{"id":10293,"date":"2014-07-16T18:44:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T22:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10293"},"modified":"2014-07-16T18:44:06","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T22:44:06","slug":"designing-a-truly-portable-sdr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/designing-a-truly-portable-sdr\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing a truly portable SDR"},"content":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post<\/em> reader, London Shortwave<\/a>, is working on a portable SDR (software defined radio) system based on his Toshiba Encore 8″ Windows tablet<\/a>, FunCube Dongle Pro+<\/a>, and supported by the excellent SDR# application<\/a>. Today, he shared this photo of his entire kit, including his comments. If you’re interested in a similar portable SDR, take note of the USB isolator and extra (AA battery) power supply.<\/p>\n

\"LondonShortwave-Portable\"<\/a>London Shortwave plans to make an enclosure for the SDR, AA power supply, and USB isolator.<\/p>\n

And although it may be easier said than done, it would be super if this enclosure has the same footprint as the Toshiba tablet, and the whip antenna can be mounted on the enclosure…He would then essentially have a case that he\u00a0could attach to the tablet for instant portable shortwave radio fun. \u00a0(Oops–did I just raise the bar for you? Ha!)<\/p>\n

Thanks for sharing, London Shortwave!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post reader, London Shortwave, is working on a portable SDR (software defined radio) system based on his Toshiba Encore 8″ Windows tablet, FunCube Dongle Pro+, and supported by the excellent SDR# application. Today, he shared this photo of his entire kit, including his comments. If you’re interested in a similar portable SDR, take note […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[627,344,3,1557,158],"tags":[2504,3073,2704,157,3024],"class_list":["post-10293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-kits","category-news","category-podcast","category-software-defined-radio","tag-londonshortwave","tag-funcube-dongle-pro","tag-london-shortwave","tag-sdr","tag-sdr-sharp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2G1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28392,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/london-shortwaves-innovative-pocketchip-powered-field-portable-sdr\/","url_meta":{"origin":10293,"position":0},"title":"London Shortwave’s innovative PocketCHIP-powered field portable SDR","author":"Thomas","date":"September 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, London Shortwave, who recently shared his latest SDR project: a field-portable, ultra-compact, SDR spectrum recording system based on the PocketCHIP computer. 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