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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Fobos SDR
« on: April 22, 2024, 1614 UTC »
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Re: Fobos SDR
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2024, 1826 UTC »
The hardware device driver for Windows is via Zadig, similar to how the RTL-SDR driver is installed. Otherwise on the SDR software side....

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SDR# via SDRSharp.FobosSDR.dll plugin.
HDSDR and other ExtIO_*.dll compatible software via ExtIO_FobosSDR.dll plugin.
uSDR via native Fobos SDR API

Source: https://rigexpert.com/files/product_documentation/Fobos%20SDR/Fobos-SDR-User-Guide.EN.pdf

The ADC is a 14-bit version of the LTC2143.

https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/21454314fa.pdf

It seems you can likely select spectrum in either 100kHz-25 MHz direct sampling or 25MHz–6GHz superhet modes, though I suspect perhaps not an overlap of those two ranges. Not sure here, so a big YMMV on my part.

https://rigexpert.com/files/product_documentation/Fobos%20SDR/FOBOS-SDR-Receiver-Datasheet.EN.pdf

Spotted a post on another site suggesting a $395 MSRP. Potentially an even bigger YMMV.
« Last Edit: April 22, 2024, 1838 UTC by RobRich »
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