Keep this one in your pocket!

Airspy Mini builds on top of the successful Airspy R2 architecture to offer a portable high performance scanner for the VHF and UHF bands.

The Airspy Mini leverages our proven low-IF architecture based on Rafael Micro R820T2 (or R860) and a high quality Oversampling 12bit ADC and a state of the art DSP resulting in up to 16-bit resolution at narrow band channels.

In Oversampling Mode, the Airspy Mini applies Analog RF and IF filtering to the signal path and increases the resolution to up to 16-bit using the software decimation. The net result is Spectacular Performance!

The coverage can be extended to the HF bands via the SpyVerter up-converter companion.

This new addition to the Airspy family 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.

For a more complete list of supported software, check the download page.

Typical Applications

Portable VHF/UHF/SHF Radio Monitoring
Real Time Spectrum Analyzer
ADS-B, ATC receiver
Radio Astronomy
Satellite IF
Telemetry Receiver
Wide Band Scanner
Education
Ham Radio, etc.

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

Supported Operating Systems

Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10
Linux
*BSD
OSX

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)
10, 6 and 3 MSPS IQ output – Optimized for portable and tablets
Up to 6 MHz panoramic spectrum view
0.5 ppm high precision, low phase noise clock
4.5v software switchable Bias-Tee 100% Compatible with SpyVerter and High Performance LNA
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
Best software support of all existing SDRs
No drivers required! 100% Plug-and-play on Windows Vista, Seven, 8, 8.1 and 10, all Linux Flavors, Mac and Android
Compatible with Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Pine64 and UP boards
Operating temperature: -10°C to 40°C