SDRplay Spectrum Analyzer Alpha Version Released
Steve Andrew has just released an alpha version of a Windows Spectrum Analyzer app for SDRplay SDRs that he's been working on. The app is currently still in alpha, meaning that all the features are not yet implemented. In particular, scans larger than the SDRplay's maximum bandwidth of 10 MHz are not ready yet. In the future the app will be able to scan swath's of bandwidth up to 2 GHz wide, similar to what SpectrumSpy for the Airspy and rtl_power for the RTL-SDR does.
We are pleased to announce the availability of the first cut of Spectrum Analyser software developed by Steve Andrew specifically for the RSP line of products. Please note that this is first alpha software and so it is still very much in development and some features are still to be added. Currently supported are:
RSP1
RSP2/RSP2pro
RSP1AThis first alpha release gives a good idea as to the look and feel for the software. The main functional limitation is that sweeps of greater than 10 MHz are not currently supported. Steve is currently re-working the algorithms for providing wider sweeps than 10 MHz to improve sweep time and remove the issue of the DC spike in ZIF mode, so please bear with him.
We recommend using the software with AGC turned off and use manual control of the gain for better display stability.
Please use this forum thread to post any issues. Read the issues already raised and only post if the issue you have found hasn’t been raised. This will help Steve in his development.
Further development information can be found on the forum.
Click here to download the 0.9a Alpha release.
Sophos antivirus software is blocking execution of the program. The process trace says the software is invoking explorer.exe and logon.exe. Any idea why?
It doesn’t open a window, I’m getting a Windows “Prog. stopped working” warning immediately after running. Tried running as administrator and compatibility modes. Win7 PRO SP1 64bit, i7.
Yes it is calibrated. It uses the calibration tables already built into the API just like SDRuno does.
SDRplay
Wait, dBm? Is this actually calibrated?
So inject a CW at every level in dBm at every frequency for every possible gain setting and measure, or flag as out of range. My gut says no, but anything is possible.