RADIOBERRY HF SDR TRANSCEIVER PI HAT - IT'S BACK!

[@AlonsoVPR]

This is so cool!, I wish my grandfather still alive to see this, he founded the radio club in my country (Bolivia)

[@justawfulgamer7738]

I really hate how expensive this hobby is

[@wanderingcalamity360]

For real.

[@over-engineered]

buy a used HF transceiver, sell it again when you don’t want it anymore, loose very little, think of it like a very low rental:-)

[@kennethausten]

Fantastic. A constructor's dream. Not long bought a G90 which does all I need after years of building qrp rigs which were too bulky, limited and decided after years of it to buy the G90. Wish this was around at the time. I could still go ahead, but why. The enjoyment of constructing and learning as I have done in 50 years of it. Still got some valve gear working. But this is superb .I have a pi 4 doing little with 4gig ram. Thanks for the info.

[@philipcollier7805]

It is great to see the new Radioberry radios up and running!

[@CDWCAULDRON]

WOOHOO we need it

[@QUADBOYification]

Incredible device, so tiny and low on power requirements. 5 Watt TX boards must be just around the corner soon. The modulation is super clear and is a real demo of what is possible with SDR. Thanks for info, great video.

[@jem23_89]

Здравствуйте скажите пожалуйста откуда информация про мощность TX 5 w ??? I am not sach this. Thank you for the ask

[@youngmonk3801]

I tried to do a group buy for the PREAMP (5w) a few months back. nobody wanted it because i think the assembled price from PCB way was $179 per unit...this just so happened to be during the peak of the shortages. maybe the price is better now. i wish someone would try and beat this price. i'm sure i'm not alone when is say that i would buy one if we could get these prices down.

[@ckuhtz]

Is there a source for the schematic / pcb of this preamp?

[@paulh0029]

I was waiting for it to be available again, I build my own SDR software for this device to run as a standalone tranceiver. Works very nice I have a demo on youtube

[@zezimadude13]

Hey there, I've been getting into HAM and snagged a UV-5R. Obviously, it's pretty limited as far as actually picking up most of the things around my area as a lot is DRS. Can this do DRS? Also, I'm mainly interested in building out an automated scanner. Is that something that can be done in the open-source software or would it have to be done in code?

[@MichaelOfRohan]

For 155 it better come with its own damn pi zero and a little pink carrying case

[@stickmenwithrayguns]

This design uses an older AD9866 ( 12-bit 80MSPS ADC, 12-bit 200MSPS DAC ) Mixed-Signal Front End. It was commonly used in Broadband Modem transceivers, where it's probably getting sourced from now. 😆 According to Analog Devices the AD9866 is not recommended for new designs! AD9866 was around USD 40,- /pcs. Intel Cylone 10CL016 in 144-LQFP cost around USD 35,- /pcs. Since you're probably buying an upcycled modem MxFE, this product should cost nowhere near USD 150,-

[@adamrak7560]

if the hw (PCB + assembly + parts) cost around 50USD than 150 USD is realistic. For small production runs (like below 100000) 3x multiplier is recommended in business, if you want to stay in business.

[@MorrWorm8]

$150, man I was hoping for a $85-$99 price range

[@TPUSILL]

Much cheaper then 5k plus

[@fubarsnafu4994]

Consider that a decent hf rig starting price is $600. - $10k. Most hams only have wet dreams about a hf setup. This works for a lot of people. $150 is a gift if it performs as advertised. I'm setup but like to play. Plan on one in the very near future.

[@NetrunnerAT]

Cool Project. Also digging in MIPI Interface for Higher bandwidth.

[@sajjsamm]

Fantastic Job! I believe this is the first video online to show SSB tx with Radioberry!

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@cdburgess75]

...make sure the pi is up2date, famous last words! trust me. Really cool project! love it, love that radio berry too.

[@Дмитрий-й9х6и]

Thank you so much for the video! I've been waiting for this device to be available again for a long time, and now I've got it, but unfortunately I'm not happy. For me, and maybe for others, the price is very high. I hope that something will change for the better.

[@TechMindsOfficial]

You are welcome!

[@StefCoders]

Finally! Just bought one.

