3.0 SuperSpeed

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Altera Cyclone V

|

| Pre-built

|

| 30 MHz – 6 GHz

| 2.5 MHz

| 13

| 13

| {{yes}}

| 4 MSPS

|

| 1/1

| Raspberry Pi 40-pin header

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 10 kHz – 62.5 MHz,

up to 800 MHz (oversampling)

| 38 – 312 kHz

| 14

| N/A

| {{No}}

| 125 MSPS

|

| 3/4

| 10/100 Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 20 MHz – 3 GHz

|

| ext

|

| {{no}}

| External ADC required (I/Q output)

|

| ?

| USB

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

|

|

| 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

| {{yes}}

|

• Four dual channel, 16 bit, 370 MSPS ADCs
• Two quad channel, 16 bit, 2500 MSPS DACs

|

| 4/4

| 2x 10Gbit/s SFP+, Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 472 – 479 kHz,

7.0–7.3 MHz/10.10–10.15 MHz,
and 14.00–14.35 MHz

|

| ext

|

| {{no}}

| External ADC required (I/Q output)

|

| 1/1

| Crystal controlled two channels

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 30 kHz – 30 MHz

|

| ext

|

|

| External ADC required (I/Q output)

|

| ?

| LPT parallel port

| Up to XP

| ?

| ?

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 100 kHz – 2 GHz (RTL2832U, R820T, 40 MHz upconverter)

|

| 8

|

|{{No}}

| 2.4 (up to 3.2) Msps

|

| ?

| USB

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 64 – 1700 MHz

|

| ?

| N/A

| {{no}}

| 48, 96 kHz

|

| 0/1

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|

| Bare PCB and pre-built

|

| 150 kHz – 30 MHz

|

| ?

|

| {{no}}

| Soundcard ADC: 48, 96, and 192 kHz

|

| 0/1

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| 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

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 20 kHz – 30 MHz,

up to 200 MHz in undersampling

| 192 – 3072 kHz

| 14

| N/A

| {{no}}

| 61.44 MHz

|

| 1/4

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Xilinx

|

| Pre-built

|

| HF:9 kHz – 52 MHz / FM:74 MHz - 108 MHz / VHF:135 MHz - 160 MHz

| 192 kHz – 6 MHz

| 16

| N/A

| {{no}}

| 122.88 MHz

|

| 1/8

| USB 2.0

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Xilinx Spartan-6

|

| Pre-built

|

| 9 kHz – 500 MHz

| 192 kHz – 24.576 MHz

| 16

| N/A

| {{no}}

| 122.88 MHz/98.304 MHz

|

|

| USB 3.0

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| ?

|

| Pre-built

|

| 10 kHz – 54 MHz
(experimental up to 165 MHz)

| 192 kHz – 6 MHz

| 16

| ?

| {{yes}}

| 122.88 MHz

|

| 1/8+1

| Embedded system + 3x USB 2.0

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Xilinx Spartan-6

|

| Pre-built or kit

|

| 0.5 – 54 MHz

(144–148 MHz optional)

|

| 14

| ?

| {{yes}}

| 30 kHz?

|

| 0/1

| USB or embedded system (no computer needed)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 200 kHz – 30 MHz

|

| ?

|

| {{no}}

| 96 kHz (integrated soundcard)

|

| 0/1

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.01 – 73, 135 – 165 MHz

| 24–192 kHz RX (x8), 14 MHz Display (x8)

| 16

| 16

| {{yes}} 100 W

| 245.76 MSPS

|

| 8/8

| Gigabit Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Xilinx XC6VLX130T

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.01 – 100 MHz

| 48 – 250 kHz RX (x32)

| 24

| {{emdash}}

| {{no}}

| 48-250 kSPS

|

| 0/32, coherent or independent

| Gigabit Ethernet

| {{yes}} through API

| {{yes}} through API

| {{yes}} through API

| Xilinx XC5VLX30T

|

| Pre-built

|

| 950 – 2150 MHz

| 150 kHz – 80 MHz (x24)

| 16

| {{emdash}}

| {{no}}

| 150 kSPS – 80 MSPS

|

| 0/24

| 10 Gigabit Ethernet (x4)

| {{yes}} through API

| {{yes}} through API

| {{yes}} through API

| Xilinx XC6VHX380T (x2)

