The cubesat clubs 20182019 year was packed with a variety of workshops and projects, including. Ans081 amsat news service weekly bulletins amsat news service bulletin 081. Sdr sharp was set to wfm mode and 36 khz bandwidth, no audio filtering. The funcube team have been busy, not only designing and implementing the payloads, but also working on the telemetry dashboards and the data warehouse. Why experimentation and sdr has taken dstar to an unprecedented level. After using the sdr to identify the noise i realised i have been neglecting the funcube dongle for far too long. Connecting the rig audio output to pc soundcard input. Funcube1 carries a uhftovhf linear transponder that can be used by radio amateurs worldwide for ssb and cw communications. Selecting soundcard as the input device at fc dashbord decoder. Our simple ground station uses a software defined radio receiver consisting of. The telemetry format matches previous funcube missions and data. Shortly after the arrl youth forum ended around noon, a large crowd began to arrive at the demo area. They may be building nanosatellites, but theres nothing small about villanovas cubesat club. This allows a preamp to remain enabled on the receive vfo while the other vfo is in transmit mode with its preamp shutdown.
You can see the doppler shift, and you can see the signal fading in and out as the old satellite tumbles through space. There is a big frequency gap between vhf and uhf and sdrplay will never been receiving on the same band as the radio will transmit, but as the antennas are close one to each the other. It appears its using the concatenated reedsolomonviterbi scheme i designed for ao40, and i wish i had known because much of my ao40 design was forced by the limitations of that particular spacecraft and particularly the damage it experienced. Amsatuks first funcube satellite funcube1 or ao73 is an educational 1u cubesat project with the goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics. Amateur radio sleuth rediscovers a cold warera zombie satellite an amateur radio hobbyist has zeroed in on the signal of a u. These are the steps to setup up successful rotor control. One of the nice features of the icom ic9100 is that it can be configured to provide separate keying lines for the 2m and 70cm vfos. A blog about study tracking and monitoring satellites and iss. It covers lf, mf, hf, vhf, uhf and l band coverage is 150khz240mhz and 420mhz to 1. I would like to use sdrplay for satellite operation. The guidance notes can be downloaded from here please read them before loading and running the software.
After the pass, as i typically do when i work ao85 or ao73 with my sdr receive setup, i decoded the telemetry. When controlling this rotor from the popular sdr console software you have to use a dde client. Sdrplay for satellite operation sdrplay community forum. For over 50 years, amsat groups in north america and elsewhere have played a key role in significantly advancing the state of the art in space science, space education, and space technology.
In the film willy wonka and the chocolate factory there is a scene where the lucky children and parents enter the land of candy where everything is edible and they run around grabbing a taste of everything. On november 21, 20 funcube1 ao73 was launched from the yasny launch base located in the orenburg. Amateur radio has so many different things to try and over the last year i have found myself jumping around having a dabble at new things. All contributions are welcome, especially images, links etc. Vb audio was used to pipe the audio from sdr sharp to the wxtoimg software its basically a virtual sound card interface. Based on cost, i chose to use the rtlsdr v3 dongle rather than the fun cube dongle. Realize that my hdsdr software is about 10 khz off calibration. Depending on the satellite the ic910h will be transmitting in vhf and sdrplay receiving on uhf and viceversa. Data warehouse address and the dashboard software that can be. Track satellites funcube 1 ao73 and see where are they located now. Astroboffins may have raged at elons emissions staining. The dongle is a softwaredefined radio sdr replacing much of the hardware used in a traditional.
The pragmatic guide for using the funcube ao73 materials science experiment in the classroom prompts readers to dig beyond ao73s amateur radio transponder and telemetry uploads and downloads and take a closer look at what is really going on as the satellite orbits earth. Is the telemetry encoding format documented anywhere. The radio amateur satellite corporation, or amsat, is a worldwide group of amateur radio operators hams. Monday december 3rd will see two more satellites carrying funcube payloads launched into orbit. It was formed in the district of columbia in 1969 as an educational organization. So many satellites are moving and sitting over our heads, and the numbers are ever increasing. This is a beginners guide on how to get up and running. Hdsdr is a freeware software defined radio sdr program for microsoft windows 2000xpvista7.
