I've written a libuhd based VHF/UHF radio that works well as an exciter for microwave transverters. >From the Sourceforge site at https://sourceforge.net/projects/sodaradio/ --------------------------- Welcome to SoDaRadio -- The first three letters stand for "Software Defined", the 'a' doesn't stand for anything. SoDa Radio is a linux application for the Ettus Research USRP software defined radio platform. SoDa Radio is a complete HAM VHF/UHF transceiver, suitable for use as an exciter/IF strip for microwave transverters. The code is a work in progress. ---------------------------- Current release is version 1.2 It has been built on Ubuntu 12.04. It is about to be tested on Fedora 20. I've been using SoDaRadio as an exciter for my DEMI 10GHz transverters for two years. I've only tested it against my N200 and its WBX module. It should work reasonably well with some other combinations. (Though it is doubtful that the E1xx series has sufficient horsepower to run the radio and its GUI.) Its host computing requirements are not extreme. It runs well on a Dell Latitude D630 laptop. Post questions, comments, and conundra to https://sourceforge.net/p/sodaradio/discussion/ -- kb1vc

Thanks for posting this. It's always great to see our users sharing their work with others! -John On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Radio User <radiogeek381@gmail.com> wrote: > I've written a libuhd based VHF/UHF radio that works well as an exciter > for microwave transverters. > > From the Sourceforge site at https://sourceforge.net/projects/sodaradio/ > > --------------------------- > > Welcome to SoDaRadio -- The first three letters stand for "Software > Defined", the > 'a' doesn't stand for anything. > > SoDa Radio is a linux application for the Ettus Research USRP software > defined > radio platform. SoDa Radio is a complete HAM VHF/UHF transceiver, suitable > for use > as an exciter/IF strip for microwave transverters. > The code is a work in progress. > > ---------------------------- > > Current release is version 1.2 > > It has been built on Ubuntu 12.04. It is about to be tested on Fedora 20. > > > I've been using SoDaRadio as an exciter for my DEMI 10GHz transverters > for two years. > > I've only tested it against my N200 and its WBX module. It should work > reasonably well with some other combinations. (Though it is doubtful > that the E1xx series has sufficient horsepower to run the radio and its > GUI.) Its host computing requirements are not extreme. It runs well on > a Dell Latitude D630 laptop. > > Post questions, comments, and conundra to > https://sourceforge.net/p/sodaradio/discussion/ > > -- kb1vc > > > _______________________________________________ > USRP-users mailing list > USRP-users@lists.ettus.com > http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com > >

Hi kb1vc, This is very cool! Thank you for sharing! in relation to the E1xx series you are right that the waterfall display would be too much for it to cope with - however a suitable work-around for E1xx users would be to use GNU/Radio XML-RPC and call backs to control the transceiver part of the radio and then to tunnel samples out over UDP and then run the GUI on a separate laptop. I have found this approach to be quite effective. Out of interest what version of GNU/Radio did you use precisely for development? I've found issues with 3.7 code not functioning due to changes made since 3.6 and vice versa so want to try to mirror your setup before attempting to get your code running on the E1xx. Kind Regards, Matthew On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:50 AM, John Malsbury <john.malsbury@ettus.com>wrote: > Thanks for posting this. It's always great to see our users sharing their > work with others! > > -John > > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Radio User <radiogeek381@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I've written a libuhd based VHF/UHF radio that works well as an exciter >> for microwave transverters. >> >> From the Sourceforge site at >> https://sourceforge.net/projects/sodaradio/ >> >> --------------------------- >> >> Welcome to SoDaRadio -- The first three letters stand for "Software >> Defined", the >> 'a' doesn't stand for anything. >> >> SoDa Radio is a linux application for the Ettus Research USRP software >> defined >> radio platform. SoDa Radio is a complete HAM VHF/UHF transceiver, >> suitable for use >> as an exciter/IF strip for microwave transverters. >> The code is a work in progress. >> >> ---------------------------- >> >> Current release is version 1.2 >> >> It has been built on Ubuntu 12.04. It is about to be tested on Fedora >> 20. >> >> >> I've been using SoDaRadio as an exciter for my DEMI 10GHz transverters >> for two years. >> >> I've only tested it against my N200 and its WBX module. It should work >> reasonably well with some other combinations. (Though it is doubtful >> that the E1xx series has sufficient horsepower to run the radio and its >> GUI.) Its host computing requirements are not extreme. It runs well on >> a Dell Latitude D630 laptop. >> >> Post questions, comments, and conundra to >> https://sourceforge.net/p/sodaradio/discussion/ >> >> -- kb1vc >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> USRP-users mailing list >> USRP-users@lists.ettus.com >> http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > USRP-users mailing list > USRP-users@lists.ettus.com > http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com > > -- Matthew Hickey Tel: +44 7543 661237 Web: http://blog.hackerfantastic.com Please visit my website for blog postings, status updates and project information.

