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. Its hardly complete, but it does show that decoding hf digital is quite possible. I wonder why there isnt a single rtlsdr dongle that has a micro usb plug. The hid drivers required by the dongle are normally shipped with windows xp and higher. 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. Just wanted to say that were a small company and our goal is to improve the rtl sdr dongle into a product that is more sdr than dvbt dongle whilst keeping the price low enough so that anyone can afford one and have fun with sdr. So ordered some new sma adapters from hamgoodies and pressed it back into service. Each satellite carrying a funcube payload has a dedicated dashboard and we have updated the one page summary funcube dashboard summary v3 of those dashboards, their current version number and a dedicated download link. Dec 29, 2016 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. Click here to browse our apps and support catalogue. There must be something specific to the fcdpp which causes a problem with the i7 hardware, or perhaps the volk optimisation has caused a different bit of software. It is relatively simple to use compared to other sdr software and has a simple set up procedure. High dynamic range inside forget about overloading.
It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. 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. It is quite obvious that the performance at wide separations is better for the rtl sdr. Gqrx is a free software defined radio receiver powered by the gnu radio sdr framework and. These modes can also be received with the rtl sdr and an upconverter such as the nooelec hamitup upconverter. 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. Users should remember the that dashboard that was started last, is the one that will control the frequency settings applied to the funcube dongle. Funcube dongle pro sdr radio astronomy and spectroscopy. Funcube dashboard summary update welcome to the funcube. 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.
Kyodo news hf fax with rtl sdr rtl2832 and nooelec ham it up upconverter, sdr sharp and fldigi by superphish. I will talk to you later about a different type of sdr i need to develop which is part of a project that as commercial opportunities if it can be achieved. Sdrplay recommends bonito antennas and this compact moonraker hf antenna. Sdruno supports rsp1, rsp1a, rsp2, rsp2pro, rspdx and the rspduo. The sdr touch development team will not be held responsible for any legal issues that might be caused by usage or possession of the app. Welcome to the funcube group which caters for the amsatuk funcube satellites and the original funcube dongle fcd software defined radio sdr. Without the funcube hardware im not having much luck bring up a list of alternative sdr devices. We categorize the programs into general purpose software, single purpose software, research software and software compatible with audio piping. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. The rtl sdr project page source of the rtl sdr driver software and hub for its continued development.
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. Rtl sdr blog r820t2 rtl2832u 1ppm tcxo sma software defined radio dongle only by rtl sdr blog currently unavailable. Amongst all the traffic there is on shortwaves i recorded these continue reading fun with the funcube dongle. A small side by side comparison of a funcube dongle and a cheap. Software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and qt.
See this page for a huge list of related applications known to support the rtl sdr and many other sdrs too. If the console is running you must restart the console for the changes to be detected. Aug 29, 2014 in sdrs these components are implemented by way of software running on a pc or embedded system. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. 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. Its compatible with many radio reception programs like rocky, m0kgk, spectravue and linrad. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. Back then i was still a university student and experimented with osmogmr and osmotetra with the original funcube dongle 96 khz rf bandwidth, and was looking for an sdr. Worlds cheapest aviation radar mode s adsb receiver. Funcube is an educational cubesat project with the goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics. See our wiki with tutorials and other resources including a quick start page to verify your dongle works. Plugged into a pc running windows xp and the driver immediately self installed. 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.
A radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. With the hf converter the reception of a frequency range from 0 to 52mhz now becomes possible. Apr 23, 2012 a small side by side comparison of a funcube dongle and a cheap rtl sdr dvbt dongle hama nano connected to the same antenna and using identical test systems from a geostationary inmarsat. 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. The only drawback so far was reception of shortwave. Note that a youtube video can be deleted without warning, additions to this list are solicited. The video also demonstrates switching between two input sources at run time. The funcube dongle also works with windows xp, vista and windows 7 both x86 and x64. This worked fine using gqrx on both the i5 with ubuntu 14. Sdr cube quick kit virtually no soldering required, because we did it for you.
