OL-SDR
HF 1.8-50MHz 2 CHANNELS SDR TRANSCEIVER
OL-SDR
HF 1.8-50MHz 2 CHANNELS SDR TRANSCEIVER
OL-SDR Tropical
Tropicalized for the most extreme uses
OL-SDR is enclosed in a housing made of high-quality aluminum, ensuring unrivaled sturdiness without compromising the elegance of the design. The carefully designed rubber frame provides reliable protection against shocks, making OL-SDR suitable for use in demanding operating conditions.
This combination of robustness and style makes OL-SDR a versatile option for a wide range of contexts, where durability is key. The radio can be offered in a tropicalized version upon request, ideal for extreme environments where durability is essential, without compromising the sophistication of the design.
This additional feature, together with the structural solidity of the case, underlines the OL-SDR's ability to adapt to a variety of operating conditions, offering reliable performance even in demanding environments.
Rear panel:
a world of connections!
OL-SDR represents the pinnacle of innovation in the field of SDR radios, offering unrivaled sophistication and flexibility. Just look at its rear panel, which offers a wide range of connections and functionality, embodying the complexity and power behind this extraordinary technological solution.
With an internal structure centered around a next-generation FPGA, OL-SDR is distinguished by unprecedented versatility and control. This extreme adaptability and operational precision position it as a versatile transceiver in a diverse range of high-demand operating contexts, where the need for extreme performance is critical.
Its internal architecture and advanced external interface are designed to meet the most demanding needs of the most sophisticated operators. OL-SDR is an ideal option for those who require maximum customization and flexibility, offering a level of functionality adaptable to a wide range of specialized applications.
Here are some of the key features of the OL-SDR:
Unrivaled sophistication and flexibility: The OL-SDR is packed with features that make it the most sophisticated and flexible SDR radio on the market.
Wide range of connections and functionality: The OL-SDR's rear panel offers a wide range of connections and functionality, making it ideal for a variety of applications.
Next-generation FPGA: The OL-SDR is powered by a next-generation FPGA, which provides unprecedented versatility and control.
Extreme adaptability and operational precision: The OL-SDR is designed for extreme adaptability and operational precision, making it ideal for high-demand operating contexts.
Advanced external interface: The OL-SDR's advanced external interface is designed to meet the most demanding needs of the most sophisticated operators.
Maximum customization and flexibility: The OL-SDR offers a level of customization and flexibility that is unmatched by any other SDR radio.
If you are looking for the most sophisticated, flexible, and powerful SDR radio on the market, the OL-SDR is the perfect choice for you.
Construction details
Entirely produced in Italy.
High Ultimate Attenuation Low-Pass Anti-Aliasing Filters:
These filters offer exceptional performance in mitigating interference, particularly from FM broadcasting signals. They achieve an attenuation of around 70 dB for frequencies in the 88-108 MHz range (FM broadcasting), significantly reducing their impact on the desired signal range of 15-35 MHz. This value is additive to the attenuation provided by the RX band filters, which typically offer over 40 dB of suppression.
The high attenuation of the anti-aliasing filters ensures minimal interference from FM broadcasts, even when operating near the edges of the desired frequency range. The combined effect of the anti-aliasing and band filters provides exceptional signal fidelity within the 15-35 MHz range.
This feature is particularly valuable for applications requiring high sensitivity and selectivity, such as weak signal reception or interference-prone environments.
High-Stability Temperature-Compensated Crystal Oscillator (TCXO) with GNSS Input:
OL-SDR features a high-performance Temperature-Compensated Crystal Oscillator (TCXO) delivering exceptional frequency stability. The TCXO boasts an impressive stability of ±50 ppb (0.5 Hz at 10 MHz) across its entire operating temperature range of 0°C to 70°C. Additionally, it incorporates a dedicated GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) input, compatible with systems like GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo.
The TCXO utilizes advanced circuitry to counteract the natural frequency drift of crystals due to temperature fluctuations. This ensures highly accurate and consistent signal generation, crucial for reliable radio operation.
The ±50 ppb Stability translates to a maximum frequency deviation of only 0.5 Hz at 10 MHz. This level of precision minimizes signal errors and ensures accurate signal reception and transmission, the wide operating temperature range (0°C to 70°C) guarantees consistent performance in various environmental conditions, making the radio suitable for diverse applications.
