{"id":5502,"date":"2013-02-01T09:17:44","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T13:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=5502"},"modified":"2013-02-01T09:21:36","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T13:21:36","slug":"sdr-touch-an-android-based-software-defined-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/sdr-touch-an-android-based-software-defined-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"SDR Touch: An Android-based software defined radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5503\" alt=\"SDRtouch\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SDRtouch-300x144.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SDRtouch-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SDRtouch-100x48.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SDRtouch.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Though not available for the shortwave bands, Google Play reviews are mostly positive for the new software defined radio application that will run on your Android phone or tablet: <a title=\"SDR Touch\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/search?q=sdr+touch&amp;c=apps\" target=\"_blank\">SDR Touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a title=\"Google Play\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=marto.androsdr2&amp;feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm1hcnRvLmFuZHJvc2RyMiJd\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play page<\/a>, SDR Touch covers 50 MHz to 2.2 GHz and demodulates WFM, AM, NFM, USB, LSB, DSB, CWU and CLW signals. It requires an inexpensive USB rtl-sdr compatible USB DVB-T tuner. <a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337249262&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=USB+rtl-sdr&amp;icep_sellerId=&amp;icep_ex_kw=&amp;icep_sortBy=12&amp;icep_catId=&amp;icep_minPrice=&amp;icep_maxPrice=&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to search eBay for RTL-SDR receivers.<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"text-decoration: none; border: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/roverimp\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337249262&amp;customid=&amp;uq=USB+rtl-sdr&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]\" \/>\u00a0You then connect to your Android device via a USB OTG cable and SDR Touch should control the receiver.<\/p>\n<p>SDR Touch&#8217;s\u00a0<a title=\"Google Play\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=marto.androsdr2&amp;feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm1hcnRvLmFuZHJvc2RyMiJd\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play website<\/a> has a list of supported receivers&#8211;<em>make sure to check the model number from eBay against this list before purchasing<\/em>. Additionally, you should install their free demo SDR app to make sure your Android device is compatible.<\/p>\n<p>This video shows SDR Touch in action on the FM broadcast band:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_-0-HjSg_r4\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nSDR touch claims that crashes should be expected as this app is still considered somewhat experimental.<\/p>\n<p>Would be great if SDR Touch could support the HF bands some day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though not available for the shortwave bands, Google Play reviews are mostly positive for the new software defined radio application that will run on your Android phone or tablet: SDR Touch. According to the Google Play page, SDR Touch covers 50 MHz to 2.2 GHz and demodulates WFM, AM, NFM, USB, LSB, DSB, CWU and [&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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,836,26,158,304],"tags":[1648,1650,92,1651,157,1652,1649,4087],"class_list":["post-5502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-manufacturers","category-new-products","category-radios","category-software-defined-radio","category-videos","tag-android-sdr","tag-fm-radio-android","tag-google","tag-google-play","tag-sdr","tag-sdr-android-receiver","tag-sdr-touch","tag-software-defined-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1qK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14458,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/android-tablet-sdrs\/","url_meta":{"origin":5502,"position":0},"title":"Android tablet SDRs?","author":"Thomas","date":"August 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, Philip, writes with the following question: \"I want to know if you are aware of any good shortwave receivers\u00a0that can be used on an Android tablet.\" I am aware of the Android SDR application, SDR Touch\u00a0(see image above), but have never used it so I can't comment\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Image: screen grab from SDRtouch video","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SDRtouch.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SDRtouch.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SDRtouch.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18367,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/sdr-touch-now-supports-the-sdrplay-rsp-in-beta-release\/","url_meta":{"origin":5502,"position":1},"title":"SDR Touch now supports the SDRplay RSP in Beta release","author":"Thomas","date":"April 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: SDRplay Blog) Good news for Android users - SDR Touch have released a beta version of their software with SDRplay RSp functionality - go to https:\/\/play.google.com\/apps\/testing\/com.sdrtouch.sdrplay to sign up as a beta tester. 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