[@EmancipatedSquirrel]

This is perfect for a cyberdeck project I've been dreaming of making. Many thanks cheers

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Have fun! Let us know how you get on making it. Cheers

[@M0XFXUK]

Impressive, I would like to play around with one. The key to this is the simplicity vs performance. Great video

[@ronrico2620]

I stick to the buy once cry once idea. And for the $200+ dollars in parts I would just spend another $100 for the hackrf which seems to be the best from the little I know

[@sonofnone116]

Then why not go LimeSDR?

[@ronrico2620]

@@sonofnone116 I'm pretty new to the radio stuff. Limesdr does look pretty cool. Right now my constraints are money and knowledge. Just got a hf rig, battery, antenna and the parts and pieces. After I mess around with my new toys I will go back figuring out sdr. The lime does look good and it says it works with Linux.

[@bourasabdennour8369]

Great review Matt, TX signal looks amazing and very clean. Tnx and 73

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Thanks for watching!

[@bourasabdennour8369]

@@TechMindsOfficial it's with pleasure my friend 🙂

[@RookieLock]

Very cool, this is the first i've heard of this project.. thanks for that !

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Glad you liked it!

[@bloguetronica]

I find Radioberry to be an excellent receiver. However, it is a bit tricky to setup, and I've decided to do a video tutorial after doing some research and many tests with tries and errors. My latest gripe is that the Raspberry OS images are constantly changing. Just recently, I found out that Bullseye no longer has the Linux headers available out of the box, and the relevant package is not available in the repository either. Conversely, Bookworm doesn't require any extra commands to install the correct headers, and a user reported that it should.

[@n1vca]

Brilliant wideband TXaudio, apart from too much software based compression, but it looks like a very nice unit. Though it is very painful to see that you can rather use the hat OR do some necessary cooling🙄. I guess if you resolder the connectors the other way around you can run the hat as a "shoe", underneath the board and can give the CPU & GPU is desperately needed cooling. Why are electronic- and software desingers so often people who don't actually use their stuff and bump into these basic flaws? My Pi4 is already at 53 degrees with less than 30% CPU load while being attached to a big passive metal heatsink! When using an IR gun the heat sink is actually just above 50°C while decoding a few HFDL channels at the same time showing planes all over the world. (OpenWebSDR+ with ready made Pi4 image, brilliant! but a different subject) According to sales order product description as well as Analog Devices AD9866 datasheet, this is HF only and only 12 bit, which is quite challenging for an HF receiver, for TX its more than good enough. It is nice to see something so powerful that it can be operated stand alone, Respect! I guess when in the field with "noisy" electric resonant TX antennas 12 bits is a good-enough compromise. Only at home with a high dynamic ultra wide band antenna a 12bit RX will be asking for trouble. Here in Germany I sometimes receive Radio Romania and Voice of Turkey with more than 90dB signal/noise and that requires 16Bit or more if you don't want to use an attenuator and risk droping weak signals nearby. This HF transceiver front end is relatively inexpensive and probably worth the "12 bit compromise" - thanks for sharing!

[@tracymoon4437]

When are you going to make your revision available for purchase?

[@n1vca]

@@tracymoon4437 1. I am currently unable to use a any PCB design program (used Eagle long time ago), but I am working on regaining the skills with an open source PCB design program 2. I don't have the knowledge to design such a modern and complex unit, though I have been designing and selling radio modems in the 90's (µ-Modem / MX10). 3. I would have to see if there are any transceiver chips available that do more than 12 bit, because apart from ham radio most UHF/SHF applications (e.g. mobile networks) nothings works over long distances that would require a higher dynamic RX, for my understanding this is mainly SWL-DXing / Ham Radio, in other words mainly for the super nerds😂. When you use this wide bandwidth of a few MHz, most RF protocols don't require high dynamic to get a good bit error rate. I think this chip has been designed for baseband operation, not for actual HF operation that we use it for. So no, I am incapable of designing something like this, therefore have a lot of respect for those who do and am thankful, but I would be even happier with them if they would sometimes have a little more practical approach and also use their stuff for a few days and be critical about it when operating it in the real world. The good thing about the PI4 cooling issue is that when soldering the header the other way around on the PI and TRX-PCB, it will work without any re-design, only the basic 12Bit lack of dynamic issue on the RX will remain. But as seen here it works quite well if you operate it under certain conditions and don't look so closely. I have been designing many things (in RF/audio/DC domains) that worked but were not good enough for real world application for my taste and just showing them at fairs, people would come by and offer me money to buy these prototypes, but I refused because I knew it could be done better in detail, while causing me less to no trouble when offering the maintenance/repair for a mature product.

