Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency. The funcube sdr usb dongle pro plus is an sdr software defined radio receiver built as a usb stick. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. 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 lna allows a slightly better noise figure, but it degrades the dynamic range severely. 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. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver for funcube dongle fcd, rtl2832ubased dvbt devices rtlsdr, universal software radio peripherals usrp and osmo sdr devices. This project is intended fo schools and pupils, who have the requirement for a very.
Nov 25, 2012 inverted the waterfall tones for a test. A narrow bandpass filter on the funcube dongle pro plus is automatically selected on the 2meter band. I experimented with a couple of softrock receivers and eventually ended up buying a flex1500 qrp sdr transceiver. Airspy r2 the defacto standard for sdr scanning all modes, vhf and uhf. Checking funcube pro plus dongle frequency calibration against known standards then looking for an active ham band. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. In order to get one you had to be quick off the mark on ebay. Apr 25, 2020 software defined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware e. Sdrradio v2 beta, funcube dongle pro plus win7 64bit. 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. By running both map65 and wsjt9 simultaneously, you now have an even better ability to decode signals on the frequency youre looking at. 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.
It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and. Ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. Theres no need for any driver updates, by design the funcube dongles have been designed to use drivers already shipped with the operating system, and require no special or separate installation from your sdr software. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. 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. Dec 25, 20 this is the seventh satellite reception of a series recorded on monday, february 28, 2011 using the funcube dongle software defined radio receiver and the arrow ii handheld satellite antenna. Plus the luck im lacking recently bad things happen in 3s. Ive primarily run it with hdsdr but have used its front end software with spectravue as well.
The newer model, the funcube dongle pro plus, which also covers lw, mw and hf, is an amazing receiver. Full coverage of all amateur bands from 6khz through hf, 6m, 2m, 4m, 2m, 1. Sdrs and digital decoding from the radioreference wiki. One end has a usb connector to go to a computer, and. The dongle has a lna between the e4000 chip and the antenna connector. A radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. Programs are present to demodulate am, cw, fm and ssb usb, lsb streams. To my disappointment the current version of cw skimmer 1. At this time i would have to say that the funcube dongle fcd is more of. Thanks for getting me the funcube dongle pro plus so fast, it is a great improvement over the previous version. One of the more esoteric uses for a funcube dongle. 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. Using the fcd with wspr, cw skimmer, spectraview, drm. This is the seventh satellite reception of a series recorded on monday, february 28, 2011 using the funcube dongle software defined radio receiver and the arrow ii handheld satellite antenna.
Hdsdr is a freeware software defined radio sdr program for microsoft windows 2000xpvista7. You can adjust the frequency correction by changing the correction part in. I think the yagi is the only complex part of the above and could be manufactured easily. 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. Btw, nice to hear that software for the funcube easily can be compiled on the mac. Jan 12, 20 a narrow bandpass filter on the funcube dongle pro plus is automatically selected on the 2meter band. 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 amateur radio. Jun 03, 2011 the funcube dongle also has a sma antenna connector on the other end. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is. 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.
Please bear in mind that they carry a major health warning they are working documents and they should not be assumed to be perfect nor necessarily to represent the best solutions, and they are subject to change. Settings for funcubedongle pro plus on pi 3 showing 14 of 4 messages. Some software such as multipsk can control the fcd directly. The funcube dongle fcd is a small software defined receiver sdr with a built.
The file download from the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus group is memberonly and i havent found anything on the internet so far. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. In addition, links to applications such as virtual audio cable can be found in our hf appendix article. Its compatible with many radio reception programs like rocky, m0kgk, spectravue and linrad. For the hardware, david uses a 3m focal plane dish antenna and a 1200 mhz high pass filter. Fcd in this paper provides a softwaredefined radio in just an usb stick. The funcube dongle also works with windows xp, vista and windows 7 both x86 and x64. There was a lot of excitement about this project a couple of years ago when it started.
Jun 22, 20 ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. 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. When i run gqrx the terminal output is showing lots of errors that i dont understand but it does seem to be seeing a funcube dongle v2 so i have selected this and selected ok using x. Also included is a program that writes fcdpp sample data to its standard output stdout port. The link for the dream software used in drm decoding along with other relevant drm links can be found in our drm article. Are there better receivers with this kind of range. High dynamic range inside forget about overloading. The satellite is ho68 xw1 and the recording was made in jo45kg during orbit 5791. I wouldnt even mind if it had a few quirks in it, since it seems to be still in beta. The funcube dongle also has a sma antenna connector on the other end. Softwaredefined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware e. Airspy is a line of popular softwaredefined radio sdr receivers developed to achieve high. Never imagined i could afford one with such amazingly wide coverage, mode versatility and infinitely adjustable bandwidth.
Continue reading ho68 cw beacon with funcube dongle and arrow. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and the qt gui toolkit. 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. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham. As the use of sdrs grow, so does the list of possible applications. I experimented with a couple of softrock receivers and eventually. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham radio. Dr morgan uses his funcube dongle with the spectrumlab windows software, which is a specialized audio analyzer. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle. Gnu radio applications are primarily written using the python programming language, while the.
The quadrature sampling rate is at 96 khz with 80 khz useable. Airspy mini vhfuhf airspy in a dongle format always keep one in your pocket. Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free. Table 1 shows the performance of the dongle at some different settings. For software he uses linrad or gqrx as the receiver, and wsjtx or jtdx as the. 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. A small single transistor rf preamp for 2 metres mounted at the yagi the one from the rsgb vhf handbook i used for arissat1 and a battery in the garden. Links to various decoding applications can be found in our hf software decoders and hf digital amateur radio pages. The center frequency of the funcube dongle can be set by software.
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