QRP Labs High Performance SDR Receiver

Features

• This high performance receiver module uses a Quadrature Sampling Detector (QSD), also known as a Tayloe Detector
• The mixer is arranged as a double-balanced mixer for maximum performance
• The receiver board has a socket for the standard QRP Labs Band Pass Filter kit
• There is a transmit/receive switch onboard. Low noise LM4562 op-amps are used in instrumentation amplifier configuration to provide excellent common mode noise rejection
• The receiver requires a local oscillator (LO) input at 4x the receive frequency
• The audio output of the module is isolated using two 600:600-ohm transformers to reduce or eliminate the ground loop problems which can easily occur in SDR systems
• The module is designed to directly drive a stereo input sound-card
  • For those situations where a PC has only a mono input (many PCs are like this, particularly laptops), there is an optional polyphase network plug-in module kit which cancels the unwanted sideband and produces a single sideband (SSB) output.
• The module is sized 80 x 37mm

Radio Links

• High performance SDR receiver module
  • Build instructions
• Polyphase network module - QRP Labs
  • Build instructions
• RF_Band_Pass_Filters
  • 10/15/20/40/80M QRP Labs Band Pass Filter Kits
• Clocks Generator

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