The fcd is the hardware adapter for a softwaredefined radio, its function is to. Listening to fm radio, and decoding rds information. The receiver range is now 150khz to 240mhz and 420mhz to 1. It looks like moe wheatley, ae4jy, is working on a cross platform software defined radio receiver intended for sdr hardware from rfspace. I am using this unit as an upconverter for the vhfuhf sdr dongle receiver. The entry level funcube dongle gives access to the satellite frequency band that funcube and some other. 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. On this page we will attempt to list, categorize and provide a brief overview of each software program. A softwaredefined receiver coupled with map65 software will allow the amateur radio eme earthmoonearth operator to visualize the entire. I suspect that you may be seeing some receiver blocking from some other signals. Download gqrx software defined radio receiver for free. There are now dozens of software defined radio packages that support the ultra cheap rtlsdr. Personally i see a great potential to use it with a.
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. This article describes recent experiments with the software defined radio equipment known as the funcube dongle fcd1 to determine its usefulness as the receiver in a meteor scatter radar. If you know of a program that is missing please leave. Designed for the commercial, government, amateur radio and shortwave listener communities, this software provides a powerful interface for all sdr. One that comes up from time to time is whether a particular sdr can copy digital signals on hf. Its compatible with many radio reception programs like rocky, m0kgk. Sdr radio offers userfriendly control of supported receiver hardware, as well as many useful and attractive displays.
We categorize the programs into general purpose software, single purpose software, research software and software compatible with audio piping. Any reception problems are due to my location and antenna, not the radio. The funcube sdr receiver was developed to support the funcube. With an sdr, many of the functions of a traditional hardwareonly radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion. Listening to and looking at dab broadcast radio signals. Map65 also supports the funcube dongle and several alldigital receivers. The fcd is the hardware adapter for a softwaredefined radio. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver for funcube dongle fcd, rtl2832ubased dvbt devices rtlsdr, universal software radio peripherals usrp and osmo sdr devices. Lowcost software defined radio compatible with many sdr software packages.
The pro version gives unlimited access to the frequency range 64 to 1,700mhz apart from a gap between about 1,100mhz and 1,270mhz. Sdrs and digital decoding from the radioreference wiki. I experimented with a couple of softrock receivers. This article provides a list of commercially available softwaredefined radio receivers. The rtl dongle is the cheapest sdr receiver available today. Despite being a lowcost 8bit solution it is a reasonable performer on vhf but does not meet the same standard as the airspy and sdrplay sdrs. A radio astronomy paper describes the use of the amsatuk funcube dongle software defined radio as part of a radio telescope. Im extremely happy with that setup i have a fullfeatured sdr as my receiver. The entry level funcube dongle gives access to the satellite frequency band that funcube and some other satellites use. The funcube dongle turns your pc into a radio receiver. I have briefly tried drm, using dream and sdr radio with vac, but for some. As the use of sdrs grow, so does the list of possible applications. By using the rtlsdr to receive the telemetry beacon as the satellite passes overhead, he was able to use the funcube.
Amateur radio hobbyist n4jtcs has shared on his blog his experiences with receiving the funcube 1s telemetry using his rtlsdr dongle. I already have a vhfuhf sdr dongle but it does not extend below 30 mhz. Im feeding it from a tuned g5rv thats switched between the funcube and the ft897 with a dowkey relay thats activated by the ptt on my ft897 mic. The funcube sdr usb dongle is an sdr software defined radio receiver built as a usb stick. The original fcd has a limitation in the lo which is integrated into the tuner chip where the. Sadly simon doesnt have a fcd and is not busy making sdrradio. The receiver covers a frequency range of 64 to 1700 mhz and can displayreceive a spectrum of up to 80 khz. Not only for satellite reception but for all experimentation with amateur radio sdr in general. Covering 601700 mhz, that initial product was developed in the u. In fact, at least one funcube dongle has even found its way into space itself on board a satellite. To be blunt, this receiver is not for the faint of heart or for the fledgling user looking for his or her first wideband receiver. I wanted to do some sdr receiving on the hf radio bands. Simon browns sdr radio worked as well, and with equal ease, though as luck would have it i. The funcube dongle fcd is a small software defined receiver sdr with a built.
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. I have no experience with software defined radios but as i have experimented with the eindhoven 2m sdr online receiver, i bet it will be a very very big. Will it work and do i need some special drivers or dll files. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by gnu radio and the qt gui toolkit. Hdsdr is a freeware software defined radio sdr program for microsoft windows 2000xpvista7. By using the rtlsdr to receive the telemetry beacon as the satellite passes overhead, he was able to use the funcube dashboard software to record and decode and view the satellites telemetry data. I am using hdsdr with another sdr receiver and satisfied with that software. This receiver still picks up more signals than any other radio ive ever.
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