The original softrock40 was a small, lowcost, good performing 40meter software defined radio receiver that plugs into a computer usb port and delivers iq audio signals to the computers sound card. The combination of the relatively simple soft rock 40 hardware with the powersdr software results in a low cost receiver with some very nice features. With tony parks kb9yig on softrock softwaredefined ham. Tony has ressurected this kit as a nearly allsmtsdronadongle kit, to called the softrock40r. Configuring usb driver, config softrock tool and high. Soft rock was prevalent on the radio throughout the 1970s and eventually metamorphosed into the. I just got my softrock lite ii 30m reciever kit this past week and have been assembling it.
If you have two sound cards, select different cards for input and output. In very vague terms, a software defined radio mixes the incoming rf down to baseband phase. Configuring usb driver, config softrock tool and high definition software defined radio revised 27september2015 the ideal time to install the softrock drivers and software on your windows 7, 8 or 10 pc is now prior to connecting your softrock radio to. Geotechnical software is defined as software designed especially in order to deal with geotechnical issues such as slope stability, seismic analysis, foundations, e. Clients can now provide strong levels of service to their customers while maintaining a minimum. Select the input and output devices, and specify the sampling rate. If your computer has a stereo audio input many computers have only a mono input then you can process this signal in software. Main rockysoft corporation premier forecasting and replenishment software tuned for midmarket distributors and manufacturers. This is the first of two posts which take a look at the relatively simple and easy to construct softrock softwaredefined radio sdr that is designed for hf amateur radio use. A high variety of geotechnical software can be found in this category. Cliff recession distances have been documented using a variety of techniques, 2 of which the most common is to measure receding distances of a cliff top or edge on sequential aerial photographs and historic maps.
Soft rock definition, a comparatively unaggressive, melodic style of rock nroll in which the arrangement and lyrics are emphasized more than the beat. Sound cards after considerable research i decided to buy a creative labs usb sound card and following a little fiddling with sound card options to make best use of the usb 1. The softrock lite ii, the sequel to the sr lite v6. This is the first of two posts which take a look at the relatively simple and easy to construct softrock software defined radio sdr that is designed for hf amateur radio use. Rockysofts supply chain management suite provides you with exactly the right inventory, in the right place, at the right time. An r390a provides the rf amplifiers, tracking filters, mixers, hfo, vfo, wide if filter and if amplifier stages and the softrock sdr setup takes over from there providing the final if filter bandwidth, detectors, agc if.
This has been a work in progress, as the author moved through an actual build. Recently airborne and terrestrial lidar light detection and ranging techniques have been applied to measure cliff. It was designed by tony parks, kb9yig and bill tracey, kd5tfd as an sdr sampler project for hams everywhere to easily try out software. Software for the soft rock powersdr flexs code adapated to the soft rock by kd5tfd now part of flexs distribution rocky by alex shovkoplyas, ve3nea kgksdr by duncan munro, m0kgk sdradio and winrad by alberto di bene, i2phd linrad by leif asbrink, sm5bsz gnuradio anything that can handle iq should work. In particular the a software defined radio for the masses articles by gerald youngblood found. Psdr has always been correct for all versions, from 1.
This link is listed in our web site directory since saturday jan 7 2006, and till today rocky software for softrock40 has been followed for a total of 10574 times. About softrock sdr interest group the resource is currently listed in in a single category. It is a system in which hardware components are replaced with software. Rx test using a 15ft hookup wire antenna and rocky pc software, cw signals are received at similar levels on both rigs. Introducing softrock ensemble a software defined radio.
Please note the socket marked line in on a softrock refers to where it is connected on the. Information and translations of soft rock in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on. The basic concept is to use the r390a as a high performance front end for a software defined radio sdr if receiver. The line began with the softrock 40 rx and went through several iterations of receivers. Cw transmit, rocky is good and the easiest, psdr and quisk alternatives. You can also run winrad, sdrradio, and power sdr, and possibly others as well. Softrock is a term for a software defined radio sdr which consists of three major building blocks. Rocky documentation in german, with translators comments, is available here tnx eike dm3ml.
If you have used such software or are aware of suitable packages, please let me know. Go here for a software defined radio for the masses qex. The rtlsdr can be used as a wide band radio scanner. Hdsdr sdr software for window supports many sdr radios cubicsdr sdr software for macintosh. And some notes about sdr including the dongles now available. It may interest ham radio enthusiasts, hardware hackers, tinkerers and anyone interested in rf. Soft rock definition of soft rock by merriamwebster. Listed under the software software defined radio category that is about software defined radios.
This link is listed in our web site directory since thursday dec 18 2008, and till today softrock sdr interest group has been. If you are not familiar with these items you may find you have a lot to learn. As i said above, you do not have to use rocky with the sr ensemble, although it is a fine piece of software. Use software on your computer to generate a complex. For more information on softrock software defined ham radio, visit and happy bee surf by kev. Rocky allows you to select one of several pre defined transition bandwidths, the choice is presented as a shape factor at the 500 hz bandwidth.
