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Back from Dayton! (And a Raspberry Pi update)

Folks I’ve just returned from this year’s Dayton Hamvention, and met up with some folks from Virginia Tech who are successfully using the FCD+ with the Raspberry Pi. Briefly, they are using their RPi’s to allow remote reception from LF … Continue reading

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Dayton 2013

Folks I’ll be travelling to Dayton on Thursday 16 May and I return on Monday 20 May so orders placed during this time will be processed on Monday 20 May. We continue to have a good inventory, follow this link about ordering details, … Continue reading

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FUNcube Dongle Pro+: In Stock!

Folks After the initial demand, we finally have a good stock of the FUNcube Dongle Pro+ ready for immediate dispatch. Follow this link about ordering details, or if you’re in a real hurry here’s a direct link straight to the shopping cart. In … Continue reading

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FUNcube Dongle Pro+ streaming over Wifi to GNU Radio

Folks Here’s a video showing the FCD+ streaming the full 192ksps wirelessly to GNU Radio which demodulates a broadcast FM signal streaming from the FCD+. It uses a MiniEmbWifi router running OpenWRT. GNU Radio is running in Ubuntu in a … Continue reading

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FCD/FCD+ and Zadig – DON’T!!!

Folks Increasingly recently we’ve been seeing problems where the symptoms suggest that folks have used a utility called Zadig to override the operating system’s own drivers, probably because there has been experience with an RTL dongle where it’s common to have to hack user-mode access … Continue reading

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Update on FCD+ availability

Folks We’re expecting to receive a new batch of FCD+ units from the manufacturers on about 12 April. We can have these tested an ready for dispatch within 24 hours. Please register you interest here, and we’ll send you an email as … Continue reading

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Update to UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands shipping

Folks, The Royal Mail increased Special Delivery costs from £5.90 to £6.22 over the weekend and I’ve updated the shipping costs appropriately. Many thanks, Howard

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FUNcube Dongle shop: Easter operations

Folks We’re taking a slightly extended Easter break this year, so the last time for shipping before Easter will be at 11:00 UTC on Wednesday 27 March (12:00 CET, 06:00 EST, 03:00 PST). We’ll be open as usual on Tuesday … Continue reading

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Inventory update

Folks Firstly, thank you all for your patience if you’re on the waiting list. If you’re not already on it, head here for details on joining in! The PCB assembler is about to restart operations now we have parts to … Continue reading

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Procurement, it’s an art

Folks Firstly, I apologise for the recent lack of communication on the website. This is purely down to lack of time on my part in conjunction with a welcome two-week vacation seeing family over in British Columbia, Canada, and the jet-lag that … Continue reading

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