Its a standard procedure first step before using funcube in linux environment. It was a little fiddly to initially set up but i have been impressed with its performance, it has opened my. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is. 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. In order to get one you had to be quick off the mark on ebay. Using hdsdr with the funcube dongle page 3 in the files section of the funcube yahoo. Ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. For the hardware, david uses a 3m focal plane dish antenna and a 1200 mhz high pass filter. Save funcube dongle pro to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. 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. Funcube dongle pro sdr radio astronomy and spectroscopy. The analog output from the e4000 chip is sampled with a 16 bit ad converter which looks like a usb soundcard to windows. 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.
I dont know of a package that does this myself, although you may well find some suggestions on the funcube yahoo group. In this article, well see how to install the system with the receiver providing direct input to the software. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. Although i have had a raspberry pi rev b for several weeks now, it wasnt until last night that i got a chance to try it out. If youre looking for a dongle to use as an rtlsdr, check our page on where to buy rtlsdr tuners. 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. Currently, to view the telemetry for a particular satellite, it is necessary to run the dashboard for that satellite. With an sdr, many of the functions of a traditional hardwareonly radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion. It uses a e4000 chip like some of the rtlsdr units do. The pro version of the fcd is an incredible tool capable of capturing an 80 khz slice of the radio spectrum, tunable between 64 mhz and 1. Comparing the rtlsdr, funcube pro plus and sdrplay on moon. Ever since i got my funcube dongle pro last christmas it has been the main focus of my radio experimentation. May 26, 2011 the funcube dongle pro will be on sale this evening 21.
You can check if you can access the receiver using command line as normal user. Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency. Osx or windows integrated 5v bias t switchable from software this is a complete redesign. You can adjust the frequency correction by changing the correction part in. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham. Top 10 surveillance mistakes to avoid when installing your security system for the first time duration. 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. Hackrf 10 6000 mhz and bladerf 300 3800 mhz are sdr radios that will transmit over their given frequency range. Sep 12, 2012 ever since i got my funcube dongle pro last christmas it has been the main focus of my radio experimentation. Users should remember the that dashboard that was started last, is the one that will control the frequency settings applied to the funcube dongle. Is it possible to make this frequencies available somehow. 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.
Unfollow funcube dongle pro to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. In the video he tests the reception of radio new zealand. Other useful information would include your experience with similar products, infomation on a product that you would purchase instead of this one, and so on. 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. Were using the original funcubedongle pro to track wildlife, and it would help to have higher. And, where is the extio version of sdruno to be found. One of the more esoteric uses for a funcube dongle. It is written for people who are familiar with the funcube dongle, hdsdr or sdrconsole and satpc32. Jun 22, 20 ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. There was a lot of excitement about this project a couple of years ago when it started. 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. On the funcube dongle software defined radio site howard g6lvb says.
Like the funcube dongle pro it seems the manufacturers of these cheap usb receivers have been hit by the shortage of the elonics e4000 tuner chips. I am about to tear out what little hair i have left. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. I am struggling trying to use the fcd pro with linux. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. For software he uses linrad or gqrx as the receiver, and wsjtx or jtdx as the. For this reason, some users tend to run all dashboards simultaneously using the same funcube dongle. Other dongles offer better performance but come at a higher price. To give you a flavour, the new fcd has well over twice as. It was designed by amsat the radio amateurs satellite corporation as part of amsatuks funcube satellite project, the funcube dongle is. Covering 601700 mhz, that initial product was developed in the u. 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.
Hello howard, i purchased the funcube dongle pro about 3 months ago, at the time it was the latest ver 1. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. Is there any technical documentation for the data format used by funcube1 i am currently looking to write my own decoder such that it can be integrated with other decoders for other satellites. Device drivers are already included in your operating system windows, linux or mac osx, 32 or 64 bit. Telemetry dashboards for all missions welcome to the. 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. The fcd was my first exposure to any kind of software defined radio sdr. Any telemetry for one of the other funcube satellites can be captured and forwarded to the central data warehouse. Would some compassionate person explain how to do so. All other processing is done with software which is basically. When i set out to use my fcd, there were certainly some early documents available, and i am very grateful that the respective. 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.
Author alexandru csete posted on december 25, 20 august 22, 2016 categories funcube dongle tags console, dongle, funcube, line, pro, radio, receiver, sdr, software, utility leave a comment on updated fcdctl for the funcube dongle pro and. On the funcube dongle software defined radio site howard g6lvb says 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. 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. A radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. The funcube dongle pro will be on sale this evening 21. The biggest advantage of this softwarebased igate is that you do not need any real radio and tnc. One end has a usb connector to go to a computer, and. To my disappointment the current version of cw skimmer 1. The sale times are now lasting longer,so this is the best time to grab yourself an sdr. Seit 2008 ist unter dem namen funcubedongle ein kleiner. All of these programs are complex and i would not attempt this unless you are familiar with at least satpc32. The dongle has a lna between the e4000 chip and the antenna connector. Ive heard the original funcube dongle pro wont be available anymore. 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.
Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free. The following are notes that may help you get your funcube dongle working with satpc32 and hdsdr or sdrconsole. Mine works flawlessly and receives dozens of two meter repeaters 100 miles away. Dr morgan uses his funcube dongle with the spectrumlab windows software, which is a specialized audio analyzer. I am happy to publish articles on linux uses in funcube and amsat projects so feel free to submit them to give your good work a wider audience. In the video he tests the reception of radio new zealand international rnzi. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x.
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