What’s Your SINR? Stop guessing. Start knowing.

SurfScan by Waveriders gives broadcast video professionals unprecedented visibility into cellular network conditions before going live. This portable diagnostic powerhouse scans all available carriers and frequency bands, delivering comprehensive SINR (Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio) data in minutes.

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Built on the reliable WLAN Pi platform with a professional-grade Quectel RM520GLN modem, SurfScan delivers:

instant network intelligence

know, don't guess!

Identify optimal carriers and bands at your location with real-time SINR metrics across all available networks.

data-driven decisions

data wins arguments.

Generate detailed HTML/PDF reports to justify equipment configurations to clients and producers.

streamlined workflow

keep it simple.

Configure Teradek, LiveU, or Peplink bonded encoders based on actual field measurements, not outdated coverage maps

When public networks fail, SurfScan reports provide the evidence you need to deploy private 5G solutions.

Live Performance Monitoring

Track signal strength throughout your broadcast with the intuitive Streamlit dashboard

Field-Tested Reliability

Purpose-built for broadcast engineers by the team that understands your challenges

Extensible

Fully customizable reporting and open source code. Want it done differently? You got it.

We Know You Have Questions!

How is SurfScan powered?

SurfScan can be powered with any USB-C power source such as a wall adapter or a battery pack.

What bands does SurfScan support?

The radio in the SurfScan is a Quectel RM520N-GL, and SurfScan supports all bands that the radio does.

5G NR: n1/2/3/5/7/8/12/13/14/18/20/25/26/28/29/30/38/40/41/48/66/70/71/75/76/77/78/79

LTE-FDD: B1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/14/17/18/19/20/25/26/28/29/30/32/66/71

LTE-TDD: B34/38/39/40/41/42/43/48

LAA: B46

WCDMA: B1/2/4/5/8/19

How do I get the results of the scan?

Onboard every SurfScan is a miniature web server hosting Grafana to display live and historical data for the cellular scans that SurfScan performs.

Can I modify SurfScan?

Sure! The software we're using is almost all FOSS and we encourage you to contribute back to the community which, in turn, helps SurfScan get even better.

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