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.01 – 54 MHz

| 24 – 3072 kHz RX (x4), 14 MHz Display (x4)

| 16

| 16

| {{yes}}

| 245.76 MSPS

| 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO)

| 4/4

| Gigabit Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Xilinx XC7A200T-2

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.01 – 54 MHz

| 24 – 192 kHz RX (x4), 14 MHz Display (x4)

| 16

| 16

| {{yes}} 100 W

| 245.76 MSPS

| 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO)

| 4/4

| Gigabit Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Xilinx XC6VLX130T or XC7A200T

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.01 – 73 MHz

| 24 – 192 kHz RX (x4), 14 MHz Display (x4)

| 16

| 16

| {{yes}} 100 W

| 245.76 MSPS

| 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO)

| 4/4

| Gigabit Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Xilinx XC6VLX75T

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.01 – 54 MHz

| 24 – 192 kHz RX (x2), 7 MHz Display (x2)

| 16

| 16

| {{yes}} 100 W

| 122.88 MSPS

| 5x10^-13 (with GPSDO)

| 2/2

| Gigabit Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Xilinx XC6VLX75T or XC7A200T

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.01 – 54 MHz

| 24 – 192 kHz RX (x2), 14 MHz Display (x2)

| 16

| 16

| {{yes}} 100 W

| 122.88 MSPS

|

| 2/2

| Gigabit Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{emdash}}

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.01 – 65 MHz

| 48 – 192 kHz (x2)

| 24

| 24

| {{yes}} 100 W

| 48, 96, 192 kHz

|

| 2/2

| 1394a Firewire

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{emdash}}

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.01 – 65 MHz

| 48 – 96 kHz

| 24

| 24

| {{yes}} 100 W

| 48, 96 kHz

|

| 1/1

| 1394a Firewire

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{emdash}}

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.01 – 54 MHz

| 48 kHz

| 16

| 16

| {{yes}} 5 W

| 48 kHz

|

| 1/1

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{emdash}}

|

| Pre-built (OSHW)

|

| 70 – 6000 MHz

| 61.44 MHz

| 12

| ?

| {{yes}}

| 61.44 Msps

|

| 1/1

| USB 3.0

| ?

| ?

| ?

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 64 – 1700 MHz

|

| 16

|

| {{no}}

| 96 kHz{{Cite web|url=http://osmocom.org/projects/tetra/wiki/Funcube_Dongle|title = Funcube Dongle - OsmocomTETRA - Open Source Mobile Communications}}

|

| 0/1

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 1 MHz – 6 GHz

|20 MHz

| 8

| 8

|{{Yes}}

| 8 – 20 Msps

|20

| 0/1

| USB 2.0

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| experimental kit

|

| 0 to 38.4 MHz

| 1.536 MHz

| 12 bits @ 76.8 MHz

| 12 bits @ 153.6 MHz

| {{yes}}

| 76.8 MSPS

| 0.5 ppm

| 4 / 4 + 1

| Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Altera Cyclone IV 

|

| prebuilt modules & kits, pcbs

|

| 30 kHz – 62 MHz

|

| ?

|

|

| 48 – 960 kHz

|

| ?

| 10/100 Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 3 MHz – 30 MHz

|Up to 250 kHz depending on Sound Card

| ?

| ?

| {{Yes}} 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

|

|

| Kit

|

| 2.5 – 30 MHz (1 – 30 MHz typ.)

|

| ext

|

|

| External ADC required (I/Q output)

|

| ?

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| RX: 0.030 - 60 MHz. TX: differs between regional models.

|

| 16

| 14

| {{Yes}}

| 130 MHz{{cite web|url=https://www.icomamerica.com/en/downloads/DownloadDocument.aspx?Document=962|title=IC-7610 Technical Report: Volume 2|access-date=2019-01-20|page=3|website=icomamerica.com}}

|

| 2/2

| USB 2.0
Ethernet

|

|

|

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 50 MHz – 3.8 GHz

| 122.88 MHz

| 12

| 12

| {{yes}}

| 122.88 Msps (SISO) 61.44 Msps (MIMO)

|

| 2/2

| Gigabit Ethernet or 24.6 Gbit/s High-Speed Bus

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Xilinx Zynq 7030

|

| Pre-built

|

| 50 – 960 MHz

|8 MHz

| ?

