Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency. As regular readers will know, i have enjoyed using the rtlsdr dongles for some low cost sdr work. Jan first writes how the funcube dongle was originally invented as a low. Funcube1 is a complete educational single unit cubesat satellite with the goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics.
Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and the qt gui toolkit. 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. Settings for funcubedongle pro plus on pi 3 showing 14 of 4 messages. You can adjust the frequency correction by changing the correction part in the funcube dongle tab. A radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. Individual dashboard installers for each mission can be downloaded here. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. Good news, i have now tried updating the hid api in gnu radio grfcd and the funcube dongle works again. Full text of the hobbyists guide to rtlsdr internet archive. 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. Lor this dll file the rtl agc function has been replaced with the direct sampling hack. The original funcube dongle pro s fcdp have serial numbers less than 10,000. Ever since i got my funcube dongle pro last christmas it has been the main focus of my radio experimentation.
Are there better receivers with this kind of range. Pulged it into an usb port and ran the sdrsharp program. To my disappointment the current version of cw skimmer 1. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. It was a little fiddly to initially set up but i have been impressed with its. To control the device the hidapi usb version is used. I suggest you grab an rtlsdr and use it as an accessible step into the world of sdrs, and as an affordable singlepurpose tool to unlock the. Santa was kind enough to bring me a funcube dongle pro plus this year. I select it in the source, choose the funcube dongle in audio input. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. 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.
Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. First, the guy couldnt get it to work so theres no guarantee it isnt defective and two, it has a coverage gap. Ive been in a very helpful discussion with don wilhelm about using my funcube dongle pro plus in a second receiverpanadapter role with the. While experimenting with the funcube dongle under linux, i settled on using gqrx by alexandru csete.
Telemetry dashboards for all missions welcome to the. 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. 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. Plus the luck im lacking recently bad things happen in 3s. Kenwood ts830s meets funcube dongle pro plus duration. Currently, to view the telemetry for a particular satellite, it is necessary to run the dashboard for that satellite. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. 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. One end has a usb connector to go to a computer, and the other end has an sma socket for an antenna or coax.
When i run gqrx the terminal output is showing lots of errors that i dont understand but it does seem to be seeing a funcube dongle v2 so i have selected this and selected ok using x. On linux it autodetects the correct soundcard from procasoundcards. Serial numbers 10,000 and above are the funcube dongle pro plus fcdpp. Covering 601700 mhz, that initial product was developed in the u. For this reason, some users tend to run all dashboards simultaneously using the same funcube dongle. Plus the luck im lacking recently bad things happen in 3s thanks in. Funcube dongle pro sdr radio astronomy and spectroscopy. Sb58m05 12m military spec sma to bnc rg58 patch lead. 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. Aside from different front markings, you can identify which one you have from the serial number thats marked on the back. 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. Funcube proplus in the stream box and click on select stream.
Middle east noaa19 ir photo via funcube dongle pro plus. With over a thousand people in front of me on the waiting list i wasnt expecting one before the new year, so imagine my surprise when i received. It is the first satellite with outreach as its primary mission. On the plus side everything else is working and getting plenty of output from. My current thoughts are to bypass usb and use ethernet instead, however there is a. Unfollow funcube dongle pro to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Indeed, although from the outside it might look similar, its an entirely new design. It is part of a program which aims to launch more of these educational cubesats. The newer model, the funcube dongle pro plus, which also covers lw, mw and hf, is an amazing receiver. Would some compassionate person explain how to do so. In the meantime the newly designed funcube dongle pro plus has been in production and lucky customers have been slowly receiving theirs. It is a newsky dongle and looks exactly like my previous one. Taking the raspberry pi 2 for a test drive with gnu radio.
Ive been using the funcube dongle pro plus as my primary receiver for several years, i wouldnt trade it for anything. Yesterday i received the new funcube in the mail, it all looks very neat and howard has left nothing to chance to deliver the sdr receiver in the right way. Comparing the rtlsdr, funcube pro plus and sdrplay on. Any telemetry for one of the other funcube satellites can be captured and forwarded to the central data warehouse. And, where is the extio version of sdruno to be found. Funcube dongle pro is an usb stick, containing a great sdr at a low price of around 200 euros. Top 10 surveillance mistakes to avoid when installing your security system for the first time duration. I had much fun in gettingout the most of it regarding the hf bands.
Tuning the fcd to receive a frequency stable source here, gb3vhf, which claims high longterm stability will show up any drift in the funcube dongle. It is shipped in a professional manner, better than many companies. Most of the newer versions have a built in afsk1200. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage. As the rtlsdr has a dynamic range of approximately 50 db plus a little.
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