{"id":29162,"date":"2017-11-15T05:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29162"},"modified":"2017-11-14T23:26:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T03:26:29","slug":"sdrplay-announces-the-rsp1a-software-defined-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/sdrplay-announces-the-rsp1a-software-defined-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"SDRplay announces the RSP1A software defined radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29163 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/RSP1A1-1024x708.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Source: SDRplay Press Release)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18572\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/SDRplay-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"546\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/SDRplay-Logo.jpg 546w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/SDRplay-Logo-300x68.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/SDRplay-Logo-500x113.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>15\/November\/2017, Wakefield UK: <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SDRplay announces the RSP1A<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>SDRplay Limited has today announced the launch of a new Software Defined Radio product \u2013 the RSP1A.<\/p>\n<p>The SDR-play RSP1A is a major upgrade to the popular RSP1 and is a powerful wideband full featured 14-bit SDR which covers the RF spectrum from 1 kHz to 2 GHz.<\/p>\n<p>Due to its exceptional combination of performance and price, the RSP1 has proved to be a very popular choice as an \u201centry level\u201d SDR receiver. Since launching the RSP1, we have learned a great deal about what people are looking for in SDR receivers, and where possible, we have incorporated these improvements and new features into the RSP1A.<\/p>\n<p>The RSP1A therefore delivers a significant number of additional features which result in benefits to amateur radio enthusiasts as well as significant benefits for the scientific, educational and industrial SDR community.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the main additional features of the RSP1A compared to the original RSP1:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ADC resolution increased to 14-bit native for sample rates below 6 MHz, increasing to 16 bits with decimation.<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced RF pre-selection (greater filter selectivity plus 4 additional sub-bands compared to the original RSP1) for reduced levels of spurious responses<\/li>\n<li>Improved LNA architecture with variable gain. The RSP1 had just a single gain step.<\/li>\n<li>Improved intermodulation performance \u2022 Performance extended to cover 1kHz to 2 GHz with a single antenna port.<\/li>\n<li>Bias-T facility \u2022 Improved frequency stability incorporating a 0.5ppm TCXO (software trimmable to 0.01ppm)<\/li>\n<li>Selectable broadcast AM\/FM\/DAB notch filters<\/li>\n<li>RF shielding within the robust plastic casing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When used together SDRplay\u2019s own SDRuno software, the RSP1A becomes a high performance SDR platform. The benefits of using the RSP1A with SDRuno include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Highly integrated native support for the RSP1A<\/li>\n<li>Calibrated RF Power Meter with more than 100 dB of usable range<\/li>\n<li>Calibrated S-Meter including support for IARU S-Meter Standard<\/li>\n<li>The ability to save power (dBm) and SNR (dB) measurements over time, to a CSV file for future analysis<\/li>\n<li>The IQ output wav files can be accessed for 3rd party applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SDRplay has also worked with developers of the popular HDSDR, SDR-Console and Cubic SDR software packages to ensure compatibility. As with the RSP1, SDRplay provides multiplatform driver and API support which includes Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Raspberry Pi 3. There is even a downloadable SD card image available for Raspberry Pi3 which includes Cubic SDR.<\/p>\n<p>The RSP1A is expected to retail at approximately \u00a376 (excluding taxes) or $100 (excluding taxes)<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit our website on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdrplay.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.sdrplay.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About SDRplay:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SDRplay limited is a UK company and consists of a small group of engineers with strong connections to the UK Wireless semiconductor industry. SDRplay announced its first product, the RSP1 in August 2014<\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:admin@sdrplay.com\">admin@sdrplay.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Introductory video:<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l_PL--ZQ7hE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/l_PL--ZQ7hE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sdrplay.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to check out the RSP1A at SDRplay.com.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: SDRplay Press Release) 15\/November\/2017, Wakefield UK: SDRplay announces the RSP1A SDRplay Limited has today announced the launch of a new Software Defined Radio product \u2013 the RSP1A. The SDR-play RSP1A is a major upgrade to the popular RSP1 and is a powerful wideband full featured 14-bit SDR which covers the RF spectrum from 1 [&hellip;]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,836,3,26,43,158],"tags":[6629,3711,6628,5185,5859,843],"class_list":["post-29162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","category-software-defined-radio","tag-rsp1a","tag-sdrplay","tag-sdrplay-rsp1a","tag-sdruno","tag-software-defined-receivers","tag-software-defines-radios"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7Am","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29398,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/video-ivan-compares-the-sdrplay-rsp1-and-rsp1a\/","url_meta":{"origin":29162,"position":0},"title":"Video: Ivan compares the SDRplay RSP1 and RSP1A","author":"Thomas","date":"December 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ivan Cholakov (NO2CW), who shares the following video and notes: Comparing side to side reception performance on RSP1A vs. RSP1 on medium wave and shortwave using SDR Console 3. 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