To try out our flagship professional edition, download the studio one professional demo which is functional for 30 days. If youre looking for a dongle to use as an rtl sdr, check our page on where to buy rtlsdr tuners. The file download from the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus group is memberonly and i havent found anything on the internet so far. Monday december 3rd will see two more satellites carrying funcube payloads launched into orbit. Using hdsdr with the funcube dongle page 3 in the files section of the funcube yahoo. Graphical user interface the funcube dashboard welcome. 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 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. If nothing happens, download the github extension for visual studio and try again. In the video he tests the reception of radio new zealand international rnzi at 9400 khz using a 6m copper wire dipole and 9. The files here helps to start quickly with a funcube dongle to receive local broadcast fm staions for testing purposes using gnuradio.
If youre looking for a dongle to use as an rtlsdr, check our page on where to buy rtlsdr tuners. March is not noted for any major shower and the months count is made up of sporadics and contributions from minor showers. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham. It is the first satellite with outreach as its primary mission. Individual dashboard installers for each mission can be downloaded here. The fuccube dongle is an all mode vhf uhf sdr radio that covers 64 mhz to 1700 mhz with a small gap between 1100 mhz and 1270 mhz. It is part of a program which aims to launch more of these educational cubesats. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham radio. The dongle has a lna between the e4000 chip and the antenna connector.
Ubuntu was detecting the dongle, and the control software was detecting the dongle as well. I am just trying to get the proplus working on ubuntu 12. Ao73funcube 1 funcube 1 dashboard v1044 funcube2 no longer operational eseo funcube4 not yet operational eseo dashboard v1177 eo88nayif 1 funcube5 nayif 1 dashboard v1040 jo97jy1sat funcube6 jy1sat dashboard v1189 updated january 2019 the guidance notes can be downloaded from here. Still to be issued an api document and some code to enable any developer of decoding software to upload the received data to our data warehouse. Our builtin antivirus checked this download and rated it as virus free. Sdrradio by far provided the best operating experience in my opinion. Similar situation as in figure 1, but seen here by software sdrradio v2. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle. An out of the box test of the highly innovative funcubedongle sdr software defined radio. While i was playing with a synthetic voice generator i decided to prepare this short presentation to help how to update the funcube dongle firmware update to version 18f. Further mix engine fx plugins are available at shop.
Software, sadly not free windows, visual studio, intel ipp. On linux it autodetects the correct soundcard from procasoundcards. The newer model, the funcube dongle pro plus, which also covers lw, mw and hf, is an amazing receiver. Never imagined i could afford one with such amazingly wide coverage, mode versatility and infinitely adjustable bandwidth. From the fully featured front end, put the dongle into bootloader mode by. Are there better receivers with this kind of range. The latest version of the dashboard software can be found here the graphical user interface gui is the software which is available to anyone interested including schools and individuals.
Studio one prime is an entrylevel and nonexpiring version of the software. The following are notes that may help you get your funcube dongle working with satpc32 and hdsdr or sdrconsole. Jun 22, 20 ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. The linux kernel has to allocate the bandwidth to each device usb 1. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. Andy eventually decided to join the funcube group, when he purchased a funcube dongle pro plus in early january 2015. Mine works flawlessly and receives dozens of two meter repeaters 100 miles away. Recommended by the british astronomical association radio astronomy group at least in 2014, baa rag for radio astronomy, this small, portable software defined radio is cheaper, more sensitive and efficient than older radios such as the r7000. 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. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is. Designed for the commercial, government, amateur radio and shortwave listener communities, this software provides a powerful interface for all sdr users.
The ctc 1 pro console shaper expands upon console shapers features by adding tube, classic, and custom console models with control over character and saturation. Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency. It is written for people who are familiar with the funcube dongle, hdsdr or sdrconsole and satpc32. It is written using the qt sdk and is qthid funcube dongle controller browse 4. Table 1 shows the performance of the dongle at some different settings.
After some digging around online the best one it seems is the funcube. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle antenna. Howard long g6lvb, alexandru csete oz9aec, mario lorenz dl5mlo this is free software. Library for interacting with funcube dongle pro plus curetonlib funcube dongle pro. Although the software indicates that there is a dongle present. 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.
Covering 601700 mhz, that initial product was developed in the u. Thanks for getting me the funcube dongle pro plus so fast, it is a great improvement over the previous version. Ive been wanting to get a software defined radio receiver for some time now. No additional drivers required for linux, osx or windows. 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. Funcube dongle pro plus rosliston astronomy group blog.
Funcube 1 is a complete educational single unit cubesat satellite with the goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics. I purchased studio 1 and the usb dongle from another customer who was selling it at half the price he paid for it. To my disappointment the current version of cw skimmer 1. Click here to view photos of his funcube dongle pro plus. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. If you prefer to play on the vhf and acar frequencies, i think it is much convinient to invest in a small wideband lna if you can not build one by yourself, a filter and a simple tv dongle, any type, e4k, 820. One of the drawbacks is that it does not go below 64mhz, and i would like to be able to listen to hf. You can adjust the frequency correction by changing the correction part in the funcube dongle. Ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. Unfollow funcube dongle pro to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
Telemetry dashboards for all missions welcome to the. One end has a usb connector to go to a computer, and. Ready to try studio one, but not quite ready to buy. The total count for the month was 1497, with an average daily total of 48, with a maximum of 91 for the 14th march. Contribute to bazuchanghpsdr3fcdproplusserver development by creating an account on github. Library for interacting with funcube dongle pro plus github. Mar 22, 2014 im learning about software defined radio. In order to get one you had to be quick off the mark on ebay. This lna allows a slightly better noise figure, but it degrades the dynamic range severely. Noaa apt transmissions are right hand circular polarized at frequences around 7 mhz. Although the device is not meant for wide band fm reception, it still can be used with some distortion observed with certain stations. The funcube team have been busy, not only designing and implementing the payloads, but also working on the telemetry dashboards and the data warehouse. 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. This requires the use of an antenna designed for receiving such a signal, for example a quadrifilar helix antenna or a turnstile antenna.
Id like it if someone could point me at something better than the funcube. All of these programs are complex and i would not attempt this unless you are familiar with at least satpc32. Sadly, laika died on march 7th 2018 but theres a new dog here, her name is millie and she likes her food. I finally got to spend about six hours playing with the funcube sdr dongle and feel like i only scratched the tip of the iceberg. Sdrradio i have used with my fun cube dongle and it works very well. On the orbitron prediction software you can see fc1 is overhead, with ukube 1 over the north pole. 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. Ive been using the funcube dongle pro plus as my primary receiver for several years, i wouldnt trade it for anything. Studio one professional features a 64bit floatingpoint version of this audio engine that automatically switches between 64 and 32bit operations on the fly to accommodate 32bit plugins. Plus the luck im lacking recently bad things happen in 3s. The funcube dongle pro plus is a very interesting compact sdr. Were using the original funcubedongle pro to track wildlife, and it would. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. It will take data from the funcube dongle or the audio from any conventional ssb 2 metre receiver while it is.
Petes advice on extra bits of equipment that need to be purchased to make the funcube dongle work 29122014. So if you like the sdr software i write please consider a donation. Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free. This usb type works with my computer soundcard asus xonar essence stx. Software defined radios based on funcube pro plus, gnuradio and raspberry pi. Cube software can be installed on 32bit versions of windows xpvista7810. In the video he tests the reception of radio new zealand international rnzi.
Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. On the funcube dongle software defined radio site howard g6lvb says 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. Top 10 surveillance mistakes to avoid when installing your security system for the first time duration. To control the device the hidapi usb version is used. With that launch, jy1sat and eseo will join funcube 1 a073 and nayif 1 eo88. Were using the original funcubedongle pro to track wildlife, and it would help.