[@minibikemadman]

oh man...nice I have a flex3000 but have been looking for a pi hat. friggin nice

[@markoa6999]

Hmmmm, I wonder if this could be used as a radio telescope receiver utilizing the proper band pass filters and amplifiers. ???

[@DXPedro]

Mate, this is awesome. However, is there any Po Boars designed just for receiving? Many thanks and 73s! ✌🏼

[@tratzum]

Only hf for that price ?

[@JRRinMNTX]

I didn't see on his website how to use it "stand alone". Most of the code was for remote usage. Can you point me to the proper code or link? Thanks, and keep up the great work!

[@sajjsamm]

I'm just wondering if there is a cheaper version or a lite version or some kind of replica of the project for cheap?

[@TechMindsOfficial]

I think it's pretty cheap already for what it is. The Gerber and the BOM are available on the Github link that I shared, so you can potentially get them built yourself from places like PCBWAY.

[@_droid]

No tests of the RX sensitivity and discrimination? That's by far the biggest problem with SDR in general, especially "simple" radios like this.

[@SomeTechGuy666]

Is it me or does that radio have really good receive performance ?

[@babass521]

Good morning, I have a radioberry and I would like to do TRX switching by a handheld microphone... I see that on the card there is the CN301 connector. Are pins 13 and 14 used to manually trigger the Transmission?? Should we use a Pull Down resistor and what is its value so as not to be directly linked to the FPGA... 73

[@osf182]

Can I use this application to generate RF signals at widths and frequencies similar to restricted radios? I have a requirement where I need to generate one of these signals to validate whether an Access Point that is transmitting in DFS will stop transmitting the signal.

[@dennistate5953]

Sweet suite

[@shumbers]

Thanks for this Matt - Been waiting what seems like forever for this to come back into supply! Ordered :) 73, Steve

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@youngmonk3801]

@@TechMindsOfficial not worth the trouble without the preamp that was designed for it. can you pull some strings?

[@TechMindsOfficial]

I’m trying!! lol.. I’m hoping Justin makes a re-boot of the pre-amp board like he has with this Radioberry. However, making a switching relay and filters is actually pretty easy to do using the header on the Radioberry.

[@shumbers]

@@TechMindsOfficial Count me in too Matt although an open source PCB and soldering is an alternative for squinting eyes and burnt fingers LOL!

[@0zebede]

Thanks Matt, I enjoy your very informative videos and watch them straight away. For some reason I have trouble with the AliExpress links, I cannot make them work. Using Chrome, but have tried Edge. Even tried just pasting the text of the address, the links are flagged as not secure. Does any body know what I might be doing wrong or experience the same issue? FWIW I can navigate to AliExpress independently and find the items if I know the search terms and have purchased from them many times;

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Strange issue you have there. Definitely a local issue for yourself. If you make an AliExpress account and make sure your locale settings are correct, then the links should work fine.

[@MarkPentler]

Good stuff! Why are there two purchase links, by the way?

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Two different official stores which hold stock. So if one runs out hopefully the other has stock. I know how popular this was, so trying not to disappoint anyone.

[@MarkPentler]

@@TechMindsOfficial got it. Thanks!

[@DP-ts4sh]

What are the antenna connections and what adapters do I need?

[@SomeTechGuy666]

What would stop that board from being a USB version so that it could connect to a wider range of devices ?

[@minibikemadman]

that's max output? I'm sure it will drive a single ldmos to 1kw.

[@GlennHolt-y4r]

Hi, At about 5:48mins into the video you show the radioberry running with Thetis how did you do this on a Raspbeery pi 4b?

[@MrHasie]

What's the difference between the Amazon version and the V2 black ones sold on Aliexpress?

[@macgyver5108]

3:24 ICU!😁

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Don't get too excited :-) lol...

[@mattrupert]

Can you use the standard native display connector from the pi4 connected to a standard monitor and not have to buy the little 4 or 6 inch display?

