With better software support and if the price stays near the same, it could become a killer deal for an inexpensive vhf uhf sdr radio platform. It is a newsky dongle and looks exactly like my previous one. Hello howard, i purchased the funcube dongle pro about 3 months ago, at the time it was the latest ver 1. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham. Hf converter pcb for funcube dongle pro, rtl2832u usb dongle and vhf receiver duration. If you prefer to play on the vhf and acar frequencies, i think it is much convinient to invest in a small wideband lna if you can not build one by yourself, a filter and a simple tvdongle, any type, e4k, 820. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle.
This requires the use of an antenna designed for receiving such a signal, for example a quadrifilar helix antenna or a turnstile antenna. I funcube sono una serie standardizzata di piccoli satelliti educativi, di dimensioni 10x10x10cm, tipicamente progettati e realizzati in ambito accademico per avvicinare gli studenti alla pratica delle comunicazioni spazioterra. But the fun cube dongle uses 192khz, and when using it the following messages appear in varlogmessages before t. Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency. In the meantime the newly designed funcube dongle pro plus has been in production and lucky customers have been slowly receiving theirs.
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 analog output from the e4000 chip is sampled with a 16 bit ad converter which looks like a usb soundcard to windows. In the video he tests the reception of radio new zealand international rnzi. Could you ask the same question on the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus group. Recommended by the british astronomical association radio astronomy group at least in 2014, baa rag for radio astronomy, this small, portable software defined radio is cheaper, more sensitive and efficient than older radios such as the r7000. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham radio. With over a thousand people in front of me on the waiting list i wasnt expecting one before the new year, so imagine my surprise when i received. Dl7ukms collection of amateur radio links sdr software.
Dec 26, 20 santa was kind enough to bring me a funcube dongle pro plus this year. Latest firmware has fixed usb so that external usb sound cards will word at 96khz. The funcube dongle sdr receiver has been a huge success so far and enjoys wide acceptance with many radio amateurs for receiving satellites and other vhfuhf communications. If youre looking for a dongle to use as an rtlsdr, check our page on where to buy rtlsdr tuners. F4dan overview about various sdr projects and sw by christophe f4dan. All of these programs are complex and i would not attempt this unless you are familiar with at least satpc32. First, the guy couldnt get it to work so theres no guarantee it isnt defective and two, it has a coverage gap between 245420 mhz according to their website.
Mine works flawlessly and receives dozens of two meter repeaters 100 miles away. 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. It is written for people who are familiar with the funcube dongle, hdsdr or sdrconsole and satpc32. The pro version of the fcd is an incredible tool capable of capturing an 80 khz. Hi 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. Project documents we intend to publish as many of our working documents as possible here. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. If you prefer to play on the vhf and acar frequencies, i think it is much convinient to invest in a small wideband lna if you can not build one by yourself, a filter and a simple tv dongle, any type, e4k, 820. I dont know of a package that does this myself, although you may well find some suggestions on the funcube yahoo group. 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. As regular readers will know, i have enjoyed using the rtlsdr dongles for some low cost sdr work. Unfollow funcube dongle pro to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
The dongle has a lna between the e4000 chip and the antenna connector. Using hdsdr with the funcube dongle page 3 in the files section of the funcube yahoo. Any telemetry for one of the other funcube satellites can be captured and forwarded to the central data warehouse. For software he uses linrad or gqrx as the receiver, and wsjtx or jtdx as the. Osx or windows integrated 5v bias t switchable from software this is a complete redesign. 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. It uses a e4000 chip like some of the rtlsdr units do.
Hf converter kit for funcube dongle sdr sparkys blog. Currently, to view the telemetry for a particular satellite, it is necessary to run the dashboard for that satellite. Plus the luck im lacking recently bad things happen in 3s. Noaa apt transmissions are right hand circular polarized at frequences around 7 mhz. Passo e lanciare il software sdrsharp, mediante il collegamento creato sul desktop al passo b. Covering 601700 mhz, that initial product was developed in the u.
Select 02 funcube proplus in the stream box and click on. The funcube dongle fcd is a small software defined receiver sdr with a. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is. With the hf converter the reception of a frequency range from 0 to 52mhz now becomes possible. Before getting this sdr dongle, i had used one of the cheapcheap rtl dongles, and thought that for its low price, that rtl was fun, if woefully inadequate from overload to filtering to noise floor to range deafness on a 90 grounded, unund random wire and then thought perhaps more money would garner a better. To control the device the hidapi usb version is used. Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free.
Jun 03, 2011 with better software support and if the price stays near the same, it could become a killer deal for an inexpensive vhf uhf sdr radio platform. Seit 2008 ist unter dem namen funcubedongle ein kleiner. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. Comparing the rtlsdr, funcube pro plus and sdrplay on moon. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. 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. In the video he tests the reception of radio new zealand. On linux it autodetects the correct soundcard from procasoundcards. Santa was kind enough to bring me a funcube dongle pro plus this year.
It just crashed when i tried using gnu radio companion with the funcube dongle block. There are also plans for an educational version of the funcube, that will be slightly less expensive and have less frequency coverage than the funcube dongle pro discussed here. The only drawback so far was reception of shortwave. Funcube dongle proplus levoluzione della specie genesi del progetto. To my disappointment the current version of cw skimmer 1. It is written using the qt sdk and is qthid funcube dongle controller browse 3. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle antenna. 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. 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.
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