The integrated GNSS input allows for synchronization with external satellite navigation systems. This functionality is beneficial for applications requiring precise timekeeping or location-based operations.
Oscillatore a bassissimo rumore
Ultra-Low-Noise Oscillator for High-Performance ADC, DAC, and FPGA Applications
OL-SDR employs a high-performance, ultra-low-noise oscillator specifically designed for ADC, DAC, and FPGA applications. Delivering an exceptional typical noise level of -155 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset, it minimizes unwanted noise contributions within the system.
The exceptional noise performance ensures minimal signal degradation within the radio's critical components like ADCs, DACs, and FPGAs, contributing to superior overall RF performance.
Low-Noise Oscillator: -155 dBc/Hz typical noise level at 10 kHz offset.
Differential LVPECL Output: Drives RX ADCs, TX DAC, and FPGA directly without requiring additional active components, preserving signal integrity and maximizing RF performance.
Construction details
Entirely produced in Italy.
High Ultimate Attenuation Low-Pass Anti-Aliasing Filters:
These filters offer exceptional performance in mitigating interference, particularly from FM broadcasting signals. They achieve an attenuation of around 70 dB for frequencies in the 88-108 MHz range (FM broadcasting), significantly reducing their impact on the desired signal range of 15-35 MHz. This value is additive to the attenuation provided by the RX band filters, which typically offer over 40 dB of suppression.
The high attenuation of the anti-aliasing filters ensures minimal interference from FM broadcasts, even when operating near the edges of the desired frequency range. The combined effect of the anti-aliasing and band filters provides exceptional signal fidelity within the 15-35 MHz range.
This feature is particularly valuable for applications requiring high sensitivity and selectivity, such as weak signal reception or interference-prone environments.
High-Stability Temperature-Compensated Crystal Oscillator (TCXO) with GNSS Input:
OL-SDR features a high-performance Temperature-Compensated Crystal Oscillator (TCXO) delivering exceptional frequency stability. The TCXO boasts an impressive stability of ±50 ppb (0.5 Hz at 10 MHz) across its entire operating temperature range of 0°C to 70°C. Additionally, it incorporates a dedicated GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) input, compatible with systems like GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo.
The TCXO utilizes advanced circuitry to counteract the natural frequency drift of crystals due to temperature fluctuations. This ensures highly accurate and consistent signal generation, crucial for reliable radio operation.
The ±50 ppb Stability translates to a maximum frequency deviation of only 0.5 Hz at 10 MHz. This level of precision minimizes signal errors and ensures accurate signal reception and transmission within the wide operating temperature range (0°C to 70°C).
Ultra-Low-Noise Oscillator for High-Performance ADC, DAC, and FPGA Applications
OL-SDR employs a high-performance, ultra-low-noise oscillator specifically designed for ADC, DAC, and FPGA applications.
Delivering an exceptional typical noise level of -155 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset, it minimizes unwanted noise contributions within the system.
The exceptional noise performance ensures minimal signal degradation within the radio's critical components like ADCs, DACs, and FPGAs, contributing to superior overall RF performance.
Low-Noise Oscillator: -155 dBc/Hz typical noise level at 10 kHz offset.
Differential LVPECL Output: Drives RX ADCs, TX DAC, and FPGA directly without requiring additional active components, preserving signal integrity and maximizing RF performance.
Pure Signal
Spectral Purity at All Costs
In addition to perfect modulation processing, OL-SDR implements Pure Signal functionality to correct the non-linearities that are always present even in the best power amplifiers.
By monitoring the transmitted signal, its purity is controlled in real time, and by intervening appropriately in the signal generation process itself, the introduced distortions are neutralized.
This results in an improvement of IMD3 typically between 20dB and 40dB, bringing the final IMD3 to values normally better, even by a large amount, than -60dBc: values unattainable for any TX equipped with a power amplifier.
OL-Master
A highly sophisticated control software that offers full control of your SHACK
The result of five years of development and over 20,000 hours of programming, OL-Master represents the culmination of the commitment of a team of passionate radio amateurs. Tested in every operating condition, from the reception of Broadcast and Utility transmissions, to the most challenging Contest and Expedition challenges, this software has been optimized in every aspect.
With an unprecedented user experience, OL-Master stands out for its intuitive and modern interface, offering an incomparable range of customizable features. Taking inspiration from the leading solutions in the industry, OL-Master goes beyond expectations.
