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Today's Topics:
1. AO-10? (KG0MW-Chad Phillips)
2. Re: AO-10? (i8cvs)
3. FUNcube-1 Forum + ISS Columbus UHF Station (Trevor .)
4. Re: Fwd: Mystery of the Lunar Ionosphere (Luc Leblanc)
5. simplest USB rotor interface (Wayne Estes)
6. Re: simplest USB rotor interface (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
7. Re: simplest USB rotor interface (D. Craig Fox)
8. Re: simplest USB rotor interface (n0jy@xxxxxxx.xxxx
9. Re: simplest USB rotor interface (Gordon JC Pearce)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:30:02 -0600
From: KG0MW-Chad Phillips <kg0mw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-10?
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Just wondering if anyone has tried listening for old ao-10. Alway's
hoping she will spring back to life...
chad
kg0mw
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:49:25 +0100
From: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs@xxx.xx>
To: "KG0MW-Chad Phillips" <kg0mw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, "Amsat -
BBs" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-10?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "KG0MW-Chad Phillips" <kg0mw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 5:30 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-10?
> Just wondering if anyone has tried listening for old ao-10. Alway's
> hoping she will spring back to life...
>
> chad
> kg0mw
>
Hi Chad ,KG0MW
I am listening time to time for the unmodulated carrier of the
Beacon at 145.810 MHz +/- doppler and even if actually there
is no signal of it and sign of life I have tried several time to be
translated from 70 cm to 2 meters by the Mode-B transponder
but without succes.
Also hoping she will spring back to life...
BTW
W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following
URL:
http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:33:15 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Trevor ." <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube-1 Forum + ISS Columbus UHF Station
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See
FUNcube-1 Satellite Forums
http://www.uk.amsat.org/2011/11/16/funcube-1-satellite-forums/
and
UHF Station on ISS Columbus module
http://www.uk.amsat.org/2011/11/17/uhf-station-on-iss-columbus-module/
73 Trevor M5AKA
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:59:12 -0500
From: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: eu-amsat@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: Mystery of the Lunar Ionosphere
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On 15 Nov 2011 at 21:25, Tony Langdon wrote:
Date sent: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:25:20 +1100
From: Tony Langdon <vk3jed@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: Mystery of the Lunar Ionosphere
To: GW1FKY@xxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
>
> >Hi,
> >While we are on the subject of the Moon and looking back at missions - take
> > a look at the web pages I have forwarded. Should prove quite a
talking
> >point in terms of our hobby - ionosphere and radio communications
> >on and around the Moon.
>
> Suddenly ham radio on the moon looks a whole lot more
> interesting. New propagation experiments to try to characterise the
> lunar ionosphere's RF properties. Only trouble is getting there.
>
> 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL
> http://vkradio.com
>
I just got a flash is it possible the moon bounce signal where reflected on
this "ionosphere" instead of the moon surface or both or is it
the moon libration signal often reported by moon bouncer a kind of signal
mix the one reflected over the surface and the one reflected by
the ionosphere back to the moon surface working against each other?
"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
HTTP://www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
DSTAR urcall VE2DWE
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:27:34 -0800
From: Wayne Estes <w9ae@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] simplest USB rotor interface
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As an AMSAT Area Coordinator, I occasionally get questions about rotor
interfaces. So I need to become better informed about the interface
options.
I'm well aware of the LVBtracker, but to me it seems to be overkill for
the intended purpose. It's not necessary for a rotor interface to have
a big box, display, and control switches. The interface really only
needs to contain A/D and D/A converters. All displays and controls can
be implemented "virtually" on the computer's screen.
Is there a simple and cheap USB interface for the G-5500 rotor?
Something small and simple like FODtrack, but with a USB port?
I'm aware of WinRotor USB, but nobody in North America seems to use it.
Wayne Estes W9AE
Oakland, Oregon, USA, CN83ik
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:50:10 -0500
From: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Wayne Estes <w9ae@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: simplest USB rotor interface
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Wayne,
Fox Delta has a very basic unit called the ST-1.
http://www.foxdelta.com/products/st1.htm
Dave - KB1PVH
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On Nov 17, 2011 12:39 PM, "Wayne Estes" <w9ae@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> As an AMSAT Area Coordinator, I occasionally get questions about rotor
> interfaces. So I need to become better informed about the interface
> options.
