Ive been using the funcube dongle pro plus as my primary receiver for several years, i wouldnt trade it for anything. The sale times are now lasting longer,so this is the best time to grab yourself an sdr dongle. And, where is the extio version of sdruno to be found. To give you a flavour, the new fcd has well over twice as many. On the funcube dongle software defined radio site howard g6lvb says. No, it is a copy of the original funcube dongle pro, and it is most definitely not the. I experimented with a couple of softrock receivers and eventually. Users should remember the that dashboard that was started last, is the one that will control the frequency settings applied to the funcube dongle. One end has a usb connector to go to a computer, and. I am using hdsdr with another sdr receiver and satisfied with that software. Today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. Gnu radio applications are primarily written using the python programming language, while the. In this article, well see how to install the system with the receiver providing direct input to the software. For this reason, some users tend to run all dashboards simultaneously using the same funcube dongle.
The funcube sdr usb dongle pro plus is an sdr software defined radio receiver built as a usb stick. It was a little fiddly to initially set up but i have been impressed with its performance, it has opened my. May 26, 2011 the funcube dongle pro will be on sale this evening 21. With an sdr, many of the functions of a traditional hardwareonly radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion. I am happy to publish articles on linux uses in funcube and amsat projects so feel free to submit them to give your good work a wider audience. This is a simple command line utility to set the frequency and gain of. At this time i would have to say that the funcube dongle fcd is more of. By using the rtlsdr to receive the telemetry beacon as the satellite passes overhead, he was able to use the funcube dashboard software to record and decode and view the satellites telemetry data.
Ever since i got my funcube dongle pro last christmas it has been the main focus of my radio experimentation. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle. It streams quadrature iq data via usb audio interface and it is controlled via usb hid. Funcube dongle pro sdr radio astronomy and spectroscopy. Ill be away for a few days next week 19 august to 23 august, so as there will be a short delay in dispatch, im currently offering free shipping until i return if you place an order before i return. This project is intended fo schools and pupils, who have the requirement for a very. I dont know of a package that does this myself, although you may well find some suggestions on the funcube yahoo group. Fcd in this paper provides a softwaredefined radio in just an usb stick. The center frequency of the funcube dongle can be set by software. The receiver covers a frequency range of 150 khz to 1900 mhz and can displayreceive a spectrum of up to 192 khz the funcube sdr receiver was developed to support the funcube satellite project of amsatuk. Usb software defined radio receiver by howard long g6lvb, covering 64 mhz to 1. Jun 22, 20 ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free.
Designed for the commercial, amateur radio and shortwave listener communities, the console provides a powerful interface for all sdr users. The software is being continually developed with new features added on a regular basis. Amateur radio hobbyist n4jtcs has shared on his blog his experiences with receiving the funcube1s telemetry using his rtlsdr dongle. I am about to tear out what little hair i have left. Author alexandru csete posted on december 25, 20 august 22, 2016 categories funcube dongle tags console, dongle, funcube, line, pro, radio, receiver, sdr, software, utility leave a comment on updated fcdctl for the funcube dongle pro and. While i was playing with a synthetic voice generator i decided to prepare this short presentation to help how to update the funcube dongle firmware update to version 18f. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham. Designed from the outset to be compatible with almost all sdr software. The quadrature sampling rate is at 96 khz with 80 khz useable. Would some compassionate person explain how to do so. The funcube dongle pro will be on sale this evening 21. Currently there is a beta version that also supports the funcube dongle.
The news back then was that it could be used on the raspberry pi to control the fcd instead of the continuously failing attempts at running qthid. The funcube dongle pro plus plugs directly into the usb ports computer and is compatible with many software radio reception as sdr sharp, rocky, m0kgk, spectravue or linrad. Sep 12, 2012 ever since i got my funcube dongle pro last christmas it has been the main focus of my radio experimentation. This is how i got my funcube dongle fcd from here on in working under linux on a samsung n netbook pc using quisk sdr software. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. After some digging around online the best one it seems is the funcube. On the funcube dongle software defined radio site howard g6lvb says ill be away for a few days next week 19 august to 23 august, so as there will be a short delay in dispatch, im currently offering free shipping until i return if you place an order before i return. Thought this might be of interest to the readers of this part of the forum, it is a software defined radio in a usb dongle that receives from 64mhz to 1. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. A radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. I have used it on a number of computers including some quite old not very powerful machines and with different software applications primarily the sdrradio and hdsdr suites. Unfollow funcube dongle pro to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. Gnu radio is a free software development toolkit that provides the signal processing runtime and processing blocks to implement software radios using readilyavailable, lowcost external rf hardware and commodity processors.
To my disappointment the current version of cw skimmer 1. Osx or windows integrated 5v bias t switchable from software this is a complete redesign. Mine works flawlessly and receives dozens of two meter repeaters 100 miles away. One of the drawbacks is that it does not go below 64mhz, and i would like to be able to listen to hf. Get pro back to albums list funcube dongle usb software defined radio receiver by howard long g6lvb, covering 64 mhz to 1. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and the qt gui toolkit. Ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. The funcube dongle also has a sma antenna connector on the other end. Jul 16, 2011 while i was playing with a synthetic voice generator i decided to prepare this short presentation to help how to update the funcube dongle firmware update to version 18f. Funcube pro plus differs from rtlsdr dvbt stick, with 11 filters to improved quality of reception on radio amateurs and satellite band inculding the amateur band 2m and 70cm bands. In order to get one you had to be quick off the mark on ebay.
There was a lot of excitement about this project a couple of years ago when it started. To build for funcube dongle pro type make without the quotes. Thanks for getting me the funcube dongle pro plus so fast, it is a great improvement over the previous version. Seit 2008 ist unter dem namen funcubedongle ein kleiner. Do you have any suggestions what would be the best software for this application. Any telemetry for one of the other funcube satellites can be captured and forwarded to the central data warehouse. The funcube dongle itself can receive tetra, but you will need an appropriate software package on the host pc to demodulate, decode and if necessry decrypt it, and deal with handover. In the paper dr david morgan of the british astronomical association radio astronomy group baarag describes how he used the funcube dongle as the heart of a radio telescope operating on 1420 mhz.
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