It is written using the hid api library and the qt gui toolkit. Downloaded and had sdr sharp up and running with the dongle within minutes. One of the drawbacks is that it does not go below 64mhz, and i would like to be able to listen to hf. My mother board does not have wireless network card so i bought a csl usb 2. I have tried on and off since i purchased the above to get it working, without success i have reloaded the 18j firmware from you. This program was written mainly by alexandru csete. Funcube dongle is a software defined radio receiver in a usb stick tunable over a range of 64 mhz 1.
Table 1 shows the performance of the dongle at some different settings. In order for the dongle to work right off the bat, we have included a recommended list of settings table 1. On linux it autodetects the correct soundcard from procasoundcards. Hello howard, i purchased the funcube dongle pro about 3 months ago, at the time it was the latest ver 1. It provides iq data via usb audio and its control interface frequency, gains, filters uses the usb hid api. Ubuntu details of source package grosmosdr in xenial. 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. Noaa19 apt recption using gnu radio and a funcube dongle.
Airspy is a line of popular softwaredefined radio sdr receivers developed to achieve high. Had to use that on an original asus eeepc, many moons ago. Pulged it into an usb port and ran the sdrsharp program. Insert the funcube dongle into the usbport from your computer. Being new to this, can the pro be used with if out from a amateur radio. When i run gqrx the terminal output is showing lots of errors that i dont understand but it does seem to be seeing a funcube dongle v2 so i have selected this and selected ok using x. Ive been wanting to get a software defined radio receiver for some time now. Plugged into a pc running windows xp and the driver immediately self installed. Hooked up the dongle to a discone antenna in the attic.
I am going to update it to work on mac os x as well so that we can use gqrx 2. A plurality of sdr programs 4 and also allows gnuradio. There should be no notifications or warnings of any kind. Widebandspectrum with funcube dongle for gnuradio michael hartje, dk5hh, bremen, german,y emal. I have recently installed ubuntu on my pc that i have built. This program was written mainly by alexandru csete, oz9aec based upon initial code from howard long, g6lvb. There was a lot of excitement about this project a couple of years ago when it started.
James, iff you have a mouse and keyboard attached, as well as the touch screen, then the altf7 combination is your friend. 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. One end has a usb connector to go to a computer, and. We have included the recommended warehouse settings for each satellite as well as the fcd centre frequency. These are important as i spend a while with old version of qthid and funcube dongle not pro files. The waterfall displays and i can see sensible looking signals. He gives an overview of many digital ham and hf utility modes including drm, wspr, rtty, olivia, mfsk16, psk31, pactor, packet, hellschreiben, ros, sstv, hf acars, ssb, cw. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. This lna allows a slightly better noise figure, but it degrades the dynamic range severely. I have got the driver disc and extracted them onto my pc but i dont know how to install them on ubuntu.
Gqrx software defined radio receiver gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and the qt gui toolkit. This program is a graphical user interface to control a radio receiver called the funcube dongle sdr. In order to get one you had to be quick off the mark on ebay. On the funcube dongle blogstore amateur radio enthusiast dk80k a. It is written using the qt sdk and is available for linux, windows and mac os x. I am just trying to get the proplus working on ubuntu 12. Gnuradio blocks and tools for receiving gsm transmissions. 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. Airspy mini vhfuhf airspy in a dongle format always keep one in your pocket.
Ive been spending a few hours playing around with a funcube dongle pro. Folks, today we spent some time with the new raspberry pi 2 and the funcube dongle pro plus. High dynamic range inside forget about overloading. Gqrx uses the grosmosdr library as input source and supports the sdr hardware listed below.
I have tried on and off since i purchased the above to get it working, without success i have reloaded the 18j firmware from you website and followed the instructions all loaded ok. This particular unit is serial number 980 and has been upgraded to the 18h firmware. Italics means that it the hardware has not been tested by gqrx developers due to lack of hardware. After some digging around online the best one it seems is the funcube.
Unfollow funcube dongle pro to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Gnu radio blind iq imbalance estimator and correction. Id like it if someone could point me at something better. Funcube dongle archives page 3 of 3 oz9aec website. At this point it is a good idea to download the latest version of the qthid fcd. Using hdsdr with the funcube dongle page 3 in the files section of the funcube yahoo. Funcube dongle pro plus controller for gnu radio adep. I am happy to inform all users of the funcube dongle and gnu radio, that the grfcd driver is now included in the gnu radio. The cursor changes to a hand, and the active window may then be moved up, down or sideways. 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 dongle has a lna between the e4000 chip and the antenna connector. First, the guy couldnt get it to work so theres no guarantee it isnt defective and two, it has a coverage gap between 245420 mhz according to their website. Airspy r2 the defacto standard for sdr scanning all modes, vhf and uhf.
Note that grfcdproplus works only on linux at the moment. Be sure you use the following parameters then go to the funcube tab and enter the frequency. Simple guide to using funcube with gnuradio on ubuntu for. Please understand that problems with specific hardware can only be resolved in the grosmosdr backend, not in gqrx. 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 dedicated download link.
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