>
> I'm well aware of the LVBtracker, but to me it seems to be overkill for
> the intended purpose. It's not necessary for a rotor interface to have a
> big box, display, and control switches. The interface really only needs to
> contain A/D and D/A converters. All displays and controls can be
> implemented "virtually" on the computer's screen.
>
> Is there a simple and cheap USB interface for the G-5500 rotor? Something
> small and simple like FODtrack, but with a USB port?
> I'm aware of WinRotor USB, but nobody in North America seems to use it.
>
> Wayne Estes W9AE
> Oakland, Oregon, USA, CN83ik
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:02:42 -0800
From: "D. Craig Fox" <DFox@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'Wayne Estes'" <w9ae@xxxxxxx.xxx>, "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: simplest USB rotor interface
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Check out the FoxDelta. Simple, inexpensive and works great
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From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Wayne Estes
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 9:28 AM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] simplest USB rotor interface
As an AMSAT Area Coordinator, I occasionally get questions about rotor
interfaces. So I need to become better informed about the interface
options.
I'm well aware of the LVBtracker, but to me it seems to be overkill for
the intended purpose. It's not necessary for a rotor interface to have
a big box, display, and control switches. The interface really only
needs to contain A/D and D/A converters. All displays and controls can
be implemented "virtually" on the computer's screen.
Is there a simple and cheap USB interface for the G-5500 rotor?
Something small and simple like FODtrack, but with a USB port?
I'm aware of WinRotor USB, but nobody in North America seems to use it.
Wayne Estes W9AE
Oakland, Oregon, USA, CN83ik
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:31:11 -0600 (CST)
From: n0jy@xxxxxxx.xxx
To: "'Wayne Estes'" <w9ae@xxxxxxx.xxx>, "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx
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Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: simplest USB rotor interface
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Exactly! This is what I use, although I do use an RS-232 serial interface
port on my PC but you could use a USB to RS-232 converter. It only has
idiot lights to let you know that it is doing something, your rotator
controller shows you the rest. It's kind of like having an invisible set
of fingers controlling the switches!
And if things get hung up, you can power off your rotator and power it
back on and the ST-1 won't keep trying to move the antenna. My KCT would
not let go until you shut down the tracking program, which was annoying
because IF the antennas get hung up for some reason I didn't want them
moving when I powered the rotator back on, what I needed to do was move
them back the other way!
Jerry
N?JY
> Check out the FoxDelta. Simple, inexpensive and works great
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
> Behalf Of Wayne Estes
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 9:28 AM
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: [amsat-bb] simplest USB rotor interface
>
> As an AMSAT Area Coordinator, I occasionally get questions about rotor
> interfaces. So I need to become better informed about the interface
> options.
>
> I'm well aware of the LVBtracker, but to me it seems to be overkill for
> the intended purpose. It's not necessary for a rotor interface to have
> a big box, display, and control switches. The interface really only
> needs to contain A/D and D/A converters. All displays and controls can
> be implemented "virtually" on the computer's screen.
>
> Is there a simple and cheap USB interface for the G-5500 rotor?
> Something small and simple like FODtrack, but with a USB port?
> I'm aware of WinRotor USB, but nobody in North America seems to use it.
>
> Wayne Estes W9AE
> Oakland, Oregon, USA, CN83ik
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:55:06 +0000
From: Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp@xxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: simplest USB rotor interface
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:27:34 -0800
Wayne Estes <w9ae@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Is there a simple and cheap USB interface for the G-5500 rotor?
> Something small and simple like FODtrack, but with a USB port?
> I'm aware of WinRotor USB, but nobody in North America seems to use it.
Arduino and a couple of relays? Someone buy me a rotator so I can develop
you a prototype ;-)
--
Gordon JC Pearce MM0YEQ <gordonjcp@xxxx.xxx>
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