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Folks, Nils has very kindly sent me a link to an article he wrote recently about using the FUNcube Dongle Pro+ on the shortwave/HF bands. Here is the note he sent to me: Dear Howard – recently I got two … Continue reading →

Folks, I have been trying to figure out for some time why there are a significant number of failed Paypal transactions when purchasing. After some discussions with Paypal, it transpires that some Paypal accounts and card transactions will only operate directly … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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

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 →