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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Paccomm Spirit 2 (Mark L. Hammond)
2. Solved! Icom 821 and SatPC32 uplink frequency weirdness
(Stephan Greene)
3. Space Track Beta Web site (Steve Daniels)
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Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 16:22:14 -0400
From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Alan Beck <becka@xxxxxxxx.xx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Paccomm Spirit 2
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Alan,
It'll do GMSK. You got a great TNC--it's my favorite.
Try it out on RAX-2 (with a 9600 baud capable radio of course.)
73,
Mark N8MH
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Alan Beck <becka@xxxxxxxx.xx> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I just got my manual for the Spirit-2 packet controller that I was sold
for $15.00.
>
> As far as I can tell it says nothing about modes of operation.
>
> When I called and asked they could tell me what kind of stuff it can do
but they did not mention GMSK which is what I am interested in doing.
>
> I need help here guys, I at least want to monitor the GMSK stuff and
perhaps pacsat when it comes to life again, perhaps.
>
> Looks to me like I am going to look for a used radio that interfaces with
tracking programs.
>
> As far as the cost for this venture, $190.00 + $15.00 was not bad to come
up to nothing.
>
> 73,
>
> Alan
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Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 20:55:05 -0400
From: Stephan Greene <ks1g04@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Solved! Icom 821 and SatPC32 uplink frequency
weirdness
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...and there was much rejoicing.
Trying to get back on the satellites after many (10 year?) hiatus.
[Yes, I missed AO-51, Arrisat, and a lot of the earlier cubesats.
Sigh.] Trying to use SatPC32 to control my Icom 821H and I was seeing
weird behavior and having trouble finding and staying tuned on my
downlink. Manual control worked fine, but I wanted the computer
taking care of some of the work for me. Finally noticed that the
frequency jumps were EXACTLY the default repeater offsets used when
the rig is in FM/repeater mode. No idea how the satellite section got
that way (hidden menu triggered? stray bit flip?) but it happened
whenever SatPC32 sent frequency corrections (either automatic Doppler
correction from the software or tuning via keyboard commands) while I
was transmitting.
Solution was a full reset of the radio. Satellite mode works as it
should, confirmed by some nice, computer-supported voice QSOs on AO-7
and VO-52 this evening.
So, to summarize (and hopefully make it easier for anyone searching
amsat-bb in the future if they run into this):
Problem: Icom 821 in satellite mode. Sub-band transmitter frequency
jumps +600 kHz (2M) or -5 MHz (70cm) while transmitting in CW, SSB,
and FM, as soon as software sends a frequency correction to the radio.
No jumps or problems when just listening and tuning across
transponder. Manual satellite mode (software control off) behaves
normally. Manual does not indicate satellite mode has a repeater
offset feature.
Solution: Full reset of radio, reconfigure radio as needed (interface
baud rate and verify address) for software control.
Thanks to the folks I contacted direct (searches of amsat-bb archives
for SatPC32 and Icom 821 issues) for their suggestions and
encouragement. Sometimes a problem that appears to be between the
radio & the computer or software is due to the radio, not the
computer.
73, hope to work many of you on the birds.
Steve KS1G FM18hx
ks1g@xxxxx.xxx
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 14:22:04 +0100
From: "Steve Daniels" <steve@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx.xx.xx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Space Track Beta Web site
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Space Track are beta testing a new website. It includes an API for element
downloads.
http://beta.space-track.org
look under the docs section
Steve Daniels
G6UIM
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