up: [[project:hgg|Project HGG]]

====== Project: HGG - FUNcube Sat Receiver ======
We have one [[http://www.funcubedongle.com/|FUNcube Dongle]] Pro v1.1 on loan from @ansi.

The receiver is a SDR unit capable of being tuned between 64MHz and 1.7GHz.

There's [[http://www.funcubedongle.com/?page_id=313|control software for the tuner]], amps and filters of the receiver.

The tuner itself will register as a sound card and capturing data is done using the usual means of audio recording.
Decoding is entirely software based.


Note: the funcube dongle is not suitable to receive ADS-B frames since the shortest pulses are 0.8us which is far below what can be sampled at 96kHz.

===== Software =====
  * Official tuner software + Spectravue (Windows, tested, working)
  * Qthid Linux tuner control software + Linrad (Linux, tested, working)
  * [[http://www.oz9aec.net/index.php/gnu-radio/gnu-radio-blog/418-funcube-dongle-smoke-testing|GNU Radio]] w/ FUNCube
    * [[http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki#I-Getting-started|Official GNU Radio Getting Started Guide]]
    * Ubuntu oneiric gnuradio is not working properly yet, grc fails to start.
  * [[http://www.oz9aec.net/index.php/component/content/article/63-sdr/419-funcube-dongle-with-quisk-sdr|Quisk SDR]]