Hf converter kit for funcube dongle sdr sparkys blog. Programs are present to demodulate am, cw, fm and ssb usb, lsb streams. Hdsdr is a freeware software defined radio sdr program for microsoft windows 2000xpvista7. Telemetry dashboards for all missions welcome to the. I have been using it to decode the telemetry from the fox1a ao85 satellite with the updated software and have now got myself on the leader board. We have a full overview of the installation procedure on our quick start page. It does support the funcube dongle sdr iq and softrocks. Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free.
Click for more info rf powercube coming to production in fall of 2020. If you want to use the rtlsdr dongles then you can use sdrsharp and have the dongle on a remote computer. The primary function of the satellite is educational outreach, utilizing onboard experiments, an easytocopy 1200 baud bpsk beacon, an innovative sdr receiver the funcube dongle, and telemetry decoding, archiving. Also included is a program that writes fcdpp sample data to its standard. Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency. 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.
Covering 601700 mhz, that initial product was developed in the u. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. Airspy r2 the defacto standard for sdr scanning all modes, vhf and uhf. Full coverage of all amateur bands from 6khz through hf, 6m, 2m, 4m, 2m, 1. Funcube1, also known as ao73, is a 1u cubesat 10cm x 10cm x 10cm built and launched as a collaborative effort between amsatuk, amsatnl, and isisbv. 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. 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. For 2 meter repeater reception, i use a funcube dongle with sdrdx software v. Hello i recently got interested in radios and came across this dongle via youtube. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver for funcube dongle fcd, rtl2832ubased dvbt devices rtl sdr, universal software radio peripherals usrp and osmo sdr devices. The setup procedure was quite painless and the results very satisfactory. Note that there appears to be a bug in the kernel usb driver that makes it misinterpret the bandwidth required by. In sdrs these components are implemented by way of software running on a pc or embedded system.
Also included is a program that writes fcdpp sample data to its standard output stdout port. There are now dozens of software defined radio packages that support the ultra cheap rtl sdr. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. Hooked up the dongle to a discone antenna in the attic. 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. These instructions are written with the windows 7 operating system in mind. On this page we will attempt to list, categorize and provide a brief overview of each software program. Oh2ug dspicp pc programs download and unzip to access the windowslinuxmac programs that work with the oh2ug flasher bootloader in the sdr cube. Downloaded and had sdr sharp up and running with the dongle within minutes.
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. Using an arrow ii handheld yagi connected directly to the fcd i could receive the ho68 cw beacon with very good snr. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading software defined radio. I seem to recall it even working in windows xp plugnplay without any additional or special drivers but i have the least experience using this dongle with that os.
The rtl sdr is a dvbt tv tuner dongle based on the rtl2832u chipset. Individual dashboard installers for each mission can be downloaded here. After using the sdr to identify the noise i realised i have been neglecting the funcube dongle for far too long. Sdr cube source download and unzip to see s ource files for those wishing to create customized versions of the sdr cube program. Sdr touch does not have any technical limitations regarding location of usage and can operate everywhere where it is legally allowed to. The funcube dongle fcd is a small software defined receiver sdr with a built.
An out of the box test of the highly innovative funcubedongle sdr software defined radio. The list of youtube videos and some pdfs below demonstrate just a small handful of sdrs and applications that decode various modes. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham radio. The audio and video are slightly out of sync, sorry. It helps to disable power saving options on the computer used to run the sdr. In the video he tests the reception of radio new zealand international rnzi. It supports the educational science, technology, engineering and. At 1 mhz offset the 8 bit ad converter in the rtl sdr saturates before compression happens. I was using the funcube dongle together with the shortwave converter i got some time ago and a 5 meter long wire attached via an antenna tuner. If you know of a program that is missing please leave. See uk for more information on the project goals and the funcube satellite. Today i have spent some time trying the funcube dongle with quisk sdr.
Airspy mini vhfuhf airspy in a dongle format always keep one in your pocket. I was playing with my funcube dongle last saturday testing gqrx for the long awaited 2. See more ideas about ham radio, software and ham radio antenna. This usb type works with my computer soundcard asus xonar essence stx. Airspy is a line of popular software defined radio sdr receivers developed to achieve high.
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