Lite nyheter runt FUNcube Dongle:
June 5, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-156.05
A story first reported on the Southgate ARC news web site reported
members of AMSAT-DL have received the Stereo B spacecraft at a dis-
tance of 219 million kilometers using an AMSAT-UK FUNcube Dongle
Software Defined Radio as the I.F. in combination with a downcon-
verter.
Stereo B transmits in the X band around 8 GHz so could not be receiv-
ed by the FUNcube Dongle directly since that covers 64-1700 MHz. A
downconverter was installed at the dish feed and the 1280 MHz output
was fed into the FUNcube Dongle SDR.
The frequency of Stereo B varies due to Doppler shift (of the rotating
Earth) and was calculated by the tracking software.
Watch Mario Lorenz DL5MLO explain how the record was broken Receiving
Stereo B with a FUNcube dongle and the Bochum 20m dish:
http://tinyurl.com/6eukmjv (Southgate)
ANS thanks Southgate ARC news site for the above information]