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Funcube Dongle support now built into GNU Radio

August 22, 2016March 23, 2012 by Alexandru Csete

I am happy to inform all users of the Funcube Dongle and GNU Radio, that the gr-fcd driver is now included in the GNU Radio source tree. You can read the announcement here. This change will be available in the next GNU Radio release, which I think will be 3.5.3, however, if you pull the … Read more

Qthid 3.1 with Mac OS X Lion support

August 22, 2016August 13, 2011 by Alexandru Csete

The Qthid Funcube Dongle controller version 3.1 has now been released. This release includes the necessary fixes to make qthid work on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Thanks to Mike KØZAP for the patch!

Gqrx SDR receiver

August 22, 2016July 30, 2011 by Alexandru Csete

Please visit the new Gqrx website. The information on this page is no longer updated!

Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver for Funcube Dongle (FCD), RTL2832U-based DVB-T devices (RTL-SDR), Universal Software Radio Peripherals (USRP) and Osmo SDR devices. It is powered by GNU Radio and the Qt GUI toolkit.

GQRX C++ Edition

August 22, 2016May 20, 2011 by Alexandru Csete

About a week ago I resumed working on GQRX – an experimental AM/FM/SSB software receiver powered by GNU Radio and using Qt for user interface. This time, however, I am not going to continue working on the Python receiver but create a new receiver from scratch written in C++. It will support Funcube Dongle and USRP/UHD devices.

FO-29 satellite reception with Funcube Dongle and Arrow antenna

August 23, 2016March 30, 2011 by Alexandru Csete

This is the last satellite reception of a series recorded on Monday, February 28, 2011 using the Funcube Dongle software defined radio receiver and the Arrow II hand-held satellite antenna. The satellite is the good old Fuji FO-29 and the recording was made in JO45KG during orbit 71777.

HO-68 CW beacon with Funcube Dongle and Arrow antenna

August 23, 2016March 13, 2011 by Alexandru Csete

This is the seventh satellite reception of a series recorded on Monday, February 28, 2011 using the Funcube Dongle software defined radio receiver and the Arrow II hand-held satellite antenna. The satellite is HO-68 / XW-1 and the recording was made in JO45KG during orbit 5791.

Qthid 3.0 for Windows

August 22, 2016March 12, 2011 by Alexandru Csete

The Qt-based Funcube Dongle Controller is now also available as a windows binary package – thanks to Mike Willis G0MJW and David Barber G0OQW who have been trying to build it until we eliminated the two build issues (one of them was my fault 😉

Qthid 3.0 with full API support released!

March 11, 2011 by Alexandru Csete

Qthid 3.0 – the Qt-based controller application for the Funcube Dongle – has been released. This release includes support for the full control API available with the 18f firmware for the Funcube Dongle. This should cover all the functionality provided by the “fully functional windows front-end”.

PRISM cubesat reception with Funcube Dongle and Arrow antenna

August 23, 2016March 3, 2011 by Alexandru Csete

This is the sixth satellite reception of a series recorded on Monday, February 28, 2011 using the Funcube Dongle software defined radio receiver and the Arrow II hand-held satellite antenna. The satellite is the Japanese PRISM cubesat an the recording was made in JO45KG during orbit 11343.

CUTE-1.7 + APD II reception with Funcube Dongle and Arrow antenna

August 23, 2016March 3, 2011 by Alexandru Csete

This is the fifth satellite reception of a series recorded on Monday, February 28, 2011 using the Funcube Dongle software defined radio receiver and the Arrow II hand-held satellite antenna. The satellite is the CUTE-1.7 + APD II cubesat – also known as CO-65 – and the recording was made in JO45KG during orbit 15341.