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Today's Topics:
1. Re: usb rotor control (Wayne Estes)
2. Re: usb rotor control (Goody K3NG)
3. perl script to manipulate keps (Andrew Rich)
4. Re: perl script to manipulate keps (Andrew Rich)
5. WRC-2015 draft recommendations may impact 10 GHz (M5AKA)
6. Manual sought (RICK THOMPSON)
7. Re: Manual sought (David Barber)
8. Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 9, Issue 36 (Thomas Frey)
9. Re: perl script to manipulate keps (Gus)
10. Dstar Amsat users net (wa4hfn@xxxxxxx.xxxx
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:30:20 -0800
From: Wayne Estes <w9ae@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: usb rotor control
Message-ID: <52E964DC.8060106@xxxxxxx.xxx>
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KB2M wrote:
I'm looking for a USB solution that will work with 32/64 bit WIN7/8,
SatPC32, and my 5500 Yaesu rotor.
W9AE replies:
The simplest and cheapest USB rotor interface I know of is the "ST1".
It's JUST an interface, with no control buttons and no display. Price
is $39 for the assembled PCB with no enclosure. Mine was shipped in a
very small box from India.
General information can be downloaded from:
http://www.foxdelta.com/products/st1.htm
Installation and setup instructions can be downloaded from:
http://www.foxdelta.com/products/satellite/st1/st1-satellitetracker.pdf
I never understood why so many people are so eager to pay much more
money for a rotor interface box that has buttons and a display. The
computer screen and mouse can do that!
The interface emulates the old "EasyComm" interface. Real-time azimuth
and elevation are displayed in a separate small window on your computer
screen. Manual control of the rotor can be accomplished using the
SatPC32 Rotor menu.
Wayne Estes W9AE
Oakland, Oregon, USA, CN83ik
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 15:43:04 -0500
From: Goody K3NG <goody.k3ng@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Jeff Griffin <kb2m@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: usb rotor control
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If you're willing to try an Arduino and some homebrewing, there is this:
http://blog.radioartisan.com/yaesu-rotator-computer-serial-interface/
It emulates both Yaesu and Easycom protocols, can have an LCD display, and
the current development version of code has moon and sun tracking. M0UPU
offers a PC board that will work with the software, mated with an Arduino
Uno or Mega:
http://ava.upuaut.net/?p=372
73
Goody
K3NG
On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Jeff Griffin <kb2m@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> My tried and true KCT card setup is in failure mode. I've been using the
> KCT for 17 years ! The hard drive controller in the ISA slotted PC appears
> to have failed. I'm not going to look for yet another ISA motherboard.
>
> I'm looking for a USB solution that will work with 32/64 bit WIN7/8,
> SatPC32, and my 5500 Yaesu rotor. I was thinking of building a LVB
> tracker,
> but there doesn't seem to be any kits available. Anyone have any
> suggestions
> on what will meet my requirements?
>
>
>
> 73 Jeff kb2m
>
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 19:35:51 +1000
From: "Andrew Rich" <vk4tec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] perl script to manipulate keps
Message-ID: <90EBEB52C48A411884EC2F5CB3A432F3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Enjoy - just keep adding subs for each bird
#!/usr/bin/perl
system("rm /maint/scripts/keps/*.txt");
system("wget http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/amateur.txt");
system("wget http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/cubesat.txt");
system("wget http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/weather.txt");
system("cat /maint/scripts/keps/*.txt > /maint/scripts/keps/total_keps.txt");
open (outfile,"> /maint/scripts/keps/final_keps.txt");
open (keps,"/maint/scripts/keps/total_keps.txt");
while (<keps>)
{
if (m/VO-52/)
{
print outfile $_;
$next_line = <keps>;
print outfile $next_line;
$next_line = <keps>;
print outfile $next_line;
}
}
close (outfile);
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 19:50:49 +1000
From: "Andrew Rich" <vk4tec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "Andrew Rich" <vk4tec@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: perl script to manipulate keps
Message-ID: <137E09B9A5F64A8EBA895389FA0656A5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Slight mod
system("wget http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/amateur.txt -O
/maint/scripts/keps/amateur.txt");
system("wget http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/cubesat.txt -O
/maint/scripts/keps/cubesat.txt");
system("wget http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/weather.txt -O
/maint/scripts/keps/weather.txt");
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Rich
