For the hardware, david uses a 3m focal plane dish antenna and a 1200 mhz high pass filter. The funcube dongle fcd is a small software defined receiver sdr with a. All hdsdr program options can be stored and loaded per profile, to ease use of different receivers. Use windows explorer to unzip the downloaded file into c. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver for funcube dongle fcd, rtl2832ubased dvbt devices rtlsdr, universal software radio peripherals usrp and osmo sdr devices. Select 02 funcube proplus in the stream box and click on select stream. The correct dll has to be placed in the program file. 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. Hdsdr former winradhd is an advanced version of winrad, written by alberto di bene. In this case, hdsdr will not be able to control the lo frequency. Hello howard, i purchased the funcube dongle pro about 3 months ago, at the time it was the latest ver 1. Any monoband receiver with output to soundcard can be used in hdsdr without any extio dll. There have been reports that software installed with these can prevent hdsdr and sdrradio from running properly. The funcube dongle fcd software defined radio sdr was originally developed for educational outreach as part of the ground segment for the funcube satellite.
On the funcube dongle software defined radio site howard g6lvb says. Extio frequency options for if adapter, upconverter, downconverter, undersampling and calibration. Plus the luck im lacking recently bad things happen in 3s. The video shows basic receive and scanner functions. An out of the box test of the highly innovative funcubedongle sdr software defined radio. V3 still in the development stage but its available for download right now for free. 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. Press the reset to app button and the dongle will now be back in sdr mode. I am using hdsdr with another sdr receiver and satisfied with that software. 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. For this reason, some users tend to run all dashboards simultaneously using the same funcube dongle.
Focusing on readytouse sdr hardware for listening with windows we can recommend. I find there is a difference in gain and images using the same extio settings between sdrsharp versus hdsdr, for example. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. The original dll for the old fcd works fine but i really need the new one. Ever since i got my funcube dongle pro last christmas it has been the main focus of my radio experimentation. Dr morgan uses his funcube dongle with the spectrumlab windows software, which is a specialized audio analyzer. Ive heard the original funcube dongle pro wont be available anymore. This problem is increased by having the lna gain turned on, like you did in your demo. There are hdsdr dlls which integrate the fcd controls with hdsdr. Hdsdr is a freeware software defined radio sdr program for microsoft windows 2000xpvista7. 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. He gives an overview of many digital ham and hf utility modes including drm, wspr, rtty, olivia, mfsk16, psk31. Installing the funcube dongle pro plus read the user manual. This usb type works with my computer soundcard asus xonar essence stx.
Would some compassionate person explain how to do so. History when the original funcube dongle was designed, it. Funcube dongle basepro fcd, download, december 27, 2012. The pro version of the fcd is an incredible tool capable of capturing an 80 khz. Using sdrsharp and hdsdr, which programs i really enjoy with a real receiver.
By running both map65 and wsjt9 simultaneously, you now have an even better ability to decode signals on the frequency youre looking at. Amateur radio hobbyist n4jtcs has shared on his blog his experiences with receiving the funcube 1s telemetry using his rtlsdr dongle. 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. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. Using hdsdr with the funcube dongle page 3 in the files section of the funcube yahoo. Unpack all files from that archive into the installation directory of hdsdr f. Funcube pro plus in the stream box and click on select stream. And, where is the extio version of sdruno to be found. On the funcube dongle blogstore amateur radio enthusiast dk80k a. By using the rtlsdr to receive the telemetry beacon as the satellite passes overhead, he was able to use the funcube dashboard software to record and decode and view the satellites telemetry data. To my disappointment the current version of cw skimmer 1. I would say that the sdrfuncube is an sdr radio to watch.
Ive been using the funcube dongle pro plus as my primary receiver for. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. One of the more esoteric uses for a funcube dongle. Here is a video of the funcube dongle and hdsdr receiving an am asos signal from the airport using a wideband.
A summary of fully tracked fedex international priority shipping rates and times are presented below, with a full list of rates at the end of this post. Currently, to view the telemetry for a particular satellite, it is necessary to run the dashboard for that satellite. The file download from the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus group is. Any telemetry for one of the other funcube satellites can be captured and forwarded to the central data warehouse. Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency.
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