Hardware support
Decodio's system supports a range of receivers and DF devices:
Professional Radio Monitoring Receivers
These receivers are professional calibrated with a certificate, recommended for sustained signal analysis or TDoA
Rohde & Schwarz ESMD
- Frequency range 8 kHz to 26.5 GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 80 MHz
- Connection Gigabit Ethernet & 10G Ethernet
- DF ready see DDF255 for details
Rohde & Schwarz EM200
- Frequency range 8 kHz to 8 GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 40 MHz
- Connection Gigabit Ethernet & 10G Ethernet
- DF ready see DDF1555 for details.
Rohde & Schwarz EM100
- Frequency range 9 kHz to 7.5 GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 500 kHz
- Connection Gigabit Ethernet
- DF ready see DDF1555 for details.
Rohde & Schwarz PR200
- Frequency range 8 kHz to 8 GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 5 MHz
- Connection Gigabit Ethernet
- DF ready
Rohde & Schwarz PR100
- Frequency range 9 kHz to 7.5 GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 500 kHz
- Connection Gigabit Ethernet
- DF ready see DDF1555 for details.
IZT R3xxx series and R4xxx series
- Frequency range 9 kHz to 3 GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 24 MHz
- Connection Gigabit Ethernet
Signal Hound SM200B
- Frequency range 100kHz to 20GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 80 MHz
- Connection USB 3.0
Signal Hound SM200C
- Frequency range 100kHz to 20GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 80 MHz
- Connection Gigabit Ethernet & 10GbE
Signal Hound BB60A / BB60C / BB60D
- Frequency range 9 kHz to 6 GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 20 / 27 MHz
- Connection USB 3.0
Tektronix RSA5XX
- Frequency range 9 kHz to 7.5 GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 40 MHz
- Connection USB 3.0
Tektronix RSA306 (& RSA306B)
- Frequency range 9 kHz to 6.2 GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 40 MHz
- Connection USB 3.0
Keysight FieldFox
- Frequency rangeup to 54 GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 1 MHz
- Connection UDP
National Instruments PXIe-5668R
- Frequency range 20 Hz to 14 GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 80 MHz
- Connection PXI
National Instruments PXIe-5667
- Frequency range 20 Hz to 3.6 or 7 GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 25 or 50 MHz
- Connection PXI
Boger BO-35/BO-3500
(in combination with NI USRP / ETTUS N200)
- Frequency range 10 kHz to 3.6 GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 10 MHz
- Connection USB-control, IF-output to NI USRP/ ETTUS N200
Network RX
- Frequency range model dependent
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth typically up to 20MHz with GbE
- Connection Gigabit Ethernet & 10GbE
- Streaming Format VITA49 and Decodio (UDP/TCP)
Professional Direction Finding Receivers
These receivers are professional calibrated with a certificate, recommended for sustained signal direction finding.
Rohde & Schwarz
DDF550
- Frequency range depends on DF antenna (max. 300kHz to 6GHz)
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 10MHz (DF and decoding) / 80MHz (no IQ, only DF)
- Multi channel DF yes
Rohde & Schwarz
DDF5GTS
- Frequency range depends on DF antenna and options (max. 8kHz to 6GHz)
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 10MHz (DF and decoding) / 80MHz (no IQ, only DF)
- Multi channel DF yes
Rohde & Schwarz
DDF255
- Frequency range depends on DF antenna (max. 20MHz to 3GHz)
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 20MHz, 80MHz with WB option
- Multi channel DF no (single channel)
Rohde & Schwarz
PR100/EM100/EM200/DDF1555/DDF007
- Frequency range depends on DF antenna (20MHz to 1.3GHz with ADD107, 690MHz to 6GHz with ADD207, 20MHz to 690MHz with ADD307)
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 500 kHz
- Multi channel DF no (single channel)
Rohde & Schwarz EB500/DDF205
- Frequency range depending on DF antenna (max. 300kHz to 6GHz)
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 5MHz
- Multi channel DF no (single channel)
Narda SignalShark with ADFA1/2
- Frequency range ADFA1 200MHz to 2.7GHz, ADFA2 10MHz to 8GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 20 MHz
- Multi channel DF no (single channel)
Compact Commercial SDR Receivers
These receivers are not professional calibrated but enable low-profile, short-term signal analysis and decoding.
Twin RX (NI USRP 2945 & 2955)
- Frequency range 10 MHz to 6 GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 80 MHz
- Connection Gigabit Ethernet & 10G Ethernet
NI USRP/ ETTUS N200
- Frequency range model-dependent
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 20 MHz
- Connection Gigabit Ethernet
HackRF
- Frequency range1MHz to 6GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 20 MHz
- Connection USB 2.0
AirSpy R2
- Frequency range 24MHz to 1.7GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 10 MHz
- Connection USB 2.0
RTL SDR
- Frequency range model-dependent
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth ~2 MHz
- Connection USB 2.0
SDR Play
- Frequency range 1kHz to 2GHz
- Real-time IQ streaming bandwidth 10MHz
- Connection USB 2.0