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 7:35 PM
Subject: perl script to manipulate keps
Enjoy - just keep adding subs for each bird
#!/usr/bin/perl
system("rm /maint/scripts/keps/*.txt");
system("wget http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/amateur.txt");
system("wget http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/cubesat.txt");
system("wget http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/weather.txt");
system("cat /maint/scripts/keps/*.txt >
/maint/scripts/keps/total_keps.txt");
open (outfile,"> /maint/scripts/keps/final_keps.txt");
open (keps,"/maint/scripts/keps/total_keps.txt");
while (<keps>)
{
if (m/VO-52/)
{
print outfile $_;
$next_line = <keps>;
print outfile $next_line;
$next_line = <keps>;
print outfile $next_line;
}
}
close (outfile);
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:55:12 +0000 (GMT)
From: M5AKA <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] WRC-2015 draft recommendations may impact 10 GHz
Message-ID:
<1391086512.52718.YahooMailNeo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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WRC-2015 draft recommendations may impact 10 GHz
http://amsat-uk.org/2014/01/30/wrc-2015-draft-recommendations-may-impact-10-gh
z/
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73 Trevor M5AKA
AMSAT-UK
website http://amsat-uk.org/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-UK/208113275898396
Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 21:28:02 -0800 (PST)
From: RICK THOMPSON <n0hke@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Manual sought
Message-ID:
<1391059682.70100.YahooMailAndroidMobile@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Did you ever locate a manual for the microwave modules MML 144/200s ??
I could sure use a scanned copy .??? Rick/ N0HKE
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:38:01 -0000
From: "David Barber" <david.barber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'RICK THOMPSON' <n0hke@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Manual sought
Message-ID: <5E3B77EEA3A94C1B8C92CF6A40B1C6F2@xxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
This might be useful:
http://wordpress.ianandfaye.com/?p=2144
********
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of RICK THOMPSON
Sent: 30 January 2014 05:28
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Manual sought
Did you ever locate a manual for the microwave modules MML 144/200s ??
I could sure use a scanned copy .??? Rick/ N0HKE
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:40:59 +0100
From: Thomas Frey <th.frey@xxxxxxx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 9, Issue 36
Message-ID: <52EA728B.1060901@xxxxxxx.xx>
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amsat-bb-request@xxxxx.xxx schrieb:
> Message: 14 Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:56:49 -0800 From: Bryce Salmi
> <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx> To: M5AKA <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx> Cc: AMSAT BB
> <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Fw: [Forum] Launch
> provider f?r P3E ? Message-ID:
> <CAN5j0so4Rnx1TtYp-WTM0FzdsYOM56BeJMe2ps_VYNW8ch+X_Q@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Oftentimes there are paid
> customers nowadays for first launches and yeah, even $10 million is a
> steal depending on the size of the payload. Either way you must be
> completely fine with the idea of loosing the satellite at launch...
> There's a reason it would be discounted, heritage brings premiums!
> Bryce On Wednesday, January 29, 2014, M5AKA <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx> wrote:
>> > But bear in mind the rocket has never flown before and it intends to
use a
>> > launch facility that doesn't exist yet.
>> >
>> > I suspect they'll still want $10 million or so, but yes it's good to see
>> > more launch providers entering the market.
>> >
>> >
>> > 73 Trevor M5AKA
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wednesday, 29 January 2014, 4:34,
i8cvs<domenico.i8cvs@xxx.xx<xxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi All ,
>> >
>> > This roket seems to be suitable for P3E !
>> >
>> > http://www.alcantaracyclonespace.com/en/about/launch-vehicle
>> >
>> > Hallo Alle
>> >
>> > Dies k?nnte auch eine geeignete Rakete f?r unseren P3E sein:
>> > http://www.alcantaracyclonespace.com/en/about/launch-vehicle
>> >
>> > Damit w?re die Finanzierungsfrage nat?rlich immer noch nicht gel?st.
>> >
>> >
Hello All
I'm a member of AMSAT-DL since many years, since the days of AO-10 and
AO-13. My understanding was and is, that AMSAT looks for discounted
and cheaper launches and is aware of launch failures at first launches.
So I agree with Bryce. We have to be realistic, nobody want to pay
10M $ for a launch. We also have to be patient, its Peter's long time
goal to bring P3E into a HEO.
--
Mit freundlichen Gr?ssen, Best Regards, 73
Thomas Frey, HB9SKA
______________________________________________________________________
Thomas Frey, Holzgasse 2, CH-5242 Birr, Tel. + Fax: 056 444 93 41
http://home.datacomm.ch/th.frey/
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 12:03:54 -0400
From: Gus <gus@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: perl script to manipulate keps
Message-ID: <52EA77EA.4050007@xxxxx.xxx>
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This is what I use:
---------------8<------------------
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use FileHandle;
use LWP::Simple;
@xxxxxxxxxxx = qw( amateur.txt cubesat.txt weather.txt );
$keps_source = "http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements";
$keps_local = "$ENV{HOME}/keps";
@xxxx = qw( VO-52 AO-7 AO-73);
$verbose = 1; # set to 0 to eliminate chatter
@xxxxxxxxxxx = ();
foreach $file (@xxxxxxxxxxxx {
@xxxx = fetch_keps( "$keps_source/$file" );
next unless scalar(@xxxxxx
save_file( "$keps_local/$file", @xxxx );
foreach $sat (@xxxxx {
for ($i=0; $i<=$#keps; $i++) {
$keps[$i] =~ /\b$sat\b/ && do {
($name, $line1, $line2) = cleanup_elements( @xxxxxxx..xxxxx );
$verbose && print "$name\n$line1\n$line2\n\n";
}
};
}
#save interesting elements
save_file( "$keps_local/interesting.txt", @xxxxxxxxxxx );
} # we're done
#---------------------------------------------------------#
# read keps directly, no need for wget or other externals #
#---------------------------------------------------------#
sub fetch_keps {
my $url = shift;
my $txt = get( $url );
! defined $txt && do {
print STDERR "Can't retrieve \"$url\"\n";
return undef;
};
$txt =~ /<title>Untitled Document<\/title>/m && do {
print STDERR "No such file: \"$url\"\n";
return undef;
};
$verbose && print "Got \"$url\" OK!\n";
return split /\n/, $txt;
}
#--------------------------------------------------#
# write array to file -- first element is filename #
#--------------------------------------------------#
sub save_file {
my $where = shift;
my $out = new FileHandle "> $where";
if (! defined $out) {
print STDERR "Can't open \"$where\" for output\n";
return;
}
foreach (@xx {
$out->print( "$_\n" );
}
$out->close();
}
#-------------------------------------------------------#
# cleans up elements. currently collects elements for #
# sats of interest, but could also fix checksums, look #
# for duplicates, etc, etc #
#-------------------------------------------------------#
sub cleanup_elements {
my ($name, $line1, $line2) = @xx
# make corrections here
push @xxxxxxxxxxxx ($name, $line1, $line2);
return ($name, $line1, $line2);
}
--------------->8------------------
Somewhat more verbose, but it doesn't use the external utilities so it
is more OS agnostic.
I keep meaning to expand that final function....
On 01/30/2014 05:50 AM, Andrew Rich wrote:
> Slight mod
>
> system("wget http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/amateur.txt -O
/maint/scripts/keps/amateur.txt");
> system("wget http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/cubesat.txt -O
/maint/scripts/keps/cubesat.txt");
> system("wget http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/weather.txt -O
/maint/scripts/keps/weather.txt");
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrew Rich
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 7:35 PM
> Subject: perl script to manipulate keps
>
>
> Enjoy - just keep adding subs for each bird
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> system("rm /maint/scripts/keps/*.txt");
> system("wget http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/amateur.txt");
> system("wget http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/cubesat.txt");
> system("wget http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/weather.txt");
> system("cat /maint/scripts/keps/*.txt >
/maint/scripts/keps/total_keps.txt");
> open (outfile,"> /maint/scripts/keps/final_keps.txt");
> open (keps,"/maint/scripts/keps/total_keps.txt");
> while (<keps>)
> {
> if (m/VO-52/)
> {
> print outfile $_;
> $next_line = <keps>;
> print outfile $next_line;
> $next_line = <keps>;
> print outfile $next_line;
> }
> }
> close (outfile);
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
--
Gus 8P6SM
The Easternmost Isle
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:15:39 +0000 (UTC)
From: wa4hfn@xxxxxxx.xxx
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Dstar Amsat users net
Message-ID:
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xxxx.xxx>
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D Star Amsat users net tonight at 0200 utc on REF60B. Hope to see you there
WA4HFN em55
Damon
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