Satellite Folks,
It there a software package that can fully control a Funcube Dongle Pro+ and emulate a traditional receiver? A la frequency control fine enough for SSB doppler adjustments?
I have used the FDP+ as a pan-adapter on satellite but not the primary receiver. The FDP+ is a better receiver than the Baofeng - if it can be controlled with good granularity.
73 - Paul - W2HRO
Try HDSDR or SDR#. I believe that both can be connected to SatPC32
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 3:00 PM, Paul Andrews w2hro.fn20@gmail.com wrote:
Satellite Folks,
It there a software package that can fully control a Funcube Dongle Pro+ and emulate a traditional receiver? A la frequency control fine enough for SSB doppler adjustments?
I have used the FDP+ as a pan-adapter on satellite but not the primary receiver. The FDP+ is a better receiver than the Baofeng - if it can be controlled with good granularity.
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Using a FCDP+ with SDR# software, a plugin for SatPC32, and SatPC32 works wonderfully.
Mark N8MH
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 3:00 PM, Paul Andrews w2hro.fn20@gmail.com wrote:
Satellite Folks,
It there a software package that can fully control a Funcube Dongle Pro+ and emulate a traditional receiver? A la frequency control fine enough for SSB doppler adjustments?
I have used the FDP+ as a pan-adapter on satellite but not the primary receiver. The FDP+ is a better receiver than the Baofeng - if it can be controlled with good granularity.
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Thank you - I will give it a try tonight.
73 - Paul - W2HRO On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 4:15 PM Mark L. Hammond marklhammond@gmail.com wrote:
Using a FCDP+ with SDR# software, a plugin for SatPC32, and SatPC32 works wonderfully.
Mark N8MH
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 3:00 PM, Paul Andrews w2hro.fn20@gmail.com wrote:
Satellite Folks,
It there a software package that can fully control a Funcube Dongle Pro+ and emulate a traditional receiver? A la frequency control fine enough for SSB doppler adjustments?
I have used the FDP+ as a pan-adapter on satellite but not the primary receiver. The FDP+ is a better receiver than the Baofeng - if it can be controlled with good granularity.
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-- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
Hi Paul!
I can't speak to the Funcube Dongle Pro+ specifically, but since most of the common SDR apps work with a variety of different SDRs, I'll comment anyway.
The "only" receiver that I ever use for linear sats is an SDR (SDRPlay RSP1, in my case). The software that I use is HDSDR.
Besides the normal frequency control with mouse clicks, etc., I have a spare USB mouse that I have stripped down so that there is no bottom LED nor left/right clickers. All that remains is the center scroll wheel. I have this "thing" sitting sideways in front of my laptop's keyboard and HDSDR is configured to use that scroll wheel to adjust the tuned frequency. How granular you want that movement to be is configurable... I have mine set for 50hz per tic from the scroll wheel, but of course that's something to adjust by trial & error for personal preference.
So, to answer your question - that makes it extremely easy to adjust for doppler as signals on the downlink move around on you. I've positioned the (sideways) wheel so that left tunes to the left and right tunes to the right. You hardly have to think about it... just follow the downlink as needed.
73!
-Scott, K4KDR
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On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 3:00 PM, Paul Andrews w2hro.fn20@gmail.com wrote:
Satellite Folks,
It there a software package that can fully control a Funcube Dongle Pro+ and emulate a traditional receiver? A la frequency control fine enough for SSB doppler adjustments?
I have used the FDP+ as a pan-adapter on satellite but not the primary receiver. The FDP+ is a better receiver than the Baofeng - if it can be controlled with good granularity.
73 - Paul - W2HRO
IMO, SDR Console v3 is far better than any other SDR software I have tried for satellites.
After installing, select View, then Satellites. A new window opens. You can configure all the satellites you use and it will set the frequency, control doppler, show you elevation/azimuth and display the footprint on a map. An additional sub-window will show upcoming passes for the satellites you have configured.
V3 was still in Beta last week, but full release is promised for this month.
Rolf NR0T EN34
On Tue, Jun 12, 2018, 3:08 PM Paul Andrews w2hro.fn20@gmail.com wrote:
Satellite Folks,
It there a software package that can fully control a Funcube Dongle Pro+ and emulate a traditional receiver? A la frequency control fine enough for SSB doppler adjustments?
I have used the FDP+ as a pan-adapter on satellite but not the primary receiver. The FDP+ is a better receiver than the Baofeng - if it can be controlled with good granularity.
73 - Paul - W2HRO _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
gqrx controlled by gpredict fit the bill nicely.
73, Mike
Michael Styne K2MTS mstyne@k2mts.org
On Jun 12, 2018, at 15:00, Paul Andrews w2hro.fn20@gmail.com wrote:
It there a software package that can fully control a Funcube Dongle Pro+ and emulate a traditional receiver?
http://www.sdr-satellites.com/
SDR Satelliteshttp://www.sdr-satellites.com/ www.sdr-satellites.com This website describes the first preview of the satellite tracking interface in version 3 of the SDR-Radio.com SDR software. The satellite tracking provides a simple yet powerful support for all satellites.
http://www.sdr-radio.com/Software/Version3 sdr-radio.com > Software > Version 3http://www.sdr-radio.com/Software/Version3 www.sdr-radio.com Version 3 is being developed with a target release date of June 1st, 2018. Compared with the provious versions, the improvements are: Direct-X (hardware accelerated) graphics - smoother, finer, faster with less CPU load,
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Satellite Folks,
It there a software package that can fully control a Funcube Dongle Pro+ and emulate a traditional receiver? A la frequency control fine enough for SSB doppler adjustments?
I have used the FDP+ as a pan-adapter on satellite but not the primary receiver. The FDP+ is a better receiver than the Baofeng - if it can be controlled with good granularity.
73 - Paul - W2HRO _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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