In the video he tests the reception of radio new zealand international rnzi. Select 02 funcube proplus in the stream box and click on select stream. The funcube dongle also works with windows xp, vista and windows 7 both x86 and x64. Gnu radio applications are primarily written using the python programming language, while the. Jun 22, 20 ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. With this tool you can extract, repack and of course patch the firmware. If youre looking for a dongle to use as an rtlsdr, check our page on where to buy rtlsdr tuners. But the fun cube dongle uses 192khz, and when using it the following messages appear in varlogmessages before t.
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. Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency. Hdsdr former winradhd is an advanced version of winrad, written by alberto di bene. I wouldnt even mind if it had a few quirks in it, since it seems to be still in beta. Latest firmware has fixed usb so that external usb sound cards will word at 96khz. The newer model, the funcube dongle pro plus, which also covers lw, mw and hf, is an amazing receiver. For software he uses linrad or gqrx as the receiver, and wsjtx or.
There was a lot of excitement about this project a couple of years ago when it started. To my disappointment the current version of cw skimmer 1. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. 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. 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. More information for those who wish to create their own decodingdisplay software is provided here. Ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. 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. Hello how much would the radio cost plus shipping in us dollars. High dynamic range inside forget about overloading.
Airspy is a line of popular softwaredefined radio sdr receivers developed to achieve high. 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. The rtlsdr hardware and software has itself improved. Howard hello i want to ask if i can use to demodulate osmocom tetra, tetra decode transmissions, with that i have read and dongle funcube may receive in real time this type of transmissions, let me know, thank you for your understanding. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham. Funcube dongle proplus receptor usb 150 khz250 mhz 410.
Unfollow funcube dongle pro to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. 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. Its compatible with many radio reception programs like rocky, m0kgk, spectravue and linrad. With better software support and if the price stays near the same, it could become a killer deal for an inexpensive vhf uhf sdr radio platform. 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. 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. Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free. 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. Comparing the rtlsdr, funcube pro plus and sdrplay on moon bounce eme reception. It uses an audio codec as adc like many amateur radio projects and thus can only be used for narrowband signals up to 80khz. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer.
Faq osmocomtetra open source mobile communications. Hf converter pcb for funcube dongle pro, rtl2832u usb dongle and vhf receiver duration. 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. These dashboards are under continual development and the next planned development is to create a single dashboard that will service all funcube telemetry payloads simultaneously. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham radio.
Just in case any cube3pro owners read this thread, the firmwares have been hacked to allow third party filament this is our first release of the cube toolbox for cube 3 and cube pro firmware. This article provides a list of commercially available softwaredefined radio receivers. Device drivers are already included in your operating system windows, linux or mac osx, 32 or 64 bit. The video is a combination demo of the aspisys asmax1 cquam part 15 am transmitter, and the funcube dongle pro plus. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. Funcube1 downlink data spec ver1as flown this relates to funcube1 downlinks only. With an sdr, many of the functions of a traditional hardwareonly radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion. We have included the recommended warehouse settings for each satellite as well as the fcd centre frequency. Covering 601700 mhz, that initial product was developed in the u. 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. Users should remember the that dashboard that was started last, is the one that will control the frequency settings applied to the funcube dongle. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. However, a yet unreleased proofofconcept version exists.
May 31, 2014 latest firmware has fixed usb so that external usb sound cards will word at 96khz. However, for capturing a single tetra channel, those 80khz is actually more than sufficient. For now it appears to me that the satpc32 sdrconsole combination is perhaps the best solution. Jun 03, 2011 with better software support and if the price stays near the same, it could become a killer deal for an inexpensive vhf uhf sdr radio platform. One of the more esoteric uses for a funcube dongle. Airspy mini vhfuhf airspy in a dongle format always keep one in your pocket.
Funcube dongle proplus receptor usb 150 khz250 mhz 4101900 mhz. The hardware dsp cannot compete with free software and fc dongles of today. I also tried other sdr software but in my opinion these have less possibilities in. This code aims to implement the sending and receiving part of the tetra macphy layer. Could you ask the same question on the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus group. Project documents we intend to publish as many of our working documents as possible here.
Airspy r2 the defacto standard for sdr scanning all modes, vhf and uhf. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle. It may be difficult to tell, but the am stereo audio is quite good. Funcube radioamateurs actualites news radioamateur. Never imagined i could afford one with such amazingly wide coverage, mode versatility and infinitely adjustable bandwidth. The file download from the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus group is memberonly and i havent found anything on the internet so far. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. In order to get one you had to be quick off the mark on ebay. 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. May 02, 20 the video is a combination demo of the aspisys asmax1 cquam part 15 am transmitter, and the funcube dongle pro plus. Dl7ukms collection of amateur radio links sdr software.
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