   -- kb1vc

re: Gnu/Radio -- the application was written using libuhd without Gnu/Radio. I like GNU/Radio but my initial goal was to get a little more hands-on and write the resamplers, down/up converters, filters, modulators/demodulators and such from scratch. As good as GNU/Radio is, I suspect getting all the required GUI widgets to cooperate and present a useful operator interface for ham contest use would present a challenge that is beyond my abilities. But I use GNU/Radio for prototyping from time to time. Just not for SoDaRadio. -- kb1vc On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:55 AM, Hacker Fantastic < hackerfantastic@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi kb1vc, > This is very cool! Thank you for sharing! in relation to > the E1xx series you are right that the waterfall display would be too much > for it to cope with - however a suitable work-around for E1xx users would > be to use GNU/Radio XML-RPC and call backs to control the transceiver part > of the radio and then to tunnel samples out over UDP and then run the GUI > on a separate laptop. I have found this approach to be quite effective. Out > of interest what version of GNU/Radio did you use precisely for > development? I've found issues with 3.7 code not functioning due to changes > made since 3.6 and vice versa so want to try to mirror your setup before > attempting to get your code running on the E1xx. > > Kind Regards, > Matthew > > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:50 AM, John Malsbury <john.malsbury@ettus.com>wrote: > >> Thanks for posting this. It's always great to see our users sharing their >> work with others! >> >> -John >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Radio User <radiogeek381@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I've written a libuhd based VHF/UHF radio that works well as an exciter >>> for microwave transverters. >>> >>> From the Sourceforge site at >>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/sodaradio/ >>> >>> --------------------------- >>> >>> Welcome to SoDaRadio -- The first three letters stand for "Software >>> Defined", the >>> 'a' doesn't stand for anything. >>> >>> SoDa Radio is a linux application for the Ettus Research USRP software >>> defined >>> radio platform. SoDa Radio is a complete HAM VHF/UHF transceiver, >>> suitable for use >>> as an exciter/IF strip for microwave transverters. >>> The code is a work in progress. >>> >>> ---------------------------- >>> >>> Current release is version 1.2 >>> >>> It has been built on Ubuntu 12.04. It is about to be tested on Fedora >>> 20. >>> >>> >>> I've been using SoDaRadio as an exciter for my DEMI 10GHz transverters >>> for two years. >>> >>> I've only tested it against my N200 and its WBX module. It should work >>> reasonably well with some other combinations. (Though it is doubtful >>> that the E1xx series has sufficient horsepower to run the radio and its >>> GUI.) Its host computing requirements are not extreme. It runs well on >>> a Dell Latitude D630 laptop. >>> >>> Post questions, comments, and conundra to >>> https://sourceforge.net/p/sodaradio/discussion/ >>> >>> -- kb1vc >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> USRP-users mailing list >>> USRP-users@lists.ettus.com >>> http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> USRP-users mailing list >> USRP-users@lists.ettus.com >> http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com >> >> > > > -- > Matthew Hickey > Tel: +44 7543 661237 > Web: http://blog.hackerfantastic.com > > Please visit my website for blog postings, status updates and project > information. > > > > >