OL-Master guarantees complete and detailed control of the settings, guaranteeing maximum customization of your station, becoming its Control Center. Its attractive graphical interface adapts perfectly to both radio listening enthusiasts (SWL) and the most demanding radio amateurs, allowing a smooth management of operations both during RagChew, and during contests or the most demanding expeditions.
With a total of 55 configuration pages and an optimization aimed at the most extreme operating conditions, OL-Master positions itself as the focal point of your equipment, guaranteeing unlimited customization for a unique radio amateur experience.
Its attractive graphical interface offers an unparalleled experience, while the possibility of customization transforms it into the heart of your Shack. Whether for radio listening enthusiasts (SWL) or the most demanding radio amateurs, OL-Master offers menus and features that allow in-depth customization of your radio environment. A reliable and powerful partner for every adventure in the world of broadcasting.
Remote Ethernet management
with autodiscovery.
Antenna management matrix
with band addressing.
Link to the EiBi database for
station identification.
Mini DxSpider Client for
Native Spot Lookup
Optimized Diversity Receiver Implementation (announced)
Independent Transverter Management on 4 Ports
Internal Virtual Audio Cable Management for Audio Routing
CW Keyer with Text Memories and Ragchew Keyboard
Features:
OL-MasterLAB: Advanced SDR Management Software
OL-SDR is not just a simple SDR receiver, but a complete radio station equipped with highly evolved management software that goes far beyond the standard functionalities of SDRs on the market offering:
Pana-Spectrum Visualization:
Simultaneously displays the entire received spectrum (wideband Panadapter) and the audio spectrum after local processing (filters, notch, AGC, etc.).
Monitors the reception of the tuned station and the entire spectrum simultaneously.
Multi Notch Filter:
Eliminate unwanted signals with an unlimited number of notches.
Define notches with a simple right-click on the signal to be eliminated, in any window (Panadapter, Spectrum, or PanaSpectrum).
Intelligent Split:
Opens up to 4 independent windows on 4 different ShortWave spectrum portions.
Activates a secondary receiver (sub-receiver) within each window.
Select the frequency of any receiver or sub-receiver as the transmit frequency with a single click.
In addition to these, OL-MasterLAB offers many other advanced features, including:
- High-quality audio recording
- Decoding of digital signals (SSB, CW, AM, FM, DRM, PSK, etc.)
- Full remote control via network
- Advanced signal analysis features
- Compatibility with popular amateur radio software
- OL-MasterLAB is the ideal choice for demanding radio amateurs who seek - a powerful, flexible, and feature-rich SDR.
Advanced Features:
Configuration Memory:
Automatically memorizes over 50 parameters when changing bands, including frequencies, display settings, filters, modes, DSP functions, meter settings, AGC, and more.
Recalls these parameters when returning to the band, allowing the operator to use previous settings.
Safety Memory:
Permanently saves all settings when closing OlliterSDR.
Keeps the last 9 configurations in the configuration database, allowing you to recover a consistent configuration in case of configuration errors or PC crashes.
Full Spectrum Recorder:
Records the audio signal of each active primary receiver or the RF signal of the entire received spectrum in each active RX window.
When recording the entire spectrum, you can tune to any signal present in the band, allowing you to reach previously unheard stations.
Quick Memory:
Each RX window has a memory for saving the settings of a station of interest.
Both saving and restoring are done with a single click.
Saved settings are permanent and are stored in the configuration database for use when OlliterSDR is restarted.
These are just a few of the many advanced features that make OL-MasterLAB the most powerful and versatile SDR on the market.
Other features include:
Advanced DSP functions, Multi-band operation, Remote control
And much more!
OL-MasterLAB is the ideal choice for demanding radio amateurs who seek a powerful, flexible, and feature-rich SDR.
OL-MasterLAB is the ideal choice for demanding radio amateurs who seek a powerful, flexible, and feature-rich SDR.
Video Tutorials:
DISCOVER OL-MASTER
A collection of VIDEO TUTORIALS designed to introduce you to the core features of OL-Master, the complementary software for OL-SDR.
BASIC SETUPADVANCED TUTORIALS
A collection of instructional videos showcasing the process of integrating OL-Master with widely used ham radio programs including fldigi, WJST-X, and CWSkimmer.
ADVANCED SETUP