|

|{{no}}

| 0.5-12 MS/s

|

| 0/1

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Kit

|

| 3.750 MHz ± 48 kHz

|

| ext

|

| {{no}}

| External ADC required (I/Q output)

|

| ?

| None

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|Pre-built

|

|24 MHz - 1.7 GHz

|4 times the sample rate

|8

|

|{{no}}

|2.4 Msps (can go up to 3.2 Msps but drops samples)

|<1ppm

|4/4

|USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built (full Open Source/Hardware)

|

| 100 kHz – 3.8 GHz

| 61.44 MHz (120 MHz internally)

| 12

| ?

| {{yes}}

| 61.44 Msps

|2.5

| 2/2

| USB 3.0, PCIe

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Altera Cyclone IV

|

| Pre-built (full Open Source/Hardware)

|

| 10 MHz – 3.5 GHz

| 30.72 MHz

| 12

| ?

| {{yes}}

| 30.72 Msps

|2.5

| 1/1

| USB 3.0, PCIe

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Altera MAX 10

|

| Pre-built (full Open Source/Hardware)

|

| 10 MHz – 3.5 GHz

| 30.72 MHz

| 12

| ?

| {{yes}}

| 30.72 Msps

|2.5

| 1/1

| USB 3.0, PCIe

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Lattice ECP5

|

| Pre-built

|

| 100 kHz – 30 MHz

|

| ext

|

|

| External ADC required (I/Q output)

|

| ?

| USB

| {{yes}}

| ?

| ?

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 10 kHz – 55 MHz

|

| ?

|

| {{yes}}

| 122.88 Msps

|

| 0/4

| Gigabit Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 300 MHz – 3.8 GHz

|

| ?

| ?

|

| 40 MSPS (RX/TX)

|

| ?

| Embedded System or USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Xilinx Spartan 6

|

| Pre-built

|

| 10 kHz – 160 MHz

| 38 – 312 kHz

| 16

| 14

| {{yes}}

| 160 MSPS (RX), 640 MSPS (TX)

|

| 3/4

| 10/100 Ethernet, WLAN (optional)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.1 – 55 MHz

|

| 16

|

|

| 122.88 MSPS

|

| 0/7

| USB (via [http://openhpsdr.org/ozy.php Ozy]) or Ethernet (via [http://openhpsdr.org/metis.php Metis])

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 300 MHz – 3.8 GHz

|

| ?

|

|

| Programmable (16 selections);

0.75 – 14 MHz, Bypass mode

|

| 1/1

| standard connector FX10A-80P

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| none

|

| Pre-built

|

| 25 – 1750 MHz

|2.4 MHz nominal, and 3.2 MHz max.

| 8

| NA

| {{no}}

|480 MSPS without dropping any samples

|0.5 ppm

|

| USB 2.0

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| None

|

| PnP

|

| 0.1 kHz – 34 MHz

|

| ?

|

| {{no}}

| 80.0 MHz

|

| 0/1 ?

| Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built PCIe card

|

| 100 kHz – 4 GHz

|200 MHz

| ?

|

|

| ?

|

| ?

| PCI Express ×4

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.5 – 55 MHz

|

| ?

|

| {{yes}}

| 122.880 MSps ADC sampling, 48k-960k output samplrate

|

| 2/2

| LAN, WiFi, USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Altera Cyclone IV

|

| Pre-built

|

| 10 kHz – 40 MHz (87.5–108 MHz using FM down-converter)

| 1.6 MHz

| 16

|

| {{no}}

| 80 MS/s
(16 bit ADC)

|

| ?

| USB 2.0

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} {{cite web|url=http://www.montefusco.com/perseus/ |title=Microtelecom Perseus receiver on Linux |publisher=montefusco.com|access-date=July 25, 2016}}

| ?

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 150 kHz – 30 MHz

(210 MHz using harmonics)

|

| ext

|

|

| External ADC required (I/Q output)

|

| ?

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 70 MHz – 6 GHz

|

| ?

|

|

| 61.44 Msps

|

| 2/2

| PCIe (1x)

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 100 kHz – 50 MHz
(up to 165 MHz using harmonics)

| 192 kHz

| ext

|

| {{no}}

| External ADC required (I/Q output)

|

| ?

