The funcube dongle is completely housed in a usb dongle that is a bit smaller than an usb tv tuner dongle. Driver support exist for rtlsdr, nesdr, sdrplay and hackrf. Big giant list of free rtlsdr software android apps for. Funcube dongle pro sdr radio astronomy and spectroscopy. Covering 601700 mhz, that initial product was developed in the u. Turn any mobile phone or tablet with usb hostotg support into a portable software defined radio scanner and a spectrum analyser. There is some great sdr software on android now, do you plan to add. Users should remember the that dashboard that was started last, is the one that will control the frequency settings applied to the funcube dongle. Use rtlsdr as a panadapter for your traditional hardware radio. Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency. Hooked up the dongle to a discone antenna in the attic.
Listening to fm radio, and decoding rds information. Id like it if someone could point me at something better. I have elaborated the features, specifications, and other information about the most sought software defined radio dongles from a plethora of devices. It provides iq data via usb audio and its control interface frequency, gains. As a precaution, i did the clearingout instructions in terminal. Press the reset to app button and the dongle will now be back in sdr mode.
Meteor radar sdr receiver 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. The files here helps to start quickly with a funcube dongle to receive local broadcast fm staions for testing purposes using gnuradio. Depending on the hardware used, its radio frequency coverage could span between 50 mhz and 2. As many will be aware, the original raspberry pi had a problem with its usb host stack, for which i released a workaround here. 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. If youre looking for a dongle to use as an rtlsdr, check our page on where to buy rtlsdr tuners. Stealing encryption keys from pcs using software defined radio and. Good news, i have now tried updating the hid api in gnu radio grfcd and the funcube dongle works again. 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. Listen and record live overtheair fm stereo radio stations with rds, weather reports, emergency stations, taxi traffic. I have now tried updating the hid api in gnu radio grfcd and the funcube dongle works again. Plugged into a pc running windows xp and the driver immediately self installed.
The quadrature sampling rate is at 96 khz with 80 khz useable. There must be something specific to the fcdpp which causes a problem with the i7 hardware, or perhaps the volk optimisation has caused a different bit of. Jun 03, 2011 the funcube dongle is completely housed in a usb dongle that is a bit smaller than an usb tv tuner dongle. For 2 meter repeater reception, i use a funcube dongle with sdrdx software v. See our wiki with tutorials and other resources including a quick start page to verify your dongle works. Ive been wanting to get a software defined radio receiver for some time now. Downloaded and had sdr sharp up and running with the dongle within minutes. Apr 23, 20 download qthid funcube dongle controller for free. Add in software packages to expand the capability and you have a system that would cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars. First of all insert the fcd into a usb port and determine that it is. I am happy to inform all users of the funcube dongle and gnu radio, that the. After some digging around online the best one it seems is the funcube.
Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver for funcube dongle fcd, rtl2832ubased dvbt devices rtlsdr, universal software radio peripherals usrp and osmo sdr devices. One of the drawbacks is that it does not go below 64mhz, and i would like to be able to listen to hf. The funcube dongle on the other hand is a bit more expensive, but it works with a wide range of sdr software as it has a sound card built into its usb interface, therefore not requiring special drivers, it has a narrow bandwidth geared up for low signal level satellite communications not sky tv. The module uses hidapi from alan ott signal 11 software, which is why you see his in those files. Listening to and looking at dab broadcast radio signals. All rtlsdr compatible devices employ the rtl2832u as an adc and usb controller, but different rf tuners may be used.
It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. Ever since i got my funcube dongle pro last christmas it has been the main focus of my radio experimentation. It is relatively simple to use compared to other sdr software and has a simple set up procedure. Because it is an sdr, the pc software can implement a wide. Use rtl sdr as a high quality entropy source for random number generation. It is written using the qt sdk and is qthid funcube dongle controller browse 3. This video shows sdrplay software defined radio running with my. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle. Turn any mobile phone or tablet with usb hostotg support into a portable. Sdr touch currently demodulates wfm, am, nfm, usb, lsb, dsb, cwu and clw signals. 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. Although the rsp series sdrs are supported by most thirdparty sdr applications, sdrplay has their own app. Dec 29, 2016 with the rtl stick sdruno works great,i tried to let it work with the funcube stick and allthough i can receive stations if i checked the wme inpute device to the funcube dongle,i can further do nothing,no changing of memory channels etc etc i presume it has something to do with the dll file in the documents folder has anyone got it to work. Use rtl sdr as a panadapter for your traditional hardware radio.
All these things will help you to buy the most perfect tool for the radio communication services. It also has an asus xonar d1 soundcard that is used for various sdr experiments. These dashboards are under continual development and the next planned development is to create a single dashboard that will service all funcube telemetry payloads simultaneously. It was a little fiddly to initially set up but i have been impressed with its. The funcube dongle also has a sma antenna connector on the other end. I have used it on a number of computers including some quite old not very powerful machines and with different software applications primarily the sdr radio and hdsdr suites. Funcube dongle is a software defined radio receiver in a usb stick tunable over a range of 64 mhz 1. 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. 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.
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. Unfollow funcube dongle pro to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The funcube is a cubesat a low cost miniature 10 cm cube sized satellite which is intended mainly for educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics, but has also piqued the interest of. Listen and record live overtheair fm stereo radio stations with rds, weather reports, emergency. Software defined radios based on funcube pro plus, gnuradio and raspberry pi. He also used a home made turnstile antenna, the sdrsharp software and the orbitron satellite tracking software to automatically correct for the signals doppler shift as the iss flies over. Id like it if someone could point me at something better than the funcube. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. Big giant list of free rtlsdr software android apps for pilots. The rtl sdr project page source of the rtl sdr driver software and hub for its continued development. To my disappointment the current version of cw skimmer 1. These modes can also be received with the rtlsdr and an upconverter such as the nooelec hamitup upconverter. 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.
Nov 09, 2010 the funcube dongle itself can receive tetra, but you will need an appropriate software package on the host pc to demodulate, decode and if necessry decrypt it, and deal with handover. We have a full overview of the installation procedure on our quick start page. Although the device is not meant for wide band fm reception, it still can be used with some distortion observed with certain. These modes can also be received with the rtl sdr and an upconverter such as the nooelec hamitup upconverter. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham radio. With an sdr, many of the functions of a traditional hardwareonly radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion. Sdr touch allows connecting hardware sdr receivers to android via a usb cable.
I dont know of a package that does this myself, although you may well find some suggestions on the funcube yahoo group. Turn your mobile phone or tablet into an affordable and portable software defined radio scanner. The operating system is fedora 12 linux running a custom 2. This diagram shows the set up i am using at the moment. Sep 12, 2012 ever since i got my funcube dongle pro last christmas it has been the main focus of my radio experimentation. The software sdr touch and sdrplay driver are downloaded from. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. The funcube dongle itself can receive tetra, but you will need an appropriate software package on the host pc to demodulate, decode and if necessry decrypt it, and deal with handover. I have tried installing ubuntu with gnu radio on a virtual machine and when i try to run the flow graph nothing shoes up in the sink and the frequency control software qthid crashes. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. This worked fine using gqrx on both the i5 with ubuntu 14. Funcube sdr dongle overview and first impressions ham. Use rtlsdr as a high quality entropy source for random number generation.