New Fun Cube Dongle Pro +

[SouthOrRadio]

Just received the new Fun Cube Dongle Pro +.
The New FUNcube Dongle Pro+ | FUNcube Dongle

Specifications
Frequency range 150kHz-240MHz and 420MHz-1.9GHz
Sensitivity Typically 12dB SINAD NBFM for 0.15uV at 145MHz
Reference oscillator 1.5ppm 26MHz
Sampling rate 192kHz
Bit depth 16 bits (32 bits used internally)
PC interface USB 1.x Male A Full Speed (12Mbps)
RF interface Standard SMA female (not Reverse Polarity [RP])

The software for the + version is here:
http://sdrsharp.com/downloads/sdr-nightly.zip

I believe SDR Radio will release a software version for this new dongle sometime this week.

Now, I'm off to check it out.

Bob

 

[ka3jjz]

I can't put my finger on where I read this, but I *think* SDR sharp is also supposed to support this...Mike

 

[ka3jjz]

I hope the performance on this unit is better than the original Dongle. From the reviews on eHam, it was pretty poor.

I've been looking at getting a SDR (now that I THINK I have finally fixed my RF pollution issue...) but I don't want one that makes me take a loan out to get it (i.e. Perseus, Quicksilver). I live in an urban area, so problems with overloading are a concern. We'll see how this goes...Mike

 

[Boatanchor]

Received my FCDPro a few days ago. Not bad for the $'s.
RX performance and front end filtering seems pretty good considering the form factor.
Can 'see' signals at -140dBm on the Spectrum scope.
Sensitivity is ~ -118dBm for 12dB sinad on FMN.
The only thing that kind of lets these things down at present, is the SDR software packages need some more tweaking.

SDR software wants:

User adjustable audio filtering (Bandpass)
User friendly P25 decoding plugin (I can't for the life of me, get DSDforWin & VAC working on my PC).
Scanning
Trunk tracking
Better frequency memory management (tied in with scanning).

Great product for the money.