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

|

|

| Pre-built / Customizable Frontends

|

| 1 MHz – 9.7 GHz
(depending on frontend)

| 2x RX: 155 MHz

2x TX: 650 MHz

2x2 MIMO

Audio: up to 320 kbit/s

| ?

|

| {{yes}}

| 310 MSPS

|

| 2

| Embedded System

Gigabit Ethernet / USB / JTAG / Audio

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Xilinx Zynq Z-7030

|

| Pre-built

|

| 10 kHz – 62.5 MHz (up to 500 MHz using images/alias)

|

| 16

|

| {{no}}

| 125 MHz

|

| 1/2-4

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Altera Cyclone III

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.1 – 440 MHz

|

| ?

|

| {{no}}

| 80 MSps ADC sampling, 48k-1.536M output samplrate

|

| 0/16

| PCI

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|experimental kit

|

|0 to 38.4 MHz

|4x RX 48K

|12 bits @ 76.8 MHz

|

|{{yes}}

|76.8 MSPS

|

|

|Ethernet

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|Altera Cyclone 10LP

|

| Pre-built with custom driver

|

| 24 – 1766 MHz (R820T tuner)

(sensitivity drops off considerably outside this range, but can go 0–2,200 MHz (E4000 tuner with direct sampling mod) )

|Matches sampling rate, but with filter roll-off

| 8

|

|{{no}}

| 2.8 MHz (can go up to 3.2 MHz but drops samples)

|

| ?

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

SDRlab122-16{{Cite web|title=Red Pitaya for Radio Amateurs|url=https://redpitaya.com/red-pitaya-for-radio-amateurs/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Red Pitaya|date=7 June 2021 |language=en-US}}

|

|Pre-built

|

|2 RX + 2TX

300 kHz - 60 MHz

(500 MHz bw with undersampling)

|500 MHz

|16 bit @

122MSPS

|14 bit @

122MSPS

|{{Yes}}

|122.88 MSPS

|up to 12

|

|Gbit Ethernet and optional WiFi

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes|Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|Xilinx Zynq

Z-7020

|

| Pre-built

|

| RX, 0 – 125 MHz;

TX, 0–200 MHz

|

| ?

|

| {{yes}}

| RX: 250 MSPS

TX - 800 MSPS

|

| ?

| Embedded System

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

(hardware modded R820T2/RTL2838U DVB-T Tuner Dongles){{cite web|url=https://www.rtl-sdr.com/buy-rtl-sdr-dvb-t-dongles/|title=Buy RTL-SDR Dongles (RTL2832U)|date=11 April 2013|website=rtl-sdr.com|access-date=23 May 2019}}

|

| Pre-built and pre-modded with custom driver

|

| 0.5 – 1766 MHz

(mod: RTL2832U Q-branch pins soldered to antenna port){{Cite web | url=https://www.rtl-sdr.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/RTL-SDR-Blog-V3-Datasheet.pdf | title=RTL-SDR Blog V3 Datasheet | website=www.rtl-sdr.com}}

|Matches sampling rate, but with filter roll-off

| 8

|

|{{no}}

| 2.4 MHz (can go up to 3.2 MHz but drops samples)

|1

| ?

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 1 kHz – 2 GHz

| 10 MHz

| 14<2 MHz

12<8 MHz

10<9.216 MHz

8>9.216 MHz

|

| {{no}}

| 20 MSPS with 11 built-in preselection filters

|0.5

| 1/1

| USB 2.0

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| none

|

| Pre-built

|

| 1 kHz – 2 GHz

| 10 MHz

| 14<2 MHz

12<8 MHz

10<9.216 MHz

8>9.216 MHz

|

| {{no}}

| 20 MSPS with 11 built-in preselection filters

|0.5

| 1/1

| USB 2.0

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| none

|

| Pre-built

|

| 1 kHz – 2 GHz

| 10 MHz

| 14<2 MHz

12<8 MHz

10<9.216 MHz

8>9.216 MHz

|

| {{no}}

| 20 MSPS with 12 built-in preselection filters and 3 antenna ports

|0.5

| 1/1

| USB 2.0

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| none

|

| Pre-built

|

| 1 kHz – 2 GHz

| 10 MHz

| 14<2 MHz

12<8 MHz

10<9.216 MHz

8>9.216 MHz

|

| {{no}}

| Two independent tuners, each with 11 built-in preselection filters. 3 antenna ports

|0.5

| 2/2

| USB 2.0

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| none

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.5 – 70 MHz

|

| ext

|

| {{no}}

| External ADC required (I/Q output)

|

| 0/1

| USB

| {{yes}}

| Unofficially

| ?

|

|

| PnP

|

| 0.1 kHz – 30 MHz

|

| ?

|

|

| 66.666 MHz

|

| 1/1 ?