[@AFUDirk]

A very nice project. I think this will be my next purchase. Thank you for the introduction. 73 de DK4DO

[@charlierubenstein4141]

Will the Radioberry work with Thetis? (The Hemes Lite 2 version)

[@dennistate5953]

What do you recc for budget starter sdr -- wanting vlf + hf ideally w mid, long, and sw?

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Hi there, if you mean just a receiver then you cannot go wrong with an SDRPlay RSPdx.

[@dennistate5953]

@@TechMindsOfficial Thank you!

[@RobertC85]

would one of these work on a pi 3b?

[@cmg2577]

Hi I would like to know if there is something similar but only HF reception. Thanks Regards

[@TechMindsOfficial]

SDRPlay.com

[@amagnier]

Can it receive com from commercial boats ?

[@4ablerock]

Where to get a ready built housing for this transceiver? If this is not available, you will probably have to build it yourself. tnx and 73

[@sertacpamukcu]

Nice to hear that, it is available for ordering. 73 de TA2BOS

[@SXLXVI]

Is it possible to do GPS SPOOFING on Radioberry the same way as on Hackrf One?

[@techstuffandmore]

Thanks for the great video! Been watching it many times while I got mine up and running. But one question: How did you get it to almost fill the screen on the 4" LCD? I have a 1024x600 touch screen, and the Radioberry only fill about a quarter of it.

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Thanks for watching :-) Well, that's a tricky one because the screen size of PiHPSDR is hard encoded and you have to change it in the source code, and then re-compile it.

[@eCMastermind]

Fantastic Job! ....

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Thank you!

[@mrmcguru163]

I’m trying to get a radio to create a local amps cell phone network, would this work well?

[@MorrWorm8]

Do you have a recommendation of a complete beginner’s breakdown of SDR? I have a pi4 & a SDR-rtl I’m trying to listen to air traffic. I’m totally lost tbh. I need some good videos or reading etc.

[@TechMindsOfficial]

I have quite a few videos on SDR. Check out my video "Beginners guide to SDR".

[@timmturner]

$155 is a bit steep, but maybe that's just me

[@edbouhl3100]

Could this be used to build a low power Winlink repeater? I’d be running Windows and Winlink itself on a separate PC for reliability.

[@SheepdogPreparedness]

Great video as always! Do you happen to know if there is a way to use the Thetis Software with an RTL-SDR dongle?

[@Martin_Lynch]

Excellent presentation style.

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Thank you kindly!

[@TheBlaser55]

How does this compare to the Caribou Lite from Crowd Supply that also uses a PI. It has 2 transcievers and wider range and about half the price?

[@TechMindsOfficial]

As far as I am aware the Caribou Lite does not work on the HF bands, as this Pi Hat does. So its not really comparable. Thanks

[@jdlane5136]

How does this compare with HackerRF One?

[@MixedGril]

Does this board also covers the UHF band?

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Nope, but you could use a transverter.

[@BenjaminPieres]

Do you know if works with RBerry 3b? Thanks

[@sjaakie3388]

i absolutely love this

[@georgedandrade-hp1gds296]

Is that SDR console v3.3 in Linux or windows? Where may I get it to install in my raspberry pi 4B?

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Windows was used. Link for github in the video description. ;-)

[@PA3GUQ]

You're getting famous Johan @PA3GSB :-)

[@md.shahinurrahman747]

Will it transfer any file over this communication system?

[@TheErilaz]

If you have a radioamateur license, yes you can send and receive email and small pictures.

[@md.shahinurrahman747]

@@TheErilaz Thanks for your reply. Would you please tell more details about the licensing?Like, How to avail that? Who is responsible to provide? What are the procedures and costings should be? -Thanks

[@eddthirty4065]

@@md.shahinurrahman747 you'll need to check your local licensing laws. Any way, if your main aim is to transfer files, just use a mobile phone or PC over the internet. Using this will not be as cheap, fast or secure.

[@radiotec76]

Any files of the average sizes used today would take a long long time to transfer. It would also have to be sent in the clear as, at least for the U.S., transmitting encrypted messages is illegal. And yes, you have to be a licensed ham operator with hf privileges to transmit on those bands. The bottom line? Don’t do it.

