[amsat-bb] Funcube Dongle Pro+ w/GQRX (Ubuntu)

[Mark L. Hammond]

I find all the dongles, including FCDPP, to work best with external powered
USB hubs.  When in doubt, try that.  Too many flakey results otherwise.

Mark N8MH

On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 4:26 PM Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> >
> > Ah ha! The driver wasn't able to reserve enough bandwidth on the USB hub
> > for the 192 kb/s 16-bit "stereo" audio stream. Try moving it to another
> > USB port. Most computers have several USB hubs, and it's not obvious how
> > the various sockets connect to them. Try temporarily disconnecting any
> > other USB audio interfaces you might have.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> Phil, I'm sure you've probably seen my other response, but at least you are
> putting a technical explanation behind it.  Yep, while it still doesn't
> work AT ALL on my small "backup" computer, I plugged it directly into the
> USB 3.0 port on my primary shack computer and it is now working.   Thanks
> everyone for giving me some time to help me figure this one out!
>
> --Roy
> K3RLD
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Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
AMSAT Director and Command Station