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. I also tried other sdr software but in my opinion these have less possibilities in. The original cube was remarkable, allowing a 90 khz bandwidth to be observed as a spectrum display. Andy eventually decided to join the funcube group, when he purchased a funcube dongle pro plus in early january 2015. Gnu radio is a free software development toolkit that provides the signal processing runtime and processing blocks to implement software radios using readilyavailable, lowcost external rf hardware and commodity processors. Ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. If youre looking for a dongle to use as an rtlsdr, check our page on where to buy rtlsdr tuners. There was a lot of excitement about this project a couple of years ago when it started. 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. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle.
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. One of the more esoteric uses for a funcube dongle. To my disappointment the current version of cw skimmer 1. It just crashed when i tried using gnu radio companion with the funcube dongle block.
I wouldnt even mind if it had a few quirks in it, since it seems to be still in beta. Other dongles offer better performance but come at a higher price. May 31, 2014 latest firmware has fixed usb so that external usb sound cards will word at 96khz. This is terrible because i have 2 embroidery machines that need this software and i never dreamed i would experience all of these issues, i sure hope someone has some ideas. With an sdr, many of the functions of a traditional hardwareonly radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion.
The analog output from the e4000 chip is sampled with a 16 bit ad converter which looks like a usb soundcard to windows. But as critical parts, of which there are 100, became scarce, designer howard. The dongle has a lna between the e4000 chip and the antenna connector. The file download from the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus group is memberonly and i havent found anything on the internet so far. Latest firmware has fixed usb so that external usb sound cards will word at 96khz. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. In order to get one you had to be quick off the mark on ebay. It is the first satellite with outreach as its primary mission. 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. We have included the recommended warehouse settings for each satellite as well as the fcd centre frequency.
Jun 22, 20 ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free. It is written using the qt sdk and is qthid funcube dongle controller browse 3. This lna allows a slightly better noise figure, but it. Hf converter pcb for funcube dongle pro, rtl2832u usb dongle and vhf receiver duration. Funcube1 downlink data spec ver1as flown this relates to funcube1 downlinks only. Because it is an sdr, the pc software can implement a wide. Funcube1 is a complete educational single unit cubesat satellite with the goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. It uses a e4000 chip like some of the rtlsdr units do. It is part of a program which aims to launch more of these educational cubesats. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. Is it possible to make this frequencies available somehow.
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. 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. Ive heard the original funcube dongle pro wont be available anymore. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. Gnu radio applications are primarily written using the python programming language, while the. 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.
Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. Hello howard, i purchased the funcube dongle pro about 3 months ago, at the time it was the latest ver 1. You can adjust the frequency correction by changing the correction part in. 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. Covering 601700 mhz, that initial product was developed in the u. 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. 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. 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. 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. More information for those who wish to create their own decodingdisplay software is provided here. 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. Hackrf 10 6000 mhz and bladerf 300 3800 mhz are sdr radios that will transmit over their given frequency range.
Funcube dongle proplus levoluzione della specie genesi del progetto. Good news, i have now tried updating the hid api in gnu radio grfcd and the funcube dongle works again. 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. 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.
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