Airspy R2

Model: IM141027001

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Regular Price: $199.00

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Airspy R2 is an advanced open-source software defined radio receiver with adequate dynamic range, capable of sampling 10MHz of spectrum anywhere between 24MHz and 1.8GHz – and even beyond with extensions.

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Overview

Airspy R2 sets a new level of performance in the reception of the VHF and UHF bands thanks to its low-IF architecture, high quality ADC and state of the art DSP.

The coverage can be extended to the HF bands via the SpyVerter up-converter companion.

The Airspy R2, like its predecessor is 100% compatible with all the existing software including the de facto scanning standard SDR#, but also a number of popular software defined radio applications such as SDR-Radio, HDSDR, GQRX and GNU Radio.

For a more complete list of supported software, check the download page.

Supported platforms

Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 (For Windows XP, please contact the airspy team)
Linux
*BSD
OSX

Technical specifications:

Continuous 24 – 1800 MHz native RX range, down to DC with the SpyVerter option
3.5 dB NF between 42 and 1002 MHz
Tracking RF filters
35dBm IIP3 RF front end
12bit ADC @ 20 MSPS (10.4 ENOB, 70dB SNR, 95dB SFDR)
10MSPS IQ output
Experimental 2.5MSPS IQ output for low power devices (Raspberry Pi, Odroid, etc.)
Up to 80 MSPS when using custom firmware
Cortex M4F @ up to 204MHz with Multi Core support (dual M0)
0.5 ppm high precision, low phase noise clock
1 RTC clock (for packet time-stamping)
External clock input (10 MHz to 100 MHz via MCX connector) – Ideal for phase coherent radios
10 MHz panoramic spectrum view with up to 9MHz alias/image free
IQ or Real, 16bit fixed or 32bit float output streams
No IQ imbalance, DC offset or 1/F noise at the center of the spectrum that plagues all the other SDRs
Extension ports: 16 x SGPIO
1 x RF Input (SMA connector, up to 30kV ESD protection)
1 x RF Output (Loopthrough, U-FL, 15kV ESD protection)
2 x High Speed ADC inputs (up to 80 MSPS, U-FL, DC coupled, 15kV ESD protection)
4.5v software switched Bias-Tee to power LNA’s and up/down-converters
8 x programmable high speed gpio’s up to 100MHz
3 x programmable synchronized clock outputs up to 160MHz
1 x core CPU clock output
1 x reset pin
2 x regulated +5.0 and +3.3v pins
1 x JTAG header
No drivers required! 100% Plug-and-play on Windows Vista, Seven, 8, 8.1 and 10
Operating temperature: -10°C to 40°C

Minimum hardware requirements

3rd gen Intel i3 2.4 GHz CPU or equivalent
2GB of RAM (to run your own OS, airspy barely needs 1MB of memory)
High speed USB 2.0 controller

Supported Software

Check the download page

Developer API

Open source multi-platform libairspy and airspy host tools at github
Open source airspy firmware at github
Linux kernel SDR API (by Antti Palosaari) at github

Pin and Port Assignments

AirSpy NOS R2 Pin Assignment

Packing list

Airspy R2 *1
Micro USB*1

Please click here to contact with Airspy Team, or go to Airspy forum to join the discussion.

Additional Information

Discontinued	No
Link Wiki	No
Module Type	No
Weight	126 g
Model	IM141027001
Board Size	**
Version	R2
Operation Level	Other

Reviews

Customer Reviews

Perfect device Review by Ivan: I'm completely satisfied by this receiver. It works as described, but as for me, I need a bit wider bandwidth - up to 2500MHz.
(Posted on 3/20/2015)
Excellent SDR receiver compared to all others in that price segment. Review by Mile Kokotov - Z33T: I am very satisfied. Recommending to everyone who want to make step forward from RTL-SDR dongle.
My old PC intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300/2.6Ghz CPU can run it only on 2.5 MSPS, While New i7 4790 is brilliant on 10 MSPS. One must be very careful with USB noise. I strongly recommend using several ferrite cores at both ends of USB cable in order to suppress the noise from PC. Also put the Airspy away from PC as much as possible. (The length of USB cable is limiting factor here). (Posted on 12/15/2014)
Excellent product***This works Review by James: In this world so many promises are made.... and often they are not kept.

This product delivers. It is as advertised. It does what they said it would do and very well.

Thankyou all that persevered to bring this product to market.

I give it a 100% recommendation. (Posted on 12/10/2014)