Software defined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware e. The newer model, the funcube dongle pro plus, which also covers lw, mw and hf, is an amazing receiver. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. Its reception modes are am, nfm, wfm usb, lsb, dsb, cwu, and cwl. Its compatible with many radio reception programs like rocky, m0kgk, spectravue and linrad. It is written using the hid api library and the qt gui toolkit. Petes advice on extra bits of equipment that need to be purchased to make the funcube dongle work 29122014. Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency. With an sdr, many of the functions of a traditional hardwareonly radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion. Select 02 funcube proplus in the stream box and click on. 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. In order to get one you had to be quick off the mark on ebay. Download a pdf document for second hand pro plus dongle.
Funcube dongle archives page 3 of 3 oz9aec website. Ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. 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. This lna allows a slightly better noise figure, but it degrades the dynamic range severely. Could you ask the same question on the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus group. One end has a usb connector to go to a computer, and the other end has an sma socket for an antenna or coax. Selectivity bandwidths for all modes are continuously adjustable to suit the listener. Jun 22, 20 ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. Table 1 shows the performance of the dongle at some different settings. Using a switchboard to switch all available rxtx antennas also to the funcube dongle. It was a little fiddly to initially set up but i have been impressed with its. Is it possible to make this frequencies available somehow. The funcube dongle fcd is a small software defined receiver sdr with a built. Never imagined i could afford one with such amazingly wide coverage, mode versatility and infinitely adjustable bandwidth.
Sdrradio v2 beta, funcube dongle pro plus win7 64bit. Are there better receivers with this kind of range. The funcube sdr receiver was developed to support the funcube satellite project of amsatuk. A narrow bandpass filter on the funcube dongle pro plus is automatically selected on the 2meter band.
The receiver covers a frequency range of 150 khz to 1900 mhz and can displayreceive a spectrum of up to 192 khz. 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. Users should remember the that dashboard that was started last, is the one that will control the frequency settings applied to the funcube dongle. Nov 25, 2012 inverted the waterfall tones for a test. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. Softwaredefined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware e. 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. To my disappointment the current version of cw skimmer 1. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. Ive heard the original funcube dongle pro wont be available anymore. Andy eventually decided to join the funcube group, when he purchased a funcube dongle pro plus in early january 2015. The funcube dongle also works with windows xp, vista and windows 7 both x86 and x64. Gqrx software defined radio receiver gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and the qt gui toolkit. I also tried other sdr software but in my opinion these have less possibilities in.
Click here to view photos of his funcube dongle pro plus. Checking funcube pro plus dongle frequency calibration against known standards then looking for an active ham band. Jan 12, 20 the current version of the map65 program 2. Funcube dongle pro and pro plus versions the new dongle is guaranteed to work from 150khz to 240mhz and from 420mhz to 1. Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free. This morning, i decided to try the funcube dongle pro plus on hf. This project is intended fo schools and pupils, who have the. Software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and qt. 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. 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 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. 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.
I connected it up to the butternut vertical and tuned to 14mhz. Using the funcube dongle pro plus right as a sdr hardware. 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 adjust the frequency correction by changing the correction part in the funcube dongle tab. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. There was a lot of excitement about this project a couple of years ago when it started. On linux it autodetects the correct soundcard from procasoundcards.
In the video he tests the reception of radio new zealand international rnzi. Full coverage of all amateur bands from 6khz through hf, 6m, 2m, 4m, 2m, 1. A radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. Plus the luck im lacking recently bad things happen in 3s. 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. 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. We have included the recommended warehouse settings for each satellite as well as the fcd centre frequency. It has eleven discrete front end filters for different frequency bands including saw filters for the 2m and 70cm amateur bands. Zipping around the signals on cw, i wondered whether i could get a skimmer going. 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. First impressions were very good, with plenty of signals coming through with good quality. By running both map65 and wsjt9 simultaneously, you now have an even better ability to decode signals on the frequency youre looking at. Btw, nice to hear that software for the funcube easily can be compiled on the mac. 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.
Programs are present to demodulate am, cw, fm and ssb usb, lsb streams. 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. 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. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. On the funcube dongle blogstore amateur radio enthusiast dk80k a. Ever since i got my funcube dongle pro last christmas it has been the main focus of my radio experimentation. Mar, 2016 funcube dongle pro plus yaesu ft950 first if at 69,45 mhz bandwidth 192 khz sdr console version 2. 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. Unfollow funcube dongle pro to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
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