Simon browns sdrradio worked as well, and with equal ease, though as luck would have it i tried it on the very day that the free licence key for the program expired. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham. 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. This software supports radios from many manufacturers, all shown on this page. Individual dashboard installers for each mission can be downloaded here. The funcube sdr receiver was developed to support the funcube satellite project of amsatuk. This section describes some early experiments carried out in july 2011 to determine the performance of an amateur radio telescope employing a software defined radio. Work by alexey bazhin on adding support to grosmosdr and gqrx. Radio in which some or all of the physical layer functions are software defined. Mar 22, 2014 im learning about software defined radio. Second hand pro plus dongle radioworld marine radio. Use rtlsdr as a high quality entropy source for random number generation. With an sdr, many of the functions of a traditional hardwareonly radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion.
Ao73funcube1 funcube1 dashboard v1044 funcube2 no longer operational eseo funcube4 not yet operational eseo dashboard v1177 eo88nayif1 funcube5 nayif1 dashboard v1040 jo97jy1sat funcube6 jy1sat dashboard v1189 updated january 2019 the guidance notes can be downloaded from here. One end has a usb connector to go to a computer, and. It is written using the hid api library and the qt gui toolkit. Device drivers are already included in your operating system windows, linux or mac osx, 32 or 64 bit. Funcube dongle archives page 3 of 3 oz9aec website. In order to get one you had to be quick off the mark on ebay. A radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. 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. The center frequency of the funcube dongle can be set by software. The beginners guide to software defined radio rtlsdr duration. If there is software on the host pc that will decode dstar from a soundcard based sdr then that will work. These modes can also be received with the rtlsdr and an upconverter such as the nooelec hamitup upconverter. This thing is the equivalent of the ford model t in that at long last, it has made softwaredefined radio affordable and accessible for so many. Use rtlsdr as a panadapter for your traditional hardware radio.
The grfcdproplus driver library is an outoftree gnu radio module. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. Software defined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware e. The receiver covers a frequency range of 150 khz to 1900 mhz and can displayreceive a spectrum of up to 192 khz. Meteor radar sdr receiver british astronomical association. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. Funcube dongle is a software defined radio receiver in a usb stick tunable over a range of 64 mhz 1. The fcd itself is the rf section of a software defined radio, and as such it does no demodulation or decoding, that is done by software the host pc. Ao73 funcube 1 funcube 1 dashboard v1044 funcube 2 no longer operational eseo funcube 4 not yet operational eseo dashboard v1177 eo88nayif1 funcube 5 nayif1 dashboard v1040 jo97jy1sat funcube 6 jy1sat dashboard v1189 updated january 2019 the guidance notes can be downloaded from here please read them. Gnu radio with funcube dongle sdr amateur radio stack exchange. The video shows basic receive and scanner functions. Support for this device is enabled via the third party grfcdproplus gnu radio block, which must be installed after gnu radio but prior to grosmosdr. This usb type works with my computer soundcard asus xonar essence stx.
Sadly simon doesnt have a fcd and is not busy making sdrradio. The realtek rtl2832u dongle is probably about the most useful thing that a ham can spend. Its compatible with many radio reception programs like rocky, m0kgk, spectravue and linrad. The quadrature sampling rate is at 96 khz with 80 khz useable. There was a lot of excitement about this project a couple of years ago when it started. Funcube pro plus differs from rtl sdr 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 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. Just remember to put your lna close to the antenna, filter can be even close to the dongle, so you can change filters if required for different bands, and regarding the cable quality you can use even a cheap coaxial. Its a usb dongle that you plug into your pc, and with the installation of a piece of free software, you have a powerful software defined radio sdr that can receive signals from 24mhz right up into the ghz range. The funcube dongle also has a sma antenna connector on the other end. This was designed for best performance in the 2m and 440 bands for copying funcube satellite signals. The funcube dongle also works with windows xp, vista and windows 7 both x86 and x64. Listening to and looking at dab broadcast radio signals.
The results were so good that they also brought their gold standard racal ra3791 to the game, and the results are surprising. On the funcube dongle software defined radio site howard g6lvb says. By running both map65 and wsjt9 simultaneously, you now have an even better ability to decode signals on the frequency youre looking at. Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and the qt gui toolkit. This project is intended fo schools and pupils, who have the requirement for a very.
Jun 22, 20 ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. I have tried installing ubuntu with gnu radio on a virtual machine and when i try to run the flow graph nothing shoes up in the sink and the frequency control software qthid crashes. Telemetry dashboards for all missions welcome to the. It provides iq data via usb audio and its control interface frequency, gains. Jun 03, 2011 the funcube dongle also has a sma antenna connector on the other end. Funcube dongle pro sdr radio astronomy and spectroscopy. 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 provides iq data via usb audio and its control interface frequency, gains, filters uses the usb hid api. At this time i would have to say that the funcube dongle fcd is more of. I didnt even have to do anything, beside some trivial integration and testing. Softwaredefined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware e. From these preliminary investigations into the use of the funcube dongle software radio device it is possible to draw a few conclusions.
Please note that frustratingly the waiting list software doesnt supply a positive. 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. Using the flex1500 transceiver, i found that once i got used to using the mouse driven sdr rather than. Hdsdr is a freeware software defined radio sdr program for microsoft windows 2000xpvista7. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham radio. Software defined radio is an implementation of a radio communication system where components that have normally been implemented in. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver for funcube dongle fcd, rtl2832ubased dvbt devices rtlsdr, universal software radio peripherals usrp and osmo sdr devices. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle. Listening to fm radio, and decoding rds information. 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. 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.
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