I have been using it to decode the telemetry from the fox1a ao85 satellite with the updated software and have now got myself on the leader board even if the collinear is currently horizontal about. A lot of people are very curious about this rig, including me. Funcube1 telemetry is a telemetry signal sent from the funcube1 cubesat. How to receive funcube satellite telemetry digital rust. Carl laufer will discuss the world of low cost software defined radio. The amsatuk educational amateur satellite project funcube features a 435 to 145 mhz linear transponder for ssbcw operation and a telemetry beacon for schools to receive. This unit provides full support for aprs tactical applications and now includes a builtin gps receiver making it ideal for our gokit application. I used hdsdr to play the recording through a virtual audio cable into the foxtelem software. It runs with phantom power directly from fun cube dongles sma cable. Top kodi archive and support file vintage software community software apk msdos cdrom software cdrom software library.
Funcube model amsatuk is working on a new amateur satellite project the funcube project that features a 435 to 145 mhz linear. Villanovas cubesat club was launched in fall 2018 and has taken great strides for such a young club. Be sure to register at the funcube data warehouse to be able to submit your decoded packets automatically. Kenwoods latest 50w transceiver with aprs is the tmd710ga. At the last field day, most of the serious guys seemed to have switched to a computer and a sdr rather than a classic ham base station. Heck, g3wgv, and amsatuk for keeping ao73 in transponder mode during amsat skn. Telemetry dashboards for all missions welcome to the. Carl is the creator and author of the extremely popular rtl sdr blog, author of the book, the hobbyist guide to rtlsdr, and supplier of the rtlsdr dongle. Check when there will be the next pass over your location.
Funcube1, also known as ao73, is a 1u cubesat 10cm x 10cm x 10cm. You can use the free online suws web software defined radio from your pc or. I also tried the sdr receiver on ao73 and fo29 and made a couple of qsos. The project has received major initial funding from the radio communications foundation rcf and is being developed in collaboration with isisinnovative solutions in space bv.
Telemetry dashboards for all missions welcome to the funcube. The big list of rtl sdr software defined radio applications nightowltech. G6lvb, att presentera en ny modell av sdrmottagaren fun cube dongle kallad proplus. Hi all, the ink is barely dry on the release announcement for the kx2, but it has created quite a stir. Top kodi archive and support file community software vintage software apk msdos cdrom software cd. M2 antenna systems s3 sequencers are used to provide control of the advanced receiver research lownoise preamps on our portable tower.
Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver for funcube dongle fcd, rtl2832ubased dvbt devices rtl sdr, universal software radio peripherals usrp and osmo sdr devices. These modes can also be received with the rtl sdr and an upconverter such as the nooelec hamitup upconverter. Even though it was only started a couple of days ago, there are already 128 members and eight topics of discussion. Bpsk beacon, an innovative sdr receiver the funcube dongle, and telemetry decoding, archiving, and display program funcube dashboard. The les5 satellite, launched in 1967, was an early experiment in satellitebased communications broadcasting continuously since it was launched in 1967. Hdsdr uses afc to track the frequency during the playback, and foxtelem is decoding the telemetry that came down with the voice traffic. If you only want to decode and not send you can still use the software but not contribute. Weve been using kenwood equipment for our aprs igate for some time now and we have had good results with it. So ordered some new sma adapters from hamgoodies and pressed it back into service.
Using low cost software defined radio sdr and low cost diy antennas you can make from materials at your local hardware store or garage, a world of fun can be explored. This was the first time i had tried doing this and it was fun, though i definitely need some more practice with it. How to receive satellite telemetry from funcube ao73. Radio homebrew projects,software and software defined radio. The primary function of the satellite is educational outreach, utilizing onboard experiments, an easytocopy 1200 baud bpsk beacon, an innovative sdr receiver the funcube dongle, and. The big list of rtl sdr supported software rtl sdr. With that launch, jy1sat and eseo will join funcube1 a073 and nayif1 eo88. With that launch, jy1sat and eseo will join funcube 1 a0 73 and nayif1 eo88. The current satellite number is 2066b and is likely to change to ao73 in future tles. Funcube1, also known as ao73, is a 1u cubesat 10cm x 10cm x 10cm built and launched as a collaborative effort between amsatuk, amsatnl, and isisbv. Any ideas on what the other signals seen off to the side are. During last pass i gave ic910 a chance to say hello to ao73. Decoding ao73 telemetry using yaesu ft847 radio, g5500 dual azel rotator computer control of both using satpc32 software.
Funcube pro plus differs from rtl sdr dvbt stick, with 11 filters to improved quality of reception on radio amateurs and satellite band inculding the amateur band 2m and 70cm bands. Nasa has announced a minisatellite or cube sat design. Simple ground station gs receiver and decoder track hb9hslu. Device drivers are already included in your operating system windows, linux or mac osx, 32 or 64 bit.
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