Hdsdr is a freeware software defined radio sdr program for microsoft windows 2000xpvista7. I am using an hackrf to listen to the output of a downconverter. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. Could you ask the same question on the yahoo funcube dongle pro plus.
It is written using the hid api library and the qt gui toolkit. It was a little fiddly to initially set up but i have been impressed with its performance, it has opened my. Comparing the rtlsdr, funcube pro plus and sdrplay on moon. The sale times are now lasting longer,so this is the best time to grab yourself an sdr. Would some compassionate person explain how to do so. And, where is the extio version of sdruno to be found. I am using hdsdr with another sdr receiver and satisfied with that software. A radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. In order to get one you had to be quick off the mark on ebay. Chinese rocket fails during launch of indonesian communications satellite. There was a lot of excitement about this project a couple of years ago when it started.
I am happy to publish articles on linux uses in funcube and amsat projects so feel free to submit them to give your good work a wider audience. 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. We recommend using sdrsharp to begin with, but there are many other packages. Ever since i got my funcube dongle pro last christmas it has been the main focus of my radio experimentation. The receiver covers a frequency range of 150 khz to 1900 mhz and can displayreceive a spectrum of up to 192 khz the funcube sdr receiver was developed to support the funcube satellite project of amsatuk. Mine works flawlessly and receives dozens of two meter repeaters 100 miles away. While i was playing with a synthetic voice generator i decided to prepare this short presentation to help how to update the funcube dongle firmware update to version 18f. I have used it on a number of computers including some quite old not very powerful machines and with different software applications primarily the sdrradio and hdsdr suites.
Id like it if someone could point me at something better than the funcube. Select 02 funcube proplus in the stream box and click on select stream. One end has a usb connector to go to a computer, and. Seit 2008 ist unter dem namen funcubedongle ein kleiner. Checking funcube pro plus dongle frequency calibration against known standards then looking for an active ham band. 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. Designed from the outset to be compatible with almost all sdr software. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. For software he uses linrad or gqrx as the receiver, and wsjtx or jtdx as the. 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. One of the drawbacks is that it does not go below 64mhz, and i would like to be able to listen to hf. Soyuz crew docks with the international space station. Plug in the fcd to a usb port, connect your antenna, install some sdr software, and your off. In the video he tests the reception of radio new zealand international rnzi at 9400 khz using a 6m copper wire dipole and 9.
The funcube sdr usb dongle pro plus is an sdr software defined radio receiver built as a usb stick. These instructions are written with the windows 7 operating system in mind. The hardware dsp cannot compete with free software and fc dongles of today. Then you are ready to use your dongle with our application. Russ i welcome your help but if you read the map 65 set up on joes website it says that the funcube dongle will work directly with map 65. 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. Plus the luck im lacking recently bad things happen in 3s. Similar situation as in figure 1, but seen here by software sdrradio v2. I would say that the sdrfuncube is an sdr radio to watch. You also can use a lot of web sdrs on windows and android, like.
The fcd was my first exposure to any kind of software defined radio sdr. The secret to success using howard longs original funcube dongle pro is using free sdrdx software, a preamp, and a par notch filter to eliminate adjacent channel pager interference. It helps to disable power saving options on the computer used to run the sdr. The funcube dongle pro will be on sale this evening 21. Telemetry dashboards for all missions welcome to the. Rein w6sz has been very helpful he has also an fdc which works with map 65 direct no software in between. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. Ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. This project is intended fo schools and pupils, who have the requirement for a very. Designed for the commercial, government, amateur radio and shortwave listener communities, this software provides a powerful interface for all sdr users. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver for funcube dongle fcd, rtl2832ubased dvbt devices rtlsdr, universal software radio peripherals usrp and osmo sdr devices. After some digging around online the best one it seems is the funcube. Did someone used the software sdrradio from simon brown successfully with the. Funcube dongle archives page 3 of 3 oz9aec website.
For this reason i am kind of missing the options lnb lo and swap iq, available in the input control of gqrx. Covering 601700 mhz, that initial product was developed in the u. Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency. 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.
I experimented with a couple of softrock receivers and eventually. Using the funcube dongle pro plus right as a sdr hardware. Today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. Read my story using sdr for very weak signals by pa0ehg. Using a switchboard to switch all available rxtx antennas also to the funcube dongle. When i set out to use my fcd, there were certainly some early documents available, and i am very grateful that the respective. Es gibt eine ganze reihe an software wie spectravue, sdrradio. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham. Ive been wanting to get a software defined radio receiver for some time now. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. With an sdr, many of the functions of a traditional hardwareonly radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion.
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