FUNcube Dongle Pro+ User Manual
AMSAT-UK FCD2 regulatory statements
FCC statement
WARNING: MODIFICATION OF THIS DEVICE TO RECEIVE CELLULAR RADIOTELEPHONE SERVICE
SIGNALS IS PROHIBITED UNDER FCC RULES AND FEDERAL LAW.
Industry Canada statement
This device complies with Industry Canada licence-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to
the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must
accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.
Introduction
Many thanks for purchasing the FUNcube Dongle Pro+! The FUNcube Dongle Pro+ is a software-defined radio (SDR)
covering all broadcast and amateur radio bands from 150kHz to 1.9GHz. With an SDR, many of the functions of a
traditional hardware-only radio are performed in software, such as demodulation, decoding and frequency conversion.
The FUNcube Dongle Pro+ hardware is designed to be very simple to set up, with the only connections being an antenna
connection and a USB connection. There are no physical controls on the FUNcube Dongle Pro+: all the settings for the
FUNcube Dongle Pro+ are controlled from host computer.
History
When the original FUNcube Dongle was designed, it proved far more popular than we ever anticipated. Then when we
had an opportunity to update the design for the FUNcube Dongle Pro+, we took into account the user feedback, and re-
engineered the device from scratch as a result.
Although there are numerous applications for FUNcube Dongle devices, first and foremost it is designed to be a radio
receiver for the FUNcube satellite. Let’s briefly take a look at what the FUNcube satellite project is all about.
The FUNcube satellite is an AMSAT-UK project, and its primary goal is to encourage and educate young people in the
disciplines of radio, space, physics and electronics, and to support Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM) initiatives by using practical demonstration.
The fundamental design criteria of FUNcube Dongles is to allow the target audience of primary and secondary school
students to
directly
receive data and voice from the FUNcube satellite.
