It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. Ill be away for a few days next week 19 august to 23 august, so as there will be. Simon browns sdrradio worked as well, and with equal ease, though as luck would have it i. By admin 11022012 11022012 amateur radio, sdr tony ct1ffu and diogo ct2irw has released a converter for the fun cube dongle. Airspy is a line of popular softwaredefined radio sdr receivers developed to achieve high performance and affordable price using innovative combinations of dsp and rf techniques. In the paper dr david morgan of the british astronomical association. This allowed a cheap dvbt tv tuner to be converted into a wideband software defined radio via a new software driver and used as a computer based radio scanner.
Airspy is a line of popular software defined radio sdr receivers developed to achieve high performance and affordable price using innovative combinations of dsp and rf techniques. 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. There are now dozens of software defined radio packages that support the ultra cheap rtl sdr. A very short time after the launch from yasny in russia and within a few minutes from deployment, the very first frame of data from the low power transmitter on board, was detected and decoded by zs1ls in south africa. Today, november 21st 2019, marks the sixth birthday of our very first cubesat mission, funcube 1. The funcube dongle also works with windows xp, vista and windows 7 both x86 and x64.
About rtlsdr vs funcubedongle the resource is currently listed in in a single category. 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. Hf converter for sdr funcube dongle lb3hcs engineering blog. With an sdr, many of the functions of a traditional hardwareonly radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion. Oh2ug dspicp pc programs download and unzip to access the windowslinuxmac programs that work with the oh2ug flasher bootloader in the sdr cube. Only minor changes if any will have to be made to the instructions below for use with other software defined radios hdsdr supports such as the fun cube dongle. Its a standard procedure first step before using funcube in linux environment. Its compatible with many radio reception programs like rocky, m0kgk, spectravue and linrad. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham radio. But as critical parts, of which there are 100, became scarce, designer howard. It is assumed you have already successfully configured hdsdr to work with your software defined radio. Ao73funcube1 funcube1 dashboard v1044 funcube2 no longer operational eseo funcube4 not yet operational eseo. 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.
We expect you to already have some experience with sdr applications. A radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. On this page we will attempt to list, categorize and provide a brief overview of each software program. 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. Mark j culross kd5rxt page 3 of 35 figure 2 windows detects the new fcd device be patient. Simon browns sdrradio worked as well, and with equal ease, though as luck would have it i tried it on the very day that the free licence key for the program expired. Telemetry dashboards for all missions welcome to the. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham. These modes can also be received with the rtl sdr and an upconverter such as the nooelec hamitup upconverter. Making this post on sdr software as we were discussing it at the club dinner yesterday evening. Dxpatrol mk3 with otg usb cable and bncsma adaptor. I am about to tear out what little hair i have left. The original cube was remarkable, allowing a 90 khz bandwidth to be observed as a spectrum display.
Before getting this sdr dongle, i had used one of the cheapcheap rtl dongles, and thought that for its low price, that rtl. The main category is software defined radio resources that is about software defined radios, radio. The funcube dongle pro plus plugs directly into the usb ports computer and is compatible with many software radio reception as sdr sharp, rocky, m0kgk, spectravue or linrad. Nov 25, 2012 inverted the waterfall tones for a test. Funcube dongle pro sdr radio astronomy and spectroscopy. The console is an advanced solution for sdr receivers.
Dsp programs can be written visually using block diagrams in the gnu radio companion software. Yes and works very well, audio quality is great, at the moment we dont have frequency change of the funcube dongle via simons software,but works great via the sound card input and the front end software. Mar 15, 2016 i set up an rx only igate for aprs with software defined radio. The goal is to satisfy the most demanding telecommunications professionals and radio enthusiasts while being a serious alternative to both cost sensitive and higher. Under this heading we list rtlsdr software that is mainly intended for education and research purposes. Checking funcube pro plus dongle frequency calibration against known standards then looking for an active ham band. Covering 601700 mhz, that initial product was developed in the u. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. I got an airspy a few weeks ago and i am just blown away by its noise floor and dynamic range.
Otg miniusb cable and smabnc adaptor included here the mk4 manual and instructions. Individual dashboard installers for each mission can be downloaded here. 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. This link is listed in our web site directory since thursday may 23 20, and till today rtl sdr vs funcubedongle has been followed for a total of 262 times. 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.
There are now dozens of software defined radio packages that support the ultra cheap rtlsdr. About rtl sdr vs funcubedongle the resource is currently listed in in a single category. Sdrradio v2 beta, funcube dongle pro plus win7 64bit. A highquality rf mf, hf converter for software defined radio devices like our nesdr series and the hackrf. If you know of a program that is missing please leave. 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. About m1geo funcube upconverter the resource is currently listed in in a single category.
Rtl refers to realtek semiconductor corp most widely known for their computer ic network controllers, card readers, and very popular high definition audio codec used in. The funcube dongle simple fits into your computers usb port. The biggest advantage of this software based igate is that you do not need any real radio and tnc. New dxpatrol mk3 ultra wideband sdr receiver optimized filter desing and better performance from 100khz to 2ghz. We categorize the programs into general purpose software, single purpose software, research software and software compatible with audio piping. Funcube pro plus differs from rtlsdr dvbt stick, with. All other processing is done with software which is basically free thanks to the authors. Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency. 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. The sdr software is supplied as a standard windows installation kit, the filename format is. Rtlsdr is a term used describe a very cheap software defined radio.
Gnu radio linux free gnu radio is a powerful digital signal processing dsp package for creating software defined radios. Cubicsdr crossplatform and opensource software defined. Would some compassionate person explain how to do so. The software is supplied as a standard windows installation kit, the filename format is. High performance software defined radios have been vigorously developed in the last decade, providing significant utility for the military and cell phone services, both of which must be flexible and capable of. Click for more info rf powercube coming to production in fall of 2020. The main category is rtl sdr dongle that is about rtl sdr dongles. The main category is rtlsdr dongle that is about rtl sdr dongles. Sdr cube source download and unzip to see s ource files for those wishing to create customized versions of the sdr cube program. Device drivers are already included in your operating system windows, linux or mac osx, 32 or 64 bit.
A very short time after the launch from yasny in russia and within a few minutes from deployment, the. These modes can also be received with the rtlsdr and an upconverter such as the nooelec hamitup upconverter. For the simplest solution to get going, i have found. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver for funcube dongle fcd, rtl2832ubased dvbt devices rtlsdr, universal software radio peripherals usrp and osmo sdr devices.
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