Click here to view photos of his funcube dongle pro plus. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency. 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. With an sdr, many of the functions of a traditional hardwareonly radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion. Today, november 21st 2019, marks the sixth birthday of our very first cubesat mission, funcube 1. May 31, 2014 latest firmware has fixed usb so that external usb sound cards will word at 96khz. A very short time after the launch from yasny in russia and within a few minutes from deployment, the very first frame of data from the low power transmitter on board, was detected and decoded by zs1ls in south africa. It is part of a program which aims to launch more of these educational cubesats. Table 1 shows the performance of the dongle at some different settings. 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. This lna allows a slightly better noise figure, but it. Andy eventually decided to join the funcube group, when he purchased a funcube dongle pro plus in early january 2015. To my disappointment the current version of cw skimmer 1.
I am trying to develop an fcd instrument for my astronomical software starbase. Funcube 1 is a complete educational single unit cubesat satellite with the goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics. But the fun cube dongle uses 192khz, and when using it the following messages appear in varlogmessages before t. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is. The funcube dongle also works with windows xp, vista and windows 7 both x86 and x64. Petes advice on extra bits of equipment that need to be purchased to make the funcube dongle work 29122014. 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.
But the fun cube dongle uses 192khz, and when using it the following messages appear in varlogmessages before the device is eventually disconnected. It is written using the qt sdk and is qthid funcube dongle controller browse 3. Comparing the rtlsdr, funcube pro plus and sdrplay on moon. Latest firmware has fixed usb so that external usb sound cards will word at 96khz. Its compatible with many radio reception programs like rocky, m0kgk, spectravue and linrad. The cursor changes to a hand, and the active window may then be moved up, down or sideways. The dongle has a lna between the e4000 chip and the antenna connector.
Because it is an sdr, the pc software can implement a wide. Ive been wanting to get a software defined radio receiver for some time now. James, iff you have a mouse and keyboard attached, as well as the touch screen, then the altf7 combination is your friend. Could you ask the same question on the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus group. It uses a e4000 chip like some of the rtlsdr units do. Never imagined i could afford one with such amazingly wide coverage, mode versatility and infinitely adjustable bandwidth. Ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. More information for those who wish to create their own decodingdisplay software is provided here. 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. Good news, i have now tried updating the hid api in gnu radio grfcd and the funcube dongle works again. Are there better receivers with this kind of range. The newer model, the funcube dongle pro plus, which also covers lw, mw and hf, is an amazing receiver. I wouldnt even mind if it had a few quirks in it, since it seems to be still in beta.
Select 02 funcube proplus in the stream box and click on. Funcube1 is a complete educational single unit cubesat satellite with the goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics. I also tried other sdr software but in my opinion these have less possibilities in. Funcube dongle proplus levoluzione della specie genesi del progetto. Plus the luck im lacking recently bad things happen in 3s. Funcube dongle pro plus arrived amateur radio peosat. Funcube1 downlink data spec ver1as flown this relates to funcube1 downlinks only. For now it appears to me that the satpc32 sdrconsole combination is perhaps the best solution. A radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. After some digging around online the best one it seems is the funcube. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x.
Other dongles offer better performance but come at a higher price. 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. One of the drawbacks is that it does not go below 64mhz, and i would like to be able to listen to hf. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. There was a lot of excitement about this project a couple of years ago when it started. 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. If youre looking for a dongle to use as an rtlsdr, check our page on where to buy rtlsdr tuners. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. It has been running 247 for the majority of the last week and has captured close to 2000 telemetry packets from fc1 a significant performance increase compared to my earlier set up, and i have now surpassed the. This lna allows a slightly better noise figure, but it degrades the dynamic range severely. Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free.
In the video he tests the reception of radio new zealand international rnzi. Id like it if someone could point me at something better than the funcube. 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. 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. Hackrf 10 6000 mhz and bladerf 300 3800 mhz are sdr radios that will transmit over their given frequency range. 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. The file download from the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus group is memberonly and i havent found anything on the internet so far. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus.
It just crashed when i tried using gnu radio companion with the funcube dongle block. Hf converter pcb for funcube dongle pro, rtl2832u usb dongle and vhf receiver duration. You can adjust the frequency correction by changing the correction part in. The analog output from the e4000 chip is sampled with a 16 bit ad converter which looks like a usb soundcard to windows. It is the first satellite with outreach as its primary mission.
Covering 601700 mhz, that initial product was developed in the u. In order to get one you had to be quick off the mark on ebay. Today, november 21st 2019, marks the sixth birthday of our very first cubesat mission, funcube1. A very short time after the launch from yasny in russia and within a few minutes from deployment, the very first frame of data from the low power transmitter on board, was detected and decoded by zs1ls in. Jun 22, 20 ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. Unfollow funcube dongle pro to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. No additional drivers required for linux, osx or windows.
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