AIRSPY R2 HIGH PERFORMANCE SDR RECEIVER
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.
Typical Applications
VHF/UHF/SHF Radio Monitoring
Coherent Receiver Array
Direction Finding
Passive Radar
ADS-B, ATC
Radio Astronomy
Satellite IF
Telemetry Radio Receiver
Wide Band Scanner
Education
Ham Radio, etc.
Technical specifications
Continuous 24 - 1700 MHz native RX range, down to DC with the SpyVerter option
3.5 dB NF between 42 and 1002 MHz
Maximum RF input of +10 dBm
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.) - Not recommended for high performance applications.
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
The gold standard SDR#
The ultimate Narrowband Signals Analysis and Decoding Suite Krypto500
The ultimate Wideband Signals Analysis and Decoding Suite Krypto1000
The other excellent SDR suite, SDR-Console
The Suiss-army SDR knife for Linux and Mac, GQRX
Check the full list of tools in our download page
