In order to get one you had to be quick off the mark on ebay. 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. Ive heard the original funcube dongle pro wont be available anymore. The funcube sdr usb dongle pro plus is an sdr software defined radio receiver built as a usb stick.
The secret to success using howard longs original funcube dongle pro is using free sdrdx software, a preamp, and a par notch filter to eliminate adjacent channel pager interference. Its a standard procedure first step before using funcube in linux environment. Its compatible with many radio reception programs like rocky, m0kgk, spectravue and linrad. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. The sale times are now lasting longer,so this is the best time to grab yourself an sdr dongle. 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. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is. You can adjust the frequency correction by changing the correction part in the funcube dongle tab. I dont know of a package that does this myself, although you may well find some suggestions on the funcube yahoo group. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and the qt gui toolkit.
Apr 25, 2020 software defined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware e. Mine works flawlessly and receives dozens of two meter repeaters 100 miles away. One end has a usb connector to go to a computer, and the other end has an sma socket for an antenna or coax. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. Is it possible to make this frequencies available somehow. 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. Recently, the funcube 1 satellite was successfully launched. 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. For software he uses linrad or gqrx as the receiver, and wsjtx or jtdx as the. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. Ever since i got my funcube dongle pro last christmas it has been the main focus of my radio experimentation. The extio for the older pro can be downloaded from the hdsdr page as described above. Funcube dongle as a radio telescope a radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. I have tried on and off since i purchased the above to get it working, without success i have reloaded the 18j firmware from you website and followed the instructions all loaded ok.
To control the device the hidapi usb version is used. To my disappointment the current version of cw skimmer 1. Hdsdr is a freeware software defined radio sdr program for microsoft windows 2000xpvista7. The funcube dongle pro will be on sale this evening 21. Funcube dongle pro sdr radio astronomy and spectroscopy. 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. Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free.
The center frequency of the funcube dongle can be set by software. The funcube dongle fcd is a small software defined receiver sdr with a built. 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. A radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. The funcube is a cubesat a low cost miniature 10cm 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 hobbyists. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle. 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. Checking funcube pro plus dongle frequency calibration against known standards then looking for an active ham band. Softwaredefined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware e. Hello howard, i purchased the funcube dongle pro about 3 months ago, at the time it was the latest ver 1. Jun 22, 20 ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro.
Ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. Jan 12, 20 if you have an older funcube dongle pro version preoctober 2012, then you can either run map65 v. It was a little fiddly to initially set up but i have been impressed with its. 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. Unfollow funcube dongle pro to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver for funcube dongle fcd, rtl2832ubased dvbt devices rtlsdr, universal software radio peripherals usrp and osmo sdr devices. You can check if you can access the receiver using command line as normal user. 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. Due to export orders not having to pay vat, this is actually cheaper than the price in the uk.
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. 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. With an sdr, many of the functions of a traditional hardwareonly radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. This project is intended fo schools and pupils, who have the. By running both map65 and wsjt9 simultaneously, you now have an even better ability to decode signals on the frequency youre looking at.
One of the more esoteric uses for a funcube dongle. 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. The funcube dongle also has a sma antenna connector on the other end. If you have an older funcube dongle pro version preoctober 2012, then you can either run map65 v. Sdrradio v2 beta, funcube dongle pro plus win7 64bit. Nov 25, 2012 inverted the waterfall tones for a test. 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. There was a lot of excitement about this project a couple of years ago when it started. Users should remember the that dashboard that was started last, is the one that will control the frequency settings applied to the funcube dongle. On linux it autodetects the correct soundcard from procasoundcards. 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.
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. Full coverage of all amateur bands from 6khz through hf, 6m, 2m, 4m, 2m, 1. The funcube dongle also works with windows xp, vista and windows 7 both x86 and x64.
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