This lna allows a slightly better noise figure, but it degrades the dynamic range severely. The funcube is a cubesat a low cost miniature 10 cm cube sized satellite which is intended mainly for educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics, but has also piqued the interest of. Softwaredefined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware e. Mar, 2016 funcube dongle pro plus yaesu ft950 first if at 69,45 mhz bandwidth 192 khz sdr console version 2. This project is intended fo schools and pupils, who have the.
Jun 22, 20 ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. It has eleven discrete front end filters for different frequency bands including saw filters for the 2m and 70cm amateur bands. Ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. The funcube dongle also works with windows xp, vista and windows 7 both x86 and x64. 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. Click here to view photos of his funcube dongle pro plus. Unfollow funcube dongle pro to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. I also tried other sdr software but in my opinion these have less possibilities in.
Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency. The dongle has a lna between the e4000 chip and the antenna connector. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver for funcube dongle fcd, rtl2832ubased dvbt devices rtlsdr, universal software radio peripherals usrp and osmo sdr devices. We have included the recommended warehouse settings for each satellite as well as the fcd centre frequency. On linux it autodetects the correct soundcard from procasoundcards. A radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. Zipping around the signals on cw, i wondered whether i could get a skimmer going.
Its reception modes are am, nfm, wfm usb, lsb, dsb, cwu, and cwl. Software defined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware e. Are there better receivers with this kind of range. Using a switchboard to switch all available rxtx antennas also to the funcube dongle. Ever since i got my funcube dongle pro last christmas it has been the main focus of my radio experimentation. By running both map65 and wsjt9 simultaneously, you now have an even better ability to decode signals on the frequency youre looking at. 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. There was a lot of excitement about this project a couple of years ago when it started. 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. Selectivity bandwidths for all modes are continuously adjustable to suit the listener.
Nov 25, 2012 inverted the waterfall tones for a test. Funcube dongle archives page 3 of 3 oz9aec website. Compared to cheap rtl dongles the funcube pro does have a 16bit adc and a 96khz sample rate which in my case is desirable compared to 2mhz and 8bit adc of rtl dongles. Yes and works very well, audio quality is great, at the moment we dont have frequency change of the funcube dongle via simons software,but works great via the sound card input and the front end software. The funcube sdr receiver was developed to support the funcube satellite project of amsatuk. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. Hdsdr is a freeware software defined radio sdr program for microsoft windows 2000xpvista7. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. It was a little fiddly to initially set up but i have been impressed with its.
Andy eventually decided to join the funcube group, when he purchased a funcube dongle pro plus in early january 2015. My funcube dongle, with an sma bnc converter attached 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. This morning, i decided to try the funcube dongle pro plus on hf. On the funcube dongle blogstore amateur radio enthusiast dk80k a. It is written using the hid api library and the qt gui toolkit.
A narrow bandpass filter on the funcube dongle pro plus is automatically selected on the 2meter band. Sdrradio v2 beta, funcube dongle pro plus win7 64bit. Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free. Ive heard the original funcube dongle pro wont be available anymore. Users should remember the that dashboard that was started last, is the one that will control the frequency settings applied to the funcube dongle.
Petes advice on extra bits of equipment that need to be purchased to make the funcube dongle work 29122014. The receiver covers a frequency range of 150 khz to 1900 mhz and can displayreceive a spectrum of up to 192 khz. Checking funcube pro plus dongle frequency calibration against known standards then looking for an active ham band. Also included is a program that writes fcdpp sample data to its standard. Its compatible with many radio reception programs like rocky, m0kgk, spectravue and linrad. Table 1 shows the performance of the dongle at some different settings. First impressions were very good, with plenty of signals coming through with good quality. Is it possible to make this frequencies available somehow. The funcube sdr usb dongle pro plus is an sdr software defined radio receiver built as a usb stick. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. Programs are present to demodulate am, cw, fm and ssb usb, lsb streams.
To my disappointment the current version of cw skimmer 1. Nov 18, 20 with the settings described above, the funcube dongle pro plus should be about the same sensitivity able to decode jt65b signals about as well as your analog radio. In order to get one you had to be quick off the mark on ebay. The big advantage of spectravue compared to other sdr software is that its simple in use and it has very good possibilities in showing extreme weak signals. Jan 12, 20 the current version of the map65 program 2. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. You can adjust the frequency correction by changing the correction part in the funcube dongle tab. Funcube dongle pro plus yaesu ft950 first if at 69,45 mhz bandwidth 192 khz sdr console version 2.
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. I connected it up to the butternut vertical and tuned to 14mhz. Using the funcube dongle pro plus right as a sdr hardware. Each satellite carrying a funcube payload has a dedicated dashboard and we have updated the one page summary funcube dashboard summary v 3 of those dashboards, their current version number and a dedicated download link. The newer model, the funcube dongle pro plus, which also covers lw, mw and hf, is an amazing receiver. Plus the luck im lacking recently bad things happen in 3s. 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. The funcube dongle fcd is a small software defined receiver sdr with a built. These dashboards are under continual development and the next planned development is to create a single dashboard that will service all funcube telemetry payloads simultaneously. One end has a usb connector to go to a computer, and the other end has an sma socket for an antenna or coax.
Could you ask the same question on the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus group. 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. Dec 29, 2016 with the rtl stick sdruno works great,i tried to let it work with the funcube stick and allthough i can receive stations if i checked the wme inpute device to the funcube dongle,i can further do nothing,no changing of memory channels etc etc i presume it has something to do with the dll file in the documents folder has anyone got it to work. With the settings described above, the funcube dongle pro plus should be about the same sensitivity able to decode jt65b signals about as well as your analog radio. Never imagined i could afford one with such amazingly wide coverage, mode versatility and infinitely adjustable bandwidth. In the video he tests the reception of radio new zealand international rnzi. Funcube dongle pro and pro plus versions the new dongle is guaranteed to work from 150khz to 240mhz and from 420mhz to 1. Gqrx software defined radio receiver gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and the qt gui toolkit. Btw, nice to hear that software for the funcube easily can be compiled on the mac. Download a pdf document for second hand pro plus dongle. Select 02 funcube proplus in the stream box and click on.
Software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and qt. Full coverage of all amateur bands from 6khz through hf, 6m, 2m, 4m, 2m, 1. With an sdr, many of the functions of a traditional hardwareonly radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion. The dynamic range on the funcube pro plus is far greater than any 8bit dongle, as the fcd delivers a 24bit stream from the adc, which is reduced to 16 bits internally still twice the width of an 8bit dongle.
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