The funcube sdr usb dongle pro plus is an sdr software defined radio receiver built as a usb stick. By running both map65 and wsjt9 simultaneously, you now have an even better ability to decode signals on the frequency youre looking at. If there is software on the host pc that will decode dstar from a soundcard based sdr then that will work. The receiver covers a frequency range of 150 khz to 1900 mhz and can displayreceive a spectrum of up to 192 khz the funcube sdr receiver was developed to support the funcube satellite project of amsatuk. 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. With an sdr, many of the functions of a traditional hardwareonly radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion. Use rtlsdr as a high quality entropy source for random number generation. The fcd itself is the rf section of a software defined radio, and as such it does no demodulation or decoding, that is done by software the host pc. Work by alexey bazhin on adding support to grosmosdr and gqrx. Softwaredefined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware e. Mar 22, 2014 im learning about software defined radio. The beginners guide to software defined radio rtlsdr duration. The funcube dongle also works with windows xp, vista and windows 7 both x86 and x64.
Mine works flawlessly and receives dozens of two meter repeaters 100 miles away. Software defined radios based on funcube pro plus, gnuradio and raspberry pi riyas orgsdr. The audio stream represents the quadrature iq signals. Fcd in this paper provides a softwaredefined radio in just an usb stick. The secret to success using howard longs original funcube dongle pro is using free sdrdx software, a preamp, and a par notch filter to eliminate adjacent channel pager interference. This software supports radios from many manufacturers, all shown on this page. It provides iq data via usb audio and its control interface frequency, gains. Listening to and looking at dab broadcast radio signals. It provides iq data via usb audio and its control interface frequency, gains, filters uses the usb hid api. The fcd is the hardware adapter for a softwaredefined radio, its function is to downconvert a raw portion of spectrum that is streamed as a stereo audio stream. There was a lot of excitement about this project a couple of years ago when it started.
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. Funcube dongle is a software defined radio receiver in a usb stick tunable over a range of 64 mhz 1. Introduction to rtlsdr low cost software defined radio. Appropriate coax relays are controlled by a dedicated sequencer and protect the mastmounted preamplifier and switch between the separate txrx lines. The video shows basic receive and scanner functions. Jun 22, 20 ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and the qt gui toolkit. The funcube dongle also has a sma antenna connector on the other end. At this time i would have to say that the funcube dongle fcd is more of. Individual dashboard installers for each mission can be downloaded here. I have tried installing ubuntu with gnu radio on a virtual machine and when i try to run the flow graph nothing shoes up in the sink and the frequency control software qthid crashes.
Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. From these preliminary investigations into the use of the funcube dongle software radio device it is possible to draw a few conclusions. Telemetry dashboards for all missions welcome to the. It assumes that the operator is already familiar with eme exchanges using the jt65b protocol, has experience with wsjt software, and has basic eme station hardware.
Radio in which some or all of the physical layer functions are software defined. Second hand pro plus dongle radioworld marine radio. In order to get one you had to be quick off the mark on ebay. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. I didnt even have to do anything, beside some trivial integration and testing. These modes can also be received with the rtlsdr and an upconverter such as the nooelec hamitup upconverter. Continue reading ho68 cw beacon with funcube dongle and arrow. Use rtlsdr as a panadapter for your traditional hardware radio. Hdsdr is a freeware software defined radio sdr program for microsoft windows 2000xpvista7. 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. One of the drawbacks is that it does not go below 64mhz, and i would like to be able to listen to hf.
Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver for funcube dongle fcd, rtl2832ubased dvbt devices rtlsdr, universal software radio peripherals usrp and osmo sdr devices. This project is intended fo schools and pupils, who have the requirement for a very. On the funcube dongle software defined radio site howard g6lvb says. 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. The center frequency of the funcube dongle can be set by software. Software defined radio is an implementation of a radio communication system where components that have normally been implemented in. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. Listening to fm radio, and decoding rds information. Ive been wanting to get a software defined radio receiver for some time now. Jan 12, 20 with the settings described above, the funcube dongle pro plus should be about the same sensitivity able to decode jt65b signals about as well as your analog radio. This usb type works with my computer soundcard asus xonar essence stx. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is.
After some digging around online the best one it seems is the funcube. Lowcost software defined radio compatible with many sdr software packages. Id like it if someone could point me at something better. A radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. 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. You can download the paper experiments with a software defined radio telescope by dr david morgan at an sdr radio teles funcube dongle master. 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.
Funcube dongle pro sdr radio astronomy and spectroscopy. With the settings described above, the funcube dongle pro plus should be about the same sensitivity able to decode jt65b signals about as well as your analog radio. The results were so good that they also brought their gold standard racal ra3791 to the game, and the results are surprising. 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 notes can be downloaded from here. Funcube dongle archives page 3 of 3 oz9aec website. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle. This is the seventh satellite reception of a series recorded on monday, february 28, 2011 using the funcube dongle software defined radio receiver and the arrow ii handheld satellite antenna. Covering 601700 mhz, that initial product was developed in the u. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. This section describes some early experiments carried out in july 2011 to determine the performance of an amateur radio telescope employing a software defined radio. Its a usb dongle that you plug into your pc, and with the installation of a piece of free software, you have a powerful software defined radio sdr that can receive signals from 24mhz right up into the ghz range. Jun 03, 2011 the funcube dongle also has a sma antenna connector on the other end. Seit 2008 ist unter dem namen funcubedongle ein kleiner. The quadrature sampling rate is at 96 khz with 80 khz useable.
Software defined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware e. The grfcdproplus driver library is an outoftree gnu radio module. It is written using the hid api library and the qt gui toolkit. Device drivers are already included in your operating system windows, linux or mac osx, 32 or 64 bit. The satellite is ho68 xw1 and the recording was made in jo45kg during orbit 5791. 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. 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, spectravue or linrad. Funcube dongle usb software defined radio receiver by howard long g6lvb, covering 64 mhz to 1.