Please bear in mind that they carry a major health warning they are working documents and they should not be assumed to be perfect nor necessarily to represent. Feb 08, 2011 hello howard, i purchased the funcube dongle pro about 3 months ago, at the time it was the latest ver 1. It should cover all the functionality provided by the fully functional windows frontend. Ive been using the funcube dongle pro plus as my primary receiver for several years, i wouldnt trade it for anything. Project documents we intend to publish as many of our working documents as possible here.
The file download from the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus group is. And, howard long monitors the group, so if it ends up being a hardware issue, hell get you a replacement. Sep 12, 2012 ever since i got my funcube dongle pro last christmas it has been the main focus of my radio experimentation. I would be happy to help modify firmware, andor maintain an alternative build if this. To my disappointment the current version of cw skimmer 1. Ive been working on developing osxmac and windows versions of sdrdx. To build for funcube dongle pro type make without the quotes. Designed for the commercial, government, amateur radio and shortwave listener communities, this software provides a powerful interface for all sdr users. On linux it autodetects the correct soundcard from procasoundcards. I had to start the recording remotely as i was in work, but have played back the iq file and made a video showing the decoding.
Covering 601700 mhz, that initial product was developed in the u. Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free. Today, november 21st 2019, marks the sixth birthday of our very first cubesat mission, funcube 1. The quadrature sampling rate is at 96 khz with 80 khz useable. Plus the luck im lacking recently bad things happen in 3s thanks in advance.
In this article, well see how to install the system with the receiver providing direct input to the software. The funcube dongle is completely housed in a usb dongle that is a bit smaller than an usb tv tuner dongle. 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. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle. Note that the majority of this full api is only available suince firmware 18f and qthid 3. This software supports radios from many manufacturers, all shown on this page. Im running windows xp pro sp3 and windows 7 pro 32bit. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. Using hdsdr with the funcube dongle page 3 in the files section of the funcube yahoo. 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. Once this upgrade was applied to the radio it began performing very well. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham radio. Please bear in mind that they carry a major health warning they are working documents and they should not be assumed to be perfect nor necessarily to represent the best solutions, and they are subject to change. 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.
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. Sdrplay recommends bonito antennas and this compact moonraker hf antenna for our us government and hf alerting partner click here. 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. In the video he tests the reception of radio new zealand.
Rtlsdr submitted 6 years ago by deleted hi, its me again. The funcube dongle pro is a tiny sdr receiver for the frequency range 64 to 1,700mhz. Funcube dongle archives page 3 of 3 oz9aec website. This diagram shows the set up i am using at the moment.
Click here to browse our apps and support catalogue. 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. A proportion of the sales goes to support the amsatuk funcube satellite project. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. This should cover all the functionality provided by. To update your firmware, you need to follow these steps from windows o download the original fcd controller program fchid003. In the meantime the newly designed funcube dongle pro plus has been in production and lucky customers have been slowly receiving theirs. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is.
Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. The file download from the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus group is memberonly and i havent found anything on the internet so far. The funcube sdr usb dongle pro plus is an sdr software defined radio receiver built as a usb stick. The results were so good that they also brought their gold standard racal ra3791 to the game, and the results are surprising. Select 02 funcube pro plus in the stream box and click on select stream click the play button in the video player window. This release includes support for the full control api available with the 18f firmware for the funcube dongle. This requires the use of an antenna designed for receiving such a signal, for example a quadrifilar helix antenna or a turnstile antenna. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. You can join the funcube yahoo group by following these steps. Hello howard, i purchased the funcube dongle pro about 3 months ago, at the time it was the latest ver 1. As you can seehear i appear to get the full contact and the questions were.
Select 02 funcube pro plus in the stream box and click on select stream. The latest batch of 5 of howard long g6lvbs funcube dongle pros sold out a few hours ago in less than a minute. 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 an email on thursday inviting me to buy one, which of course. I wouldnt even mind if it had a few quirks in it, since it seems to be still in beta. Funcubes filters are really good benefits compared to rtl based ones. Focusing on readytouse sdr hardware for listening with windows we can recommend following tested receivers. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle antenna.
Please see setting up spectravue with the funcube dongle on the fcd website. As you may know, there are two funcube dongle models out there, the original funcube dongle pro aka fcdp, serial numbers below 0, firmware v18x. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. Hi, i have the older funcube and am interested in getting the newer one to embed inside my panasonic toughbook cf18. Ever since i got my funcube dongle pro last christmas it has been the main focus of my radio experimentation.
Noaa apt transmissions are right hand circular polarized at frequences around 7 mhz. The funcube sdr receiver was developed to support the funcube satellite project of amsatuk. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham. Mike, if you post this to the funcube pro plus yahoo support group, there are a bunch of folks that will help you get it resolved. There have been a couple of occasions this has been mentioned over on the yahoo funcube dongle plus group, i am not sure if. This is a simple command line utility to set the frequency and gain of funcube dongloe pro. Funcube pro plus in the stream box and click on select stream. Its the ground segment of the amsatuk funcube satellite project. 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. Mark j culross kd5rxt page 8 of 35 figure 8 after opening the firmware file to continue, leftclick on the write firmware button red highlight. I registered as a mac developer and downloaded the xcode 3. Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency.
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 receiver covers a frequency range of 150 khz to 1900 mhz and can displayreceive a spectrum of up to 192 khz. Users are asking, which receiver we would recommend. To control the device the hidapi usb version is used. I have a firmware update and docuemntation for your fcd over in the downloads section.
Sdruno supports rsp1, rsp1a, rsp2, rsp2pro, rspdx and the rspduo. It was a little fiddly to initially set up but i have been impressed with its performance, it has opened my. The funcube dongle also has a sma antenna connector on the other end. Dec 29, 2016 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 i presume it has something to do with the dll file in the documents folder has anyone got it to work. Is there a version ready to be put in the download section. Multiple lines of status will scroll by, including indications such as erase completed, firmware written, and finally firmware. We have included the recommended warehouse settings for each satellite as well as the fcd centre frequency. With the proper firmware installed it will even go down to 51. In the video he tests the reception of radio new zealand international rnzi. The answer depends on many factors amongst application, environment, antenna and price. Improved print speeds and quality as well as support for their flexible filaments for jet 2.
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