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Today's Topics:
1. Re: PREDICT for DOS (Rich Dailey (gmail))
2. 2M1EUB/P QRV SCOTLAND reminder (paul robinson)
3. Re: Remote control of the IC-910H (Werner H. Berli)
4. North Korean Launch (Gary "Joe" Mayfield)
5. Re: North Korean Launch (Luc Leblanc)
6. Upper Mid West Hamfests (Gary "Joe" Mayfield)
7. Re: Remote control of the IC-910H (Alan)
8. Re: QSL Etiquette (Luc Leblanc)
9. Shuttle Launch visible 3/15/09 (MM)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:12:01 -0400
From: "Rich Dailey (gmail)" <redailey1@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: PREDICT for DOS
To: "Greg D." <ko6th_greg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <7.0.0.16.2.20090315033455.023be540@xxxxx.xxx>
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>Where are you looking for the database file? The program is old enough that
it probably doesn't have the modern default file location under My Documents,
but rather whatever directory you happen to be in when you run it, or perhaps
wherever the program is installed. Do you get the "Welcome to Predict!"
message every time you run it? If so, it's not finding the database either,
so maybe there is a problem with the file system and the file isn't being
created.
Greg, et al,
Problem was on my end. A not-so-senior moment, a brain fade, I was not
paying attention. I was not
using ver 2.2.1D, but rather an older version that I had modified back around
2000. Downloaded the latest
zip archive from KD2BD's website, and lo, there was the missing .DB file, as
well as new docs, and a fresh .EXE
with all the latest SGP4/SDP4 improvements (2002).
Time really got away from me here. Back in 2000 I was having a lot of fun
modifying the C source and
building my own DOS and Linux versions of predict that displayed many more
satellites on the screen, as well
as calculating rise times for more than 3 satellites at a time on the (M)ulti-
sat real time display. I was also working with
the Fodtrack interface, and following along with AO-40 preparations,
culminating in modifying a 10 ft satellite dish
to receive telemetry from AO-40 before it went silent (read - s9 w/no
preamp!). I also remember the day in 2002
when Oscar 7 came back to life somewhat. Glad to see 7 is still surprising us.
Then I had to put all things AMSAT onto the back burner until recently. So
I'm playing a lil catch up with
software and bringing my brain up to speed again.
Getting back to Predict for a moment. I had noticed that when I installed my
old software setup (on a now
much faster computer than I had 10 years ago), Predict was doing fine with
several satellites, as I compared it's
real time output with that of satpc32 and various online resources. But the
output for several older satellites was *way*
off. When I installed the latest package, this problem went away. Since I
never touched the prediction model code
when I was doing my mods, I can only assume that the old orbital dynamic
model John was using in the program
had begun to act really quirky. The new SGP4/SDP4 code is spot-on to the
tenth. The ability to enter bahn coordinates
and schedules is a plus also.
All in all, I like predict because it offers a minimalist approach to
providing satellite data. It's snappy text based display
is just right for my needs. Soon I will begin to rediscover it's operation
under Linux, and all that the new distros have
to offer... not to mention the quantum leap in hardware since I was last
programming!
Thanks guys!
tu de Rich, N8UX
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:18:21 +0000 (GMT)
From: paul robinson <pushbiker2004@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2M1EUB/P QRV SCOTLAND reminder
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <529988.55467.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi group ill be qrv all?SATS from N.E.Scotland ,from?21.March.09 for one week
.check out qrz.com under 2M1EUB listing for more info.should be qrv 160m and
80m as well.?de paul 2E1EUB
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:41:18 +0100
From: "Werner H. Berli" <w.h.berli@xxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Remote control of the IC-910H
To: Alan <ve4yz@xxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <49BCE95E.1010903@xxxxxxx.xx>
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Alan wrote:
> ...
> I believe the key issues for remote control of a station are:
>
> 1 - the command set available for that radio. E.g. the IC-910H and FT-847
> do not have CAT control of AF, MIC and RF Power. So how do you adjust that
> remotely? Do don't.
With the IC-910H RF-Power, Mic-Gain, AF-Gain & RF-Gain are adjusted with
Command 14 and Subcommands as follows:
Cmd 14, Subcmd 01 AF-Gain, 0 = Full CCW, 255 = Full CW
Cmd 14, Subcmd 02 RF-Gain, 0 = Full CCW, 255 = Full CW
Cmd 14, Subcmd 0A RF-Pwr, 0 = Full CCW, 255 = Full CW
Cmd 14, Subcmd 0B Mic-Gain,0 = Full CCW, 255 = Full CW
I want to used RDP via LAN or WLAN
Thank you all for your comments
73 de Werner, HB9US
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:51:42 -0500
From: "Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] North Korean Launch
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <COL0-DAV967D242F27A319EAEAAE38A9A0@xxx.xxx>
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I know there isn't much information that comes out of North Korea, but
several short wave news sources are reporting another attempted satellite
launch between April 4th and 8th. The last satellite (if it would have
reached orbit) was supposed to broadcast on 27 MHz. Has anyone heard
anything else?
73,
Joe kk0sd
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:11:29 -0400
From: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: North Korean Launch
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <49BCD451.27580.6F4F1@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xx>
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On 15 Mar 2009 at 7:51, Gary "Joe" Mayfield wrote:
The last satellite (if it would have
> reached orbit) was supposed to broadcast on 27 MHz. >
>
>
> 73,
>
> Joe kk0sd
Wow my son will put his CB stuff back in his car...
"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:42:40 -0500
From: "Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upper Mid West Hamfests
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <COL0-DAV341F4087C819DC4B1C4D908A9A0@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Is anyone going to Fargo or Sioux City this year? I noticed they are on the
same day, April 18th.
73,
Joe kk0sd
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:20:04 -0500
From: "Alan" <ve4yz@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Remote control of the IC-910H
To: <w.h.berli@xxxxxxx.xx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <76B5767D04474B4AA23A6205A32F4B47@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Werner, you are absolutely correct - page 79 of the manual - command 14.
Thanks for the correction and my apologies to Icom owners for lumping the
IC910H in with the Yaesu FT-847.
... Alan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Werner H. Berli [mailto:w.h.berli@xxxxxxx.xxx
> Sent: March 15, 2009 6:41 AM
> To: Alan
> Cc: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Remote control of the IC-910H
>
> Alan wrote:
>
> > ...
> > I believe the key issues for remote control of a station are:
> >
> > 1 - the command set available for that radio. E.g. the IC-910H and
> > FT-847 do not have CAT control of AF, MIC and RF Power. So
> how do you
> > adjust that remotely? Do don't.
>
> With the IC-910H RF-Power, Mic-Gain, AF-Gain & RF-Gain are
> adjusted with Command 14 and Subcommands as follows:
>
> Cmd 14, Subcmd 01 AF-Gain, 0 = Full CCW, 255 = Full CW Cmd
> 14, Subcmd 02 RF-Gain, 0 = Full CCW, 255 = Full CW Cmd 14,
> Subcmd 0A RF-Pwr, 0 = Full CCW, 255 = Full CW Cmd 14, Subcmd
> 0B Mic-Gain,0 = Full CCW, 255 = Full CW
>
> I want to used RDP via LAN or WLAN
>
> Thank you all for your comments
>
> 73 de Werner, HB9US
>
>
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:21:51 -0400
From: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: QSL Etiquette
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <49BCD6BF.13266.1070CD@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Satellite does not lie (Human does)
Something came up to my mind. i received a QSL card for a satellite QSO one
year prior to the date i get the card. And for an unexplainable
reason this QSO was not in my log. We have another tool available to check if
with the time reported on the card this satellite was at
least in view at that time. Just set back your pc clock around the past date
and play with you program to see if it's matching a co-
visibility foot print.
It was not but when i try local to UTC time switch it does. This fellow
discharge himself from his burden of proof and he got my card but
not before he sends me a corrected one.
"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:04:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: MM <ka1rrw@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Shuttle Launch visible 3/15/09
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <116281.97974.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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ISS Amateur Radio Status: March 11, 2009
By Miles Mann WF1F,
MAREX-MG News