[@md.shahinurrahman747]

@@eddthirty4065 I thought it would be used an alternative to the present internet communication system. Since this system's network covers all over the world, therefore the place where cable internet network or mobile network is not reachable or not much strong can be used for that tele-communication. Yes File Transfer is one of the main concern over this communication also. My be this is not much matured enough for these purpose till now. But hope soon it will be purposefull also :)

[@toastrecon]

Does this cover VHF/UHF? Has anyone gotten it working with GNU Radio?

[@n1vca]

Sadly HF only

[@paulh0029]

There is a SoapySDR driver

[@rayc1835]

Why did you choose option 2 in the installer cl025 when device chip is cl016?

[@TechMindsOfficial]

It was just the screen recording, CL016 would be correct for my type of board. Well spotted!

[@rayc1835]

@@TechMindsOfficial no worries, i blindly followed you without checking and ended up with just a constant tone coming through. All good now after changing to cl016.

[@sreekumarg]

❤ Tiny Miracle

[@ko4mkp]

I have the original board I was never able to get working. Is there information on the "short" where its located on the pcb so I can try to fix mine ? 73 KO4MKP

[@TimGray]

why does it require a pi4? why not a pi3?

[@Robocop-qe7le]

what kind of antenna do you use

[@TechMindsOfficial]

I use an EFHW with 49:1 antenna. I have a video on my channel on how it's made. Thanks

[@hamradiovideos454]

What is the approx power out put

[@jacquesb5248]

lol any chance this would work on pi-0?

[@mindfulmunchkin1215]

Whats tx power? 100mw?

[@4ablerock]

Me again: Where can I buy the Radioberry Preamp board that amplifies to an output of 5 watts? There are more questions upon questions. Does anyone know of a publication that describes the topic in all its facets? tnx and 73

[@TechMindsOfficial]

GitHub wiki and google grouo

[@4ablerock]

@@TechMindsOfficial Thanks, I'll have to look there again. I didn't find a seller there last time

[@saj2694]

do you know about a script to modify the hpsdr config to make it run full screen?

[@TechMindsOfficial]

I created my own as I needed a specific screen size, feel free to copy and modify the code: github.com/TechMindsYT/pihpsdrmods

[@saj2694]

@@TechMindsOfficial thank you

[@SBPepperminion]

Does it work on a Pi 5?

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Yes I am sure it will

[@petenikolic5244]

Need to get rich had to sell all my gear a while ago miss my TS 790e and ft857d

[@whstark]

CHecked Vendors Digikey, mouser,etc seems FPGA is unintaiium Out of stock. Like to build one?

[@Дмитрий-й9х6и]

Who can help to find a video of radioberry working in CW mode ? Maybe somewhere there is a video of CW QSO ? Thank you very much!!!

[@danielson101]

wow 400 Canadian dollars for pi 4 hat? im not that rich!

[@timfountain98]

Those SMA's will be ripped off in short order. We learned that years ago on the SRD's I used to work on....

[@nivid01]

What is a rooter? Is that the same as a town-bike?

[@TechMindsOfficial]

It’s almost like a rooster, but without the S…

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

The correct way to pronounce router

[@LionRoars918]

Really an Airspy HF+ Discovery is way cheaper. I cannot see this being an advantage.

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Totally different products, for a start the Airspy cannot transmit.

[@jelle2884]

ah the dutchies :)

[@PY2EIO]

TKS de PY2EIO. 73.

[@jediknight2350]

nice but i want all the bands and frequency's all the way up to 2ghz

[@la7dfa]

And 1kW output. ^^

[@jediknight2350]

@@la7dfa no lets go to 1000gigawatts lol.

[@TechMindsOfficial]

1.21 Gigawatts is just around the corner in 1995.

[@rogerschmid8612]

@@TechMindsOfficial and even as hat on the hat on a raspi getting the power from 5V

[@rogerschmid8612]

Why not from Dc up to Ultraviolet ?

[@salty6pence672]

$160 on Amazon

[@VoeViking]

🤣$180 are you serious? And then add a raspberry pi on top that.

[@maurolimaok]

Nice!

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Thanks!

[@Un_Pour_Tous]

cool but too greedy

[@beekeeper8474]

Looks like no filters so probably dirty as hell and way to much money. I could get a 450 and have better system

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Did you watch the video? The bit here I demonstrated transmitting and I also said it is compatible with the N2ADR filter board? What's a 450?

[@BalticLab]

First 😁

[@TechMindsOfficial]

Yes you are!