It is written using the qt sdk and is qthid funcube dongle controller browse 3. Are there better receivers with this kind of range. One of the more esoteric uses for a funcube dongle. Contribute to bazuchanghpsdr3fcdproplusserver development by creating an account on github. Sign up funcube dongle pro plus server for ghpsdr3alex. The first pc run qtradio, and the second pc a little asus eeepc 701 run dspserver with the funcube dongle pro plus shared over wireless lan. The funcube dongle sdr receiver has been a huge success so far and enjoys wide acceptance with many radio amateurs for receiving satellites and other vhfuhf communications. 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. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. Hf converter pcb for funcube dongle pro, rtl2832u usb dongle and vhf receiver duration. Good news, i have now tried updating the hid api in gnu radio grfcd and the funcube dongle works again.
It is the first satellite with outreach as its primary mission. Hello howard, i purchased the funcube dongle pro about 3 months ago, at the time it was the latest ver 1. The latest ghpsdr3alex master branch build successfully completed while i was in bed. Hf converter kit for funcube dongle sdr sparkys blog. Satpc32 needs to communicate with both the radio you are using for a transmitter and the funcube dongle. Funcube1 downlink data spec ver1as flown this relates to funcube1 downlinks only. 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. Gnu radio applications are primarily written using the python programming language, while the. Unfortunately, my simplicity3d file causes a filament error, despite the inits being totally identical.
Andy eventually decided to join the funcube group, when he purchased a funcube dongle pro plus in early january 2015. Btw, nice to hear that software for the funcube easily can be compiled on the mac. 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. Funcube1 is a complete educational single unit cubesat satellite with the goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics. Never imagined i could afford one with such amazingly wide coverage, mode versatility and infinitely adjustable bandwidth. Click here to view photos of his funcube dongle pro plus. I wouldnt even mind if it had a few quirks in it, since it seems to be still in beta. It is funcube dongle pro plus server for ghpsdr3alex implementation on python. Funcube dongle proplus levoluzione della specie genesi del progetto. 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.
Funcube dongle pro sdr radio astronomy and spectroscopy. The file download from the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus group is memberonly and i havent found anything on the internet so far. Jan 24, 2017 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. 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. With an sdr, many of the functions of a traditional hardwareonly radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion. Select 02 funcube proplus in the stream box and click on. Petes advice on extra bits of equipment that need to be purchased to make the funcube dongle work 29122014. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle. Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free. Ive attached my test part cubepro software puts out absolute crap with this, a. It is part of a program which aims to launch more of these educational cubesats. 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. Aug, 20 the first pc run qtradio, and the second pc a little asus eeepc 701 run dspserver with the funcube dongle pro plus shared over wireless lan.
You can adjust the frequency correction by changing the correction part in. 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. The only drawback so far was reception of shortwave. 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. For software he uses linrad or gqrx as the receiver, and wsjtx or jtdx as the. 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. Covering 601700 mhz, that initial product was developed in the u. It just crashed when i tried using gnu radio companion with the funcube dongle block. Removing the rtlsdr dongle from the powered hub made a great difference with a current uptime heading for 3 days. To my disappointment the current version of cw skimmer 1. Settings for funcubedongle pro plus on pi 3 showing 14 of 4 messages. Bfb from the cubepro software, and one i built by adding some init stuff to a simplicity3d output. 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.
As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. Full coverage of all amateur bands from 6khz through hf, 6m, 2m, 4m, 2m, 1. With the hf converter the reception of a frequency range from 0 to 52mhz now becomes possible. 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 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. With this tool you can extract, repack and of course patch the firmware. Graphical user interface the funcube dashboard welcome to.
The cursor changes to a hand, and the active window may then be moved up, down or sideways. Comparing the rtlsdr, funcube pro plus and sdrplay on moon. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. 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.
Plus the luck im lacking recently bad things happen in 3s. Graphical user interface the funcube dashboard welcome. With keyboard, mouse, gigabit usb ethernet, sb live. In the video he tests the reception of radio new zealand international rnzi. A normal serial port connection is used to connect satpc32 to the radio you are using for a transmitter. There are two ways to allow satpc32 to communicate with the funcube dongle fcd sdr program. Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency. A radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. James, iff you have a mouse and keyboard attached, as well as the touch screen, then the altf7 combination is your friend. But as critical parts, of which there are 100, became scarce, designer howard. It will take data from the funcube dongle or the audio from any conventional ssb 2 metre receiver while it is. Because it is an sdr, the pc software can implement a wide. The newer model, the funcube dongle pro plus, which also covers lw, mw and hf, is an amazing receiver. Qtradio, ghpsdr3alex, funcube dongle pro plus youtube.
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