MagicSDR: SDR Radio Receiver

Turn your iPhone or iPad into a real world-band radio. Tune 600+ live SDR receivers around the globe — shortwave, ham bands and more. No hardware needed.

Turn your iPhone or iPad into a real radio receiver. MagicSDR connects you to more than 600 live SDR (software defined radio) servers around the world — tune in to shortwave broadcasts, ham radio and utility stations right away. No antenna, no dongle, no hardware required.

WHAT YOU CAN HEAR

• International shortwave broadcasters from every continent
• Ham radio operators on SSB and CW — contests, DXpeditions, everyday QSOs
• Aviation, marine and utility stations
• Time signals, beacons and digital modes

Pick a receiver close to the signal you want: a server in Japan, Brazil or the Alps is one tap away. Somewhere the bands are always open.

HAVE YOUR OWN SDR HARDWARE?

MagicSDR also works as a fast native client for your own receivers. The app supports the SoapyRemote protocol, which means it works with any SDR device that has a SoapySDR driver.

More supported protocols:

• rtl_tcp — stream IQ data from the popular and affordable RTL-SDR dongles
• Airspy network — connect to Airspy receivers shared over the network
• Hermes-Lite — direct connection to the open-source Hermes-Lite 2 HF transceiver

A POWERFUL RECEIVER WITH A TOUCH-FIRST UI

• Wideband panadapter and waterfall with smooth pinch-to-zoom and pan gestures
• AM, SSB (USB/LSB), CW, NFM and WFM demodulators
• Adjustable filter bandwidth and noise-threshold squelch
• Frequency bookmarks to collect and organize stations
• Band plan overlay, so you always know where you are on the dial
• Audio over UDP — feed external decoders such as FT8/WSJT-X or CW
• Built-in EiBi shortwave schedule database — instantly see which broadcast station is on the air, in what language and when

MADE FOR

Ham radio operators, shortwave listeners (SWL), DXers, spectrum analysis — and anyone curious about what is on the air right now.

Feedback and feature requests are always welcome — MagicSDR is in active development.