Thanks also to everyone who has ever helped with the design or production of software defined radios for radio hams and shortwave listeners, and to the hundreds of software developers who spend thousands of hours writing SDR software and then make it available to the community for free! Finally, many thanks to you, for taking a chance and buying my book. Rear cover: The author and real screenshots of an SDR panadapter.Īn Introduction to HF Software Defined Radio and Amsats and Hamsats ACKNOWLEDGM ENTS Thanks to my wife Carol for her love and support and to my sons James and Alexander for their support and their insight into this modern world. All such software and intellectual property relating to hardware mentioned in this book is copyright by their respective authors.įront cover: Sunrise at the Z元X contest site during the CQWW contest and the Expert electronics MB1 SDR transceiver. The book refers to software and software defined radios created by many individuals and companies. Use the information contained in this document at your own risk. It is to the best of my knowledge accurate but no guarantee is given or implied. The author accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of any information presented herein. Research material for the creation of this document has been sourced from a variety of public domain Internet sites. The author has no association with any equipment manufacturer or SDR software developer.
It intends no criticism of any particular brand or model of radio equipment or any software application.
The information contained in this book is my own analysis of software defined radio as used by amateur radio operators and shortwave listeners worldwide. SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO FOR AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND SHORTWAVE LISTENERS