Radio in which some or all of the physical layer functions are software defined. Users are asking, which receiver we would recommend. The pro model is unrestricted in its frequency coverage. Software defined radios based on funcube pro plus, gnuradio and raspberry pi. Installing and using hdsdr g4zfqradio installing and using hdsdr. Meteor radar sdr receiver british astronomical association. This usb type works with my computer soundcard asus xonar essence stx. In fact, at least one funcube dongle has even found its way into space itself on board a satellite. The grfcdproplus driver library is an outoftree gnu radio module. The audio stream represents the quadrature iq signals. Eleven discrete hardware front end filters including.
The answer depends on many factors amongst application, environment, antenna and price. Although the device is not meant for wide band fm reception, it still can be used with some distortion observed with certain stations. Please understand that problems with specific hardware can only be resolved in the grosmosdr backend, not in gqrx. 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. Initiative to popularise amateur radio and satellite activities. The church media guys church training academy recommended for you. Any telemetry for one of the other funcube satellites can be captured and forwarded to the central data warehouse. This compares to multimhz wide spans for rtl tv tuner dongles and some other sdr hardware. This requires the use of an antenna designed for receiving such a signal, for example a quadrifilar helix antenna or a turnstile antenna.
Work by alexey bazhin on adding support to grosmosdr and gqrx. Ive been using the funcube dongle pro plus as my primary receiver for several years, i wouldnt trade it for anything. A radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. The rtlsdr can be used as a wide band radio scanner. The rtlsdr is an ultra cheap software defined radio based on dvbt tv tuners with rtl2832u chips. Hdsdr is a freeware software defined radio sdr program for microsoft windows 2000xpvista7. When i set out to use my fcd, there were certainly some early documents available, and i am very grateful that the respective.
With an sdr, many of the functions of a traditional hardware only radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion. Second hand radio equipment second hand pro plus dongle. While awaiting the fcd pro plus from my local dealer, two questions. For the hardware, david uses a 3m focal plane dish antenna and a 1200 mhz high pass filter. The fcd is the hardware adapter for a softwaredefined radio, its function is to downconvert a raw portion of spectrum that is streamed as a stereo audio stream. Mar 22, 2014 im learning about software defined radio. 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. Focusing on readytouse sdr hardware for listening with windows we can recommend following tested receivers.
Individual dashboard installers for each mission can be downloaded here. Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free. Dr morgan uses his funcube dongle with the spectrumlab windows software, which is a specialized audio analyzer. Fo29 satellite reception with funcube dongle and gqrx. The files here helps to start quickly with a funcube dongle to receive local broadcast fm staions for testing purposes using gnuradio. 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. Programs are present to demodulate am, cw, fm and ssb usb, lsb streams. 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. I will talk to you later about a different type of sdr i need to develop which is part of a project that as commercial opportunities if it can be achieved. The fcd is the hardware adapter for a softwaredefined radio, its function is to. In the video he tests the reception of radio new zealand international rnzi at 9400 khz using a 6m copper wire dipole and 9. Indeed, although from the outside it might look similar, its an entirely new design. Agreed, the configuration and front end interface for the first funcube pro is not for the. 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.
As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. Radio zs ham radio magazine free download amsat ea providing administrative support for amsat nepal sanosat1 coronavirus. I have got the working directory pointing at where the file is located. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver for linux powered by gnu radio. Jun 03, 2011 funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions. There was a lot of excitement about this project a couple of years ago when it started. Mike rupprecht dk3wn has made a lot of software to decode telemetry that is transmitted by satellites. Funcube dongle pro sdr radio astronomy and spectroscopy. Thanks again for making a great teaching tool and sdr dongle, you are the talk of the world in both radio amateur and software radio design. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham radio. High performance software defined radios have been vigorously. The fcd was my first exposure to any kind of software defined radio sdr. I have no experience with software defined radios but as i have experimented with the.
Also included is a program that writes fcdpp sample data to its standard output stdout port. Telemetry dashboards for all missions welcome to the. Software defined radio sdr is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware e. For this reason, some users tend to run all dashboards simultaneously using the same funcube dongle. Meteor radar sdr receiver funcube dongle radar meteor. With an sdr, many of the functions of a traditional hardwareonly radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is. On the performance side, weve added 11 discrete hardware filters to the front end. I experimented with a couple of softrock receivers and eventually. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver for funcube dongle fcd, rtl2832ubased dvbt devices rtlsdr, universal software radio peripherals usrp and osmo sdr devices. Video demo showing reception of the fo29 amateur radio satellite using a funcube dongle and gqrx sdr 2. I have briefly tried drm, using dream and sdr radio with vac, but for some reason it wouldnt decode the audio. Not really an issue for narrow band modes right up to fm stereo broadcast reception. This article provides a list of commercially available softwaredefined radio receivers.
These modes can also be received with the rtlsdr and an upconverter such as the nooelec hamitup upconverter. 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. Jun 22, 20 ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. As you may know, although the funcube dongle was originally designed with receiving signals from space in mind, theres nothing special about extraterrestrial radio waves when compared to those on terra firma. It assumes that the operator is already familiar with eme exchanges using the jt65b protocol, has experience with wsjt software, and has basic eme station hardware. If there is software on the host pc that will decode dstar from a soundcard based sdr then that will work. It assumes that the operator is already familiar with eme exchanges using the jt65b protocol, has experience with wsjt software, and. In the paper dr david morgan of the british astronomical association radio astronomy group baarag describes how he used the funcube dongle as the heart of a radio telescope operating on 1420 mhz. Noaa apt transmissions are right hand circular polarized at frequences around 7 mhz. Sadly simon doesnt have a fcd and is not busy making sdrradio compatible. On the funcube dongle software defined radio site howard g6lvb says. Device drivers are already included in your operating system windows, linux or mac osx.
Software defined radio is an implementation of a radio communication system where components that have normally been implemented in hardware e. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. Usb software defined radio receiver by howard long g6lvb, covering 64 mhz to 1. Software defined radio sdr gives a new feeling and new capabilities to amateur radio. I didnt even have to do anything, beside some trivial integration and testing. The video shows basic receive and scanner functions. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and the qt gui toolkit.
It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. Provide information regarding radio propagation, construction and usage, especially related to software defined radio. Getting started with open broadcaster software obs duration. Using the funcube dongle pro plus right as a sdr hardware. Requires gnu radio installed with the grfcd component. Simon browns sdr radio 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. Italics means that it the hardware has not been tested by gqrx developers due to lack of hardware. In order to get one you had to be quick off the mark on ebay.
The fcd itself is the rf section of a software defined radio, and as such it does no demodulation or decoding, that is done by software the host pc. I am also indebted to my fellow radio club members that have rightly or wrongly turned to me as the expert in helping them to setup their fcds in the same way that i have learned how to do with mine. It may interest ham radio enthusiasts, hardware hackers, tinkerers and anyone interested in rf. The results were so good that they also brought their gold standard racal ra3791 to the game, and the results are surprising.
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. Currently, to view the telemetry for a particular satellite, it is necessary to run the dashboard for that satellite. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle antenna. Hdsdr is a versatile program designed to work with multiple sdr hardware platforms. Sdr also permits different radio protocols to be accessed by using appropriate software modules. A nice software example is agw online kiss, this software works together with an agw pe enabled soundmodem program and gives you the opportunity to decode ax25 telemetry in kiss mode without a hardware modem.
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