BD4SY 2m EME received with FUNcube Dongle

Berend Edema PA3ARK has received a 144 MHz EME transmission from Zhu ShaoHua BD4SY in Changshu City using an AMSAT-UKFUNcube Dongle SDR.

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He has also received the GB3VHF beacon on 144.430 MHz over a distance of 500 km http://twitpic.com/6kfq20

PA3ARK website in Google English: http://tinyurl.com/PA3ARK
PA3ARK YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/PA3ARK
PA3ARK Twitter: http://twitter.com/PA3ARK

Join the FUNcube Yahoo Group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FUNcube

FUNcube Dongle as a Radio Telescope?

A Radio Astronomy paper describes the use of the AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle Software Defined Radio as part of a Radio Telescope.

In the paper Dr David Morgan of the British Astronomical Association Radio Astronomy Group (BAA-RAG) describes how he used the FUNcube Dongle as the heart of a Radio Telescope operating on 1420 MHz.

He concludes that “A newly available SDR component has been shown to be very capable of acting as the heart of a simple and inexpensive three component radio telescope.”.

You can download the paper ‘Experiments with a Software Defined Radio Telescope’ by Dr David Morgan at
http://www.britastro.org/radio/projects/
An_SDR_Radio_Telescope.pdf

General Radio Astronomy Projects
http://www.britastro.org/radio/projects/otherproj.html

BAA-RAG Yahoo Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baa-rag/

AMSAT-UK FUNcube Yahoo Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FUNcube/

 

SSTV sent through ARISSat-1 transponder

SSTV sent through ARISSat-1 transponder

Henk PA3GUO has made the first successful transmission of a Slow Scan TV (SSTV) image through the ARISSat-1 linear transponder. His receiver was an AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle SDR

FUNcube Dongle pro

AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle Pro

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Funcube Dongle distance record.

Breaking the Funcube Dongle distance record.. 219.000.000 kilometers, Mario Lorenz DL5MLO explains…

AMSAT-DL AGM May 2011 – 1 from Jim Heck on Vimeo.

 

FUNcube Dongle SDR’s On Sale May 26

The next batch of AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle VHF-UHF Software Defined Radios will be available on Thursday May 26 at 21:00 UT (22:00 BST).

The FUNcube SDR Dongle was originally developed for educational outreach as part of the ground segment for the FUNcube satellite. However, it was realised it can be used for many other applications as well, so AMSAT-UK developed a Pro version which has a range of 64-1700MHz and sells for about £125.

A proportion of the sales of the FUNcube SDR Dongle goes to support AMSAT-UK’s FUNcube satellite.

Order your FUNcube Dongle Pro at: http://www.funcubedongle.com/?page_id=286

Join the FUNcube Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FUNcube/

FUNcube SDR Dongle: http://www.funcubedongle.com/

AMSAT-UK FUNcube SDR video

FUNcube Dongle SDR's On Sale May 26

The next batch of AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle VHF-UHF Software Defined Radios will be available on Thursday May 26 at 21:00 UT (22:00 BST).

The FUNcube SDR Dongle was originally developed for educational outreach as part of the ground segment for the FUNcube satellite. However, it was realised it can be used for many other applications as well, so AMSAT-UK developed a Pro version which has a range of 64-1700MHz and sells for about £125.

A proportion of the sales of the FUNcube SDR Dongle goes to support AMSAT-UK’s FUNcube satellite.

Order your FUNcube Dongle Pro at: http://www.funcubedongle.com/?page_id=286

Join the FUNcube Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FUNcube/

FUNcube SDR Dongle: http://www.funcubedongle.com/

AMSAT-UK FUNcube SDR video