{"id":43651,"date":"2020-06-01T07:22:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T11:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=43651"},"modified":"2020-06-01T07:36:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T11:36:28","slug":"the-sdr-hu-web-sdr-portal-is-no-more-but-we-have-several-excellent-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/the-sdr-hu-web-sdr-portal-is-no-more-but-we-have-several-excellent-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"The SDR.hu web SDR portal is no more, but we have several excellent alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In January, Andr\u00e1s Retzler–owner of the SDR.hu KiwiSDR portal–started requiring registration and a ham radio license<\/a> in order to access their extensive online database of SDRs.<\/p>\n

Today, we learned of the site’s closure.\u00a0 Here’s the message posted at SDR.hu<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The SDR.hu project has been finished<\/h1>\n

I’d like to say a big thanks to everyone who joined my journey with this project!<\/p>\n

I hope you had a good time listening on the site, and learnt some things about SDR. The purpose of this site was to provide a technological demonstration for amateur radio operators about Software Defined Radio, and I hope this goal has been reached. As this website was a one-person hobby project, with my tasks and responsibilities growing, and my focus moving to other projects at which I hope to make a greater positive impact, I’m unable to further develop SDR.hu and protect it from abuse.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, I think this site has some good alternatives now. Nevertheless, in my opinion amateur radio receivers should be shared with strict access control in the future.<\/p>\n

If you have more questions, feel free to consult the\u00a0FAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

73!<\/p>\n

Andras, HA7ILM<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mark Fahey, shared the following message sent by Andras to all KiwiSDR owners in the database this morning:<\/p>\n

Hello,<\/p>\n

You are receiving this e-mail because you were listing a receiver on SDR.hu in the last 3 months.<\/p>\n

I wanted to let you know that the SDR.hu project is discontinued.
\nThis is because I have to focus on my PhD and unfortunately I don’t have enough time anymore to maintain the website and protect it from abuse.
\nIf you have questions, there’s a FAQ on the front page: https:\/\/sdr.hu\/
\nFor KiwiSDR users there is another listing service available on the KiwiSDR website: http:\/\/kiwisdr.com\/public<\/a> (I’m not involved with this one.)
\nThank you very much for having participated in the project!<\/p>\n

VY 73!<\/p>\n

Andras, HA7ILM<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alternative KiwiSDR Portals<\/h1>\n

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Fortunately, there are a number of other KiwiSDR portals that do not require registration or a call sign. Here’s a list:<\/p>\n