It has been running 247 for the majority of the last week and has. The nooelec hamitup is the best upconverter i have had for my old funcube dongle. I wouldnt even mind if it had a few quirks in it, since it seems to be still in beta. 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. Hf converter pcb for funcube dongle pro, rtl2832u usb dongle and vhf receiver duration. Roundup of rtlsdr upconverter choices retrovoltage. Could you ask the same question on the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus group, at 73. Comparing the rtlsdr, funcube pro plus and sdrplay on moon bounce eme reception.
Other dongles offer better performance but come at a higher. Because it is an sdr, the pc software can implement. If you get the rtlsdr blog dongle i guarantee you will have fun and enjoy. It is written using the qt sdk and is qthid funcube dongle controller browse 3. For software he uses linrad or gqrx as the receiver, and wsjtx or jtdx as. Fun cube dongle the fun cube dongle or fcd is an sdr product that has recently become available in small numbers and which has been bought by amateur radio enthusiasts around the world who wish. Softwaredefined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware e. It has a flat crystal and the ppms on it are very low. Plus the luck im lacking recently bad things happen in 3s. Funcube dongle pro sdr radio astronomy and spectroscopy.
The rtlsdr is designed for higher frequency operation, so if youd like your rtlsdr to be able to. The analog output from the e4000 chip is sampled with a 16 bit ad converter which looks like a usb soundcard to. Top 4 download periodically updates software information of dongle full versions from the publishers, but some information may be slightly outofdate using warez version, crack, warez passwords. 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. Could you ask the same question on the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus group. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. Add in software packages to expand the capability and you have a system that would cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Dongle software free download dongle top 4 download. Unfollow funcube dongle pro to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
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. After reading the post, user uriumplus decided to go out to the same spot with his funcube. New dxpatrol mk3 ultra wideband sdr receiver optimized filter desing and better performance from 100khz to 2ghz. Compared to cheap rtl dongles the funcube pro does have a 16bit adc and a 96khz sample rate. 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. Funcube upconverter this page is about my hf converter for the funcube dongle. It uses a e4000 chip like some of the rtlsdr units do. Just remember to put your lna close to the antenna, filter can be even close. 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. Comparing the rtlsdr, funcube pro plus and sdrplay on moon bounceeme reception. Latest firmware has fixed usb so that external usb sound cards will word at 96khz. Sdr software defined radio veron a09 afdeling delft. Video, wie ein kurzwellenkonverter up converter nachgerustet werden kann. This could affect hdsdr, devices or applications used with it.
Hdsdr and a dongle sdr used with an hf upconverter. Ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. I am trying to develop an fcd instrument for my astronomical software starbase. Good news, i have now tried updating the hid api in gnu radio grfcd and the funcube dongle works again. 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. But the fun cube dongle uses 192khz, and when using it the following messages appear in. The funcube is a cubesat a low cost miniature 10 cm cube. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i. Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency. The funcube dongle pro edition here, fcd gives unlimited access to the frequency range 64 to 1,700 mhz for reception of. It also comes with the quite nice white, no name dongle, which i have had very good luck with in terms of performance.
The file download from the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus group is memberonly and i havent found anything on the internet so far. More information for those who wish to create their own decodingdisplay software is provided here. Funcube1 downlink data spec ver1as flown this relates to funcube1. Dl7ukms collection of amateur radio links sdr software. A highquality rf ulfvlflfmfhf converter for software defined radio devices like our nesdr series rtlsdr and the hackrfextends your radio range down to 300hz the ham it up plus is fully. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham. Many thirdparty sdr applications support the rtlsdr dongle, but my.
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