SDR Transceiver Zeus ZS-1 - An Introduction

This video introduces in about ten minutes time to all major aspects of the revolutionary SDR transceiver ZS-1, developed and produced by Alexandr Gromov of St. Petersburg, Russia. It shows tuning as well as adjustding bandwith, controlling noise filter, and much more. You can see how ZS-1 work together with multimode software, and how to do QRP work with it.

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[Ralf Wilhelm]

How does the receiver performance compare with e. g. a Perseus?

[DK8OK]

Hi, Ralf - not having compared ZS-1 in each and every aspect with e.g. Perseus, Winradio G33DDC (Excalibur PRO) and SDR-IP, the receiving part of ZS-1 is more than on par with Perseus which it surpasses by far regarding sensitivity. 73 Nils, DK8OK

[Paul Lawrence]

Excellent video. Where/when is this transceiver available from? As Tracey said it is a pity it does not have a wider coverage!

[DK8OK]

Thanks, I appreciate your comment! Please read my answer to Tracey, G5VU.

73 Nils, DK8OK

[Yan Alexeenko]

ZeusSDR include best and unique features as

- P3D mode of spectrogram (Digital Phosphor mode) for spectrum analyze

- Waterfall bind to frequency changes and have high resolution

- Flexible user interface settings

- Hi-End & Hi-Performance algorithms of signal filtering

- SmartAGC

- "Time Machine" - operator can rewind the signal back using waterfall

- Implement MIDI interface for controls of transceiver

- IQ recording and IQ playing

etc.

[Yan Alexeenko]

We developed new version ZeusSDR, it's 2.3 now. Now, any HAM can try this version in IQ player mode without ZS-1 transceiver.

[Shohei Okabe]

Looks handsome on display. Simple and cool in design. :-)

[Michael Wrenn]

SDR is very exciting. What are the chances of the software being cross platform? Whether it be available to run in a browser, which could allow for remote operation, or if possible to allow for operation on Macs and Linux.

Good luck with this project. I look forward to seeing more in the future. 73 K5WRN

[SV3AUW]

Excellent rig and excellent presentation!

[salat]

About tuning below 1.5 MHz: Have you tried to set the tuner frequency to just that? With a bandwidth of 1,5 MHz it should be possible to get down to 0 kHz, right? (ignoring internal filters, etc.)