    -- kb1vc

Hi, thank you for clarifying. I read through your design notes and documentation - if you split the GUI and SDR controller components so that they could also work over a network then it should work on the E1xx series too (instead of just using UNIX sockets locally.) by running SoDa server headless remotely. If the overhead was too much for some of the signal processing then some hacking around the libuhd interface to N2x0 and instead using a daemon might be another solution, that would also be portable to other platforms such as the HackRF if you intend to expand support. Thank you for the awesome tool, I will try to get it running on my E-series and keep you posted! I have been trying to make a similar tool but yours is much better :-) Kind Regards, Matthew On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Radio User <radiogeek381@gmail.com> wrote: > re: Gnu/Radio -- the application was written using libuhd without > Gnu/Radio. > > I like GNU/Radio but my initial goal was to get a little more hands-on and > write the resamplers, down/up converters, filters, modulators/demodulators > and such from scratch. > > As good as GNU/Radio is, I suspect getting all the required GUI widgets > to cooperate and present a useful operator interface for ham contest use > would present a challenge that is beyond my abilities. > > But I use GNU/Radio for prototyping from time to time. Just not for > SoDaRadio. > > -- kb1vc > > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:55 AM, Hacker Fantastic < > hackerfantastic@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Hi kb1vc, >> This is very cool! Thank you for sharing! in relation to >> the E1xx series you are right that the waterfall display would be too much >> for it to cope with - however a suitable work-around for E1xx users would >> be to use GNU/Radio XML-RPC and call backs to control the transceiver part >> of the radio and then to tunnel samples out over UDP and then run the GUI >> on a separate laptop. I have found this approach to be quite effective. Out >> of interest what version of GNU/Radio did you use precisely for >> development? I've found issues with 3.7 code not functioning due to changes >> made since 3.6 and vice versa so want to try to mirror your setup before >> attempting to get your code running on the E1xx. >> >> Kind Regards, >> Matthew >> >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:50 AM, John Malsbury <john.malsbury@ettus.com>wrote: >> >>> Thanks for posting this. It's always great to see our users sharing >>> their work with others! >>> >>> -John >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Radio User <radiogeek381@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> I've written a libuhd based VHF/UHF radio that works well as an exciter >>>> for microwave transverters. >>>> >>>> From the Sourceforge site at >>>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/sodaradio/ >>>> >>>> --------------------------- >>>> >>>> Welcome to SoDaRadio -- The first three letters stand for "Software >>>> Defined", the >>>> 'a' doesn't stand for anything. >>>> >>>> SoDa Radio is a linux application for the Ettus Research USRP software >>>> defined >>>> radio platform. SoDa Radio is a complete HAM VHF/UHF transceiver, >>>> suitable for use >>>> as an exciter/IF strip for microwave transverters. >>>> The code is a work in progress. >>>> >>>> ---------------------------- >>>> >>>> Current release is version 1.2 >>>> >>>> It has been built on Ubuntu 12.04. It is about to be tested on Fedora >>>> 20. >>>> >>>> >>>> I've been using SoDaRadio as an exciter for my DEMI 10GHz transverters >>>> for two years. >>>> >>>> I've only tested it against my N200 and its WBX module. It should work >>>> reasonably well with some other combinations. (Though it is doubtful >>>> that the E1xx series has sufficient horsepower to run the radio and its >>>> GUI.) Its host computing requirements are not extreme. It runs well on >>>> a Dell Latitude D630 laptop. >>>> >>>> Post questions, comments, and conundra to >>>> https://sourceforge.net/p/sodaradio/discussion/ >>>> >>>> -- kb1vc >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> USRP-users mailing list >>>> USRP-users@lists.ettus.com >>>> http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> USRP-users mailing list >>> USRP-users@lists.ettus.com >>> http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Matthew Hickey >> Tel: +44 7543 661237 >> Web: http://blog.hackerfantastic.com >> >> Please visit my website for blog postings, status updates and project >> information. >> >> >> >> >> > -- Matthew Hickey Tel: +44 7543 661237 Web: http://blog.hackerfantastic.com Please visit my website for blog postings, status updates and project information.

Hi KB1VC, Thank you for sharing this software to the community! It's something that was really missing. I didn't have the chance to try it yet on my B200 because I'm having some compilation issues on Ubuntu 12.10 due to a newer version of wx (wx-2.9) Splitting the GUI from the rest of the software is a great idea also because you would be able to control your SDR remotely. Keep on, Takis On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 5:49 AM, Radio User <radiogeek381@gmail.com> wrote: > I've written a libuhd based VHF/UHF radio that works well as an exciter > for microwave transverters. > > From the Sourceforge site at https://sourceforge.net/projects/sodaradio/ > > --------------------------- > > Welcome to SoDaRadio -- The first three letters stand for "Software > Defined", the > 'a' doesn't stand for anything. > > SoDa Radio is a linux application for the Ettus Research USRP software > defined > radio platform. SoDa Radio is a complete HAM VHF/UHF transceiver, suitable > for use > as an exciter/IF strip for microwave transverters. > The code is a work in progress. > > ---------------------------- > > Current release is version 1.2 > > It has been built on Ubuntu 12.04. It is about to be tested on Fedora 20. > > > I've been using SoDaRadio as an exciter for my DEMI 10GHz transverters > for two years. > > I've only tested it against my N200 and its WBX module. It should work > reasonably well with some other combinations. (Though it is doubtful > that the E1xx series has sufficient horsepower to run the radio and its > GUI.) Its host computing requirements are not extreme. It runs well on > a Dell Latitude D630 laptop. > > Post questions, comments, and conundra to > https://sourceforge.net/p/sodaradio/discussion/ > > -- kb1vc > > > _______________________________________________ > USRP-users mailing list > USRP-users@lists.ettus.com > http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com > >