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| PnP

|

| 0.1 kHz – 34 MHz

|

| ?

|

|

| 80.0 MHz

|

| 1/1 ?

| Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.4 – 4 GHz

|

| ?

|

|

| 40 MHz

|

| ?

| USB 3.0 SuperSpeed

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built and kit option

|

| 50 kHz – 200 MHz

|

| ext

|

| {{no}}

| < 2 MHz External ADC required (I/Q output)

|

| 0/1 - Scalable (multiple receiver can be connected to the same LO)

| Ethernet or USB usually, but other interfaces are available in MLAB modular system

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.1 – 55 MHz

|

| ?

|

| {{no}}

| 122.880 MSps ADC sampling, 48k-960k output samplrate

|

| 1/1

| LAN 10/100

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

|

| Kit and pre-built

|

| 530 kHz – 30 MHz

|

| ?

|

|

| up to 192 kHz depending on soundcard

|

| 0/1

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.1 – 55 MHz

|

| ?

|

|

| 122.88 Msps

|

| 0/1

| 1G Ethernet via BeMicroCV-A9

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Altera (as an add-on)

|

| Pre-built, Open Source Design

|

| 5 kHz – 31 MHz

(1.7 GHz downconverter opt.)

|

| ?

|

| {{no}}

| 64 MSPS

|

| ?

| USB 2.0, 10/100 Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.85 – 70.5 MHz

|

| ?

|

| {{no}}

| 48 kHz (integrated soundcard)

|

| 1/1

| USB × 2

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 0.1 – 1850 MHz (R820T tuner)

|

| ?

|

| {{no}}

| Optimized for HF amateur bands with 4 user selectable pre-select HF filters

|

| ?

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|Pre-built

|

|8 kHz - 8 GHz

|40 MHz

|16

|N/A

| {{no}}

|?

|< 1

|?

|Gigabit Ethernet

| {{yes}}

|?

|?

|?

|

| Kit

|

| 7.5 MHz

|

| ext

|

| {{no}}

| 48 kHz

|

| 0/1

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Kit

|

| 1.891 – 1.795 MHz,

3.57 – 3.474 MHz,

7.104 – 7.008 MHz,

10.173 – 10.077 MHz,

14.095 – 13.999 MHz

(also purchasable in other tunings)

|

| ext

|

| {{no}}

| 96 kHz

|

| 0/1

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Kit or Pre-built

|

| 180 kHz – 3.0 MHz

|

| ext

|

| {{no}}

| External ADC required (I/Q output)

|

| 0/1

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Kit or Pre-built

|

| 1.8 – 30 MHz

|

| ext

|

| {{no}}

| External ADC required (I/Q output)

|

| 0/1

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Kit or Pre-built

|

| Choose either 160m, 80m/40m, 40m/30m/20m, 30m/20m/17m, or 15m/12m/10m ("complete [rx/tx] frequency agility within the [chosen] 'superband'"){{cite web|url=http://www.wb5rvz.org/ensemble_rxtx/|title=WB5RVZ - Home Page|website=www.wb5rvz.org|access-date=23 May 2019}}

|

| ?

|

| {{yes}}

| External ADC required (I/Q output)

|

|

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|Pre-built

|

|0.4 – 4 GHz

|200 MHz

| 16

|

|{{Yes}}

|310 MSPS

|

|

|USB, Serial, jtag, 10 Gbit/s SFP+ Ethernet

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 10 kHz – 160 MHz

| 38 – 312 kHz

| 16

| 14

| {{yes}}

| 160 MSPS (RX), 640 MSPS (TX)

|

| 3/4

| 10/100 Ethernet, WLAN (embedded)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 50 MHz – 8 GHz, 18 GHz or 27 GHz

|

| Up to 100 MHz

|

|{{no}}

| 125 MSPS

|

| ?

| 10/100/1000 Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

| Kit

|

| 1.75 – 700 MHz Tx/Rx

|

| ext

|

| {{yes}}

| External soundcard required (I/Q input/output)

|

| ?

| LPT parallel port or USB/W QRP2000/UBW/UBW32

| N\A

| N\A

| N\A

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 70 MHz – 6 GHz

| 56 MHz

| 12

|12

| {{yes}}

| 56 Msps

|

|

| USB 3.0

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Xilinx Spartan 6 XC6SLX75

|

| Pre-built

|

| 70 MHz – 6 GHz

| 56 MHz

| 12

|12

| {{yes}}

| 56 Msps

|

|

| USB 3.0

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Xilinx Spartan 6 XC6SLX150

|

| Pre-built

|

| DC – 6 GHz

| Up to 25 MHz (40 MHz b/w cards limited by GigE interface) {{cite web|url=https://www.ettus.com/content/files/UBX_Data_Sheet.pdf|title=UBX Daughterboard|publisher=ettus.com|access-date=February 8, 2019}}

| 14

|16

| {{yes}}

| 25 Msps for 16-bit samples; 50 Msps for 8-bit samples

|0.5 ppm TCXO.

0.01 ppm w/ GPSDO Option

|

| Gigabit Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|Xilinx Spartan 3A-DSP 1800

|

| Pre-built

|

| DC – 6 GHz

| Up to 25 MHz (40 MHz b/w cards limited by GigE interface)

| 14

|16

| {{yes}}

| 25 Msps for 16-bit samples; 50 Msps for 8-bit samples

|0.5 ppm TCXO.

0.01 ppm w/ GPSDO Option

|

| Gigabit Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Xilinx Spartan 3A-DSP 3400

|

| Pre-built

|

| DC – 6 GHz

| Up to 320 MHz (2x TX/RX at 160 MHz each)

| 14

|16

| {{yes}}

| 200 Msps

|2.5 ppm

GPSDO Option 20 ppb (GPS unlocked)

|

| Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, PCIe

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Xilinx Kintex-7 XC7K325T

|

| Pre-built

|

| DC – 6 GHz

| Up to 320 MHz (2x TX/RX at 160 MHz each)

| 14

|16

| {{yes}}

| 200 Msps

|2.5 ppm

GPSDO Option 20 ppb (GPS unlocked)

|

| Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, PCIe

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Xilinx Kintex-7 XC7K410T

|

| Pre-built

|

| 300 MHz – 3.8 GHz

|Up to 28 MHz

| 12

|12

| {{yes}}

| 13 MSPS x2

|0.1;

0.01 with GPS lock

| ?

| Gigabit Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| ?

|Spartan 6 LX75

|

| Pre-built

|

| 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz

| 40 MHz

| 12

| 12

| {{yes}}

| 40 Msps

|

| 1/2

| Dual Gigabit Ethernet

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Xilinx Virtex-6 LX240T

|

| Pre-built

|

| 9 kHz – 50 MHz

|

| ?

| N/A

| {{no}}

| 100 MSPS

|

| 3/3

| USB

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| RX: 950–1450 MHz

TX: 875–1525 MHz

|

| ?

|

| {{yes}}

| RX: 1.6 GSPS

TX: 3.2 GSPS

|

| ?

| PCIe

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|

|Pre-built

|

|RX: 0.5 - 30 MHz

TX: all amateur bands 1.8 - 30 MHz

|48 kHz

|24

|

| {{Yes}} 20 W

|

• ±24k bandwidth spectrum display with waterfall

|10

|1/1

|Embedded system (no computer needed), I/Q output for interfacing with a PC or XDT1 panadapter

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|

|

| Pre-built

|

| 30 – 3700 MHz

|120 MHz

| 12

|12

| {{yes}}

| 120 MSRP SISO,

90 MSRP MIMO

|0.1;

0.01 with GPS lock

|

| mini PCIe

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

| Xilinx Artix7 50T

|

| Pre-built

|

| 300 kHz – 30 MHz

|

| ?

|

| {{yes}}

| 10 kHz, 20 kHz, 40 kHz, 100 kHz

|

| 1/3

| USB 2.0

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|

|Pre-built

|

|10 MHz – 6 GHz

|100 MHz

|16

|14

| {{Yes}}

|122.88, 125, and 153.6 MS/s

|0.1 ppm

|

|SFP+/ Gigabit Ethernet

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

|Xilinx Zynq 7100