Because of the wide variety of soundcards, computers, operating systems and the way they are setup there can be no simple do it like this instructions. X 2 board representing the culmination of a long line of softrock sdr receivers from tony parks, kb9yig. Tweet planningedge, formerly rockysoft, is a leading software provider of demand, inventory, supply and replenishment planning solutions. Other interest are photography, computer programming, and design of electronic equipment.
Wire your softrock so this is correct then switch iq in other softwares if necessary. Much of the software is available as a free download, and full details to be found in the products section of the site. Rocky talks directly to the wdm driver of the sound card. Building the softrock sdr this is the first of two posts which take a look at the relatively simple and easy to construct softrock software defined. The term softrock is used for the software defined radio sdr system that uses softrock ensemble. All of these give a different feel than rocky, and more along the lines of the software found with the ddc sdrs. The rtlsdr is an ultra cheap software defined radio based on dvbt tv tuners with rtl2832u chips.
It is a very effective demonstration of the capabilities of the software defined radio approach. A soil is defined as a gravel when the estimated percentage of the gravel. My name is cecil bayona, my main hobby is ham radio. Sdr,software defined radio,radio logicielle,radio cognitive,cognitive. Rockysoft microsoft software vendors discuss erp and. The style smoothed over the edges of singersongwriter and pop rock, relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions. Rockysoft is the premier provider of inventory management software. The teensy is a tiny microcontroller board that uses a 32bit arm processor and the softrock sdr is a hf only software defined radio kit ve3mkc wrote code to first digitize then multiply the signal with a digital vfo before finally applying a low pass filter. This will allow rocky to open the output card at a lower sampling rate and thus save some cpu cycles.
This page was created to document my project to build and operate a softrock rxtx version 6. The main category is software defined radios that is about sdr, software defined radios products. Added sdrradio iq wav files for your testing also works with hdsdr but without time and freq markers. Start rocky and click on view settings in the menu.
About rocky software for softrock40 the resource is currently listed in in a single category. Soil site classes are determined either by soil type. Rocky for rx and tx of cw and psk31 hdsdr for rx and tx of am, fm, cw, ssb update feb 08, 2012. The main category is software defined radio resources that is about software defined radios, radio whose channel modulation waveforms are defined in software. Welcome to the main soft rock software website, where you will find a variety of software mainly for computers running risc os, such as webchange, waituntil, quicksand, and more. Rocky software vary filter width display waterfall.
Extensive construction details are available from the various softrock user sites and yahoo reflector. Correct means that it txs on the same frequency as rx. Softrock is a term for a software defined radio sdr which consists of three. Software defined radio sdr is a radio communication system in which the hardware components, such as mixer, amplifiers, and filters are implemented using a computer. With an upconverter, good antenna, and decoding software the rtlsdr software defined radio can receive and decode drm signals. Other interest are photography, computer programming, and. All smt components are mounted on the bottom of the board. Softrock receivers provide a complex baseband signal i and q components as an analog stereo audio signal. Episodic and localized nature of soft rock cliff recession. Chapter 4 soil and rock classification and logging 4. Site class c is a soil type defined in the 2009 international building code as a very dense soil and soft rock, chapter 16, table 16.
Thanks to ve3rerve3sb, learned about softrock rxtx ensemble transceiver affordable sdr software defined radio kits yesterday. Sdr basic literature a nice beginning are some of the articles is the link below. A sdr for the hf band rx only, that works with classical iq softwares rocky. Discussion in ham radio discussions started by ad7n, nov 24, 2009. This software is fully integrated with a design software package for automatic model generation. The resource is currently listed in in a single category. Listed under the softwaresoftware defined radio category that is about software defined radios. Numerical modeling of large deformation and nonlinear. A look at just a small selection of the things that can be done using. In this paper, the technique to address this problem by a twodimensional 2d finite element software, large deformation engineering analyses software ldeas 1. Quite a bit here, connecting keyskeyers to rockypsdr and settings. If softrock is not available, rocky can be used to play back iq data recordings. Soft rock or light rock is a derivative form of pop rock that originated in the late 1960s in the u. In very vague terms, a software defined radio mixes the incoming rf down to baseband phase and quadrature i and q signals, fed to a computer sound card and software does the rest of the demodulation.
Amateur radio hobbyist ve3mkc has been working on a project involving running a softrock sdr on a teensy 3. Software defined radio resources ham radio science. Soft rock definition is rock music that is less driving and gentler sounding than hard rock. If you jumper them straight across fine for rocky and winrad. Planningedge formerly rockysoft cal business solutions. For everyday operation, use the auto select option this tells rocky to maintain the optimal shape factor at. For rocky and winrad it is necessary to use the swap iq functions in their set up. Ive modified flexradios powersdr software to work with the soft rock 40. Our software solutions and team of industry experts will guide and help you through best practices to reduce inventory, improve forecast accuracy and increase customer service levels giving you the edge you need to grow your business and gain.
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