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 covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. You can adjust the frequency correction by changing the correction part in. It just crashed when i tried using gnu radio companion with the funcube dongle block. 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. There are now dozens of software defined radio packages that support the ultra cheap rtlsdr. This worked fine using gqrx on both the i5 with ubuntu 14. If you know of a program that is missing please leave. Its a standard procedure first step before using funcube in linux environment. Mar 30, 2016 after all this i powered down the pi, inserted the funcube pro plus, insert the rtl dongle or whichever now power back on in the gui windows open a terminal window and then type. 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. 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. Sdrs and digital decoding from the radioreference wiki.
We categorize the programs into general purpose software, single purpose software, research software and software compatible with audio piping. More information for those who wish to create their own decodingdisplay software is provided here. After changing the current directory type sudo cp les etcudevrules. 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. Fo29 satellite reception with funcube dongle and gqrx youtube. Rtl sticks and other sdrs with high sampling rates need much more powerful cpu to have a nice graph. After all this i powered down the pi, inserted the funcube pro plus, insert the rtl dongle or whichever now power back on. February 28, 2011 using the funcube dongle software defined radio receiver. The operating system is fedora 12 linux running a custom 2. There should be no notifications or warnings of any kind. By running both map65 and wsjt9 simultaneously, you now have an even better ability to decode signals on the frequency youre looking at.
It provides iq data via usb audio and its control interface frequency, gains. Links to various decoding applications can be found in our hf software decoders and hf digital amateur radio pages. The satellite is ho68 xw1 and the recording was made in jo45kg during orbit 5791. So, you will see an additional soundcard on your system when the funcube dongle is plugged in. 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. I am happy to inform all users of the funcube dongle and gnu radio, that the grfcd driver is now included in the gnu radio source tree. No, it is a copy of the original funcube dongle pro, and it is most definitely not. It looks like something starts using the audio interface and takes it before gqrx can open it. Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and the qt gui toolkit. Its compatible with many radio reception programs like rocky, m0kgk, spectravue and linrad.
The funcube dongle also works with windows xp, vista and windows 7 both x86 and x64. Funcube dongle as a radio telescope a radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. Project documents we intend to publish as many of our working documents as possible here. It also has an asus xonar d1 soundcard that is used for various sdr experiments. Fo29 satellite reception with funcube dongle and gqrx. Funcube dongle is a software defined radio receiver in a usb stick tunable over a range of 64 mhz 1. Continue reading ho68 cw beacon with funcube dongle and arrow. There must be something specific to the fcdpp which causes a problem with the i7 hardware, or perhaps the volk optimisation has caused a different bit of software to be used with gqrx. When i run gqrx the terminal output is showing lots of errors that i dont understand but it does seem to be seeing a funcube dongle v2 so i have.
Support for this device is enabled via the third party grfcdproplus gnu radio block, which must be installed after gnu radio but prior to grosmosdr. In addition, it is compatible with linux and macos as it uses standard usb. 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. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver for linux powered by gnu radio and qt. 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 funcube is a cubesat a low cost miniature 10 cm cube sized satellite which is intended mainly for educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics, but has also piqued the interest of amateur radio. The purpose and scope of this project is to create a set of simple tools that can be used to create a telemetry receiver station that can run. There was a lot of excitement about this project a couple of years ago when it started. Settings for funcubedongle pro plus on pi 3 showing 14 of 4 messages.
In order to get one you had to be quick off the mark on ebay. 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. Dec 25, 20 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. May 07, 2012 video demo showing reception of the fo29 amateur radio satellite using a funcube dongle and gqrx sdr 2. In the gui windows open a terminal window and then type. 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. This software is a wrapper for rtlsdr that allows the dongle to be used in these tools. 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. I am trying to configure my rpi3 into a small receiving ground station. Puredata and maxmsp are graphical programming tools for creating music, sound, video and interactive graphics applications. Hello howard, i purchased the funcube dongle pro about 3 months ago, at the time it was the latest ver 1. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer.
Eventually, we may even find a software workaround. As the use of sdrs grow, so does the list of possible applications. 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. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle. The funcube dongle fcd is a small software defined receiver sdr with a built. Second hand pro plus dongle second hand pro plus dongle.
For software he uses linrad or gqrx as the receiver, and wsjtx or jtdx as the decoding software, all running on linux. I already have installed the gnuradio, gqrv, gpredict packages. His setup consists of nine arm mini pcs such as banana pis, raspberry pis, and odroids, several sdrs including multiple rtlsdrs, an airspy mini, funcube dongle and sdriq, as well as some filters and a wideband amp. In addition, links to applications such as virtual audio cable can be found in our hf appendix article. Gqrx is a free software defined radio receiver powered by the. I am struggling trying to use the fcd pro with linux. Funcube1 downlink data spec ver1as flown this relates to funcube1 downlinks only. You can read the announcement here this change will be available in the next gnu radio release, which i think will be 3. Ookdecoder linux macos free related post a onoff keying ook decoder for radio data commonly found in the 433 mhz ism band. On this page we will attempt to list, categorize and provide a brief overview of each software program. Telemetry dashboards for all missions welcome to the. The funcube dongle has two interfaces, a hid interface that is used for control and an audio interface that is used for iq samples.
Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency. Quisk, the 96khz sample rate and linux do draw little resources even in a 10years old laptop. The link for the dream software used in drm decoding along with other relevant drm links can be found in our drm article. Nov 18, 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. You can check if you can access the receiver using command line as normal user. Video demo showing reception of the fo29 amateur radio satellite using a funcube dongle and gqrx sdr 2. Ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro.
This is a work in progress funcube telemetry decoder for linux based on a linux port of the library used in the dashboard application. Software defined radio for linux and mac gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and the qt gui toolkit. Overall, yes, the old funcube pro need external bandpass filters but may work quite well and you would not need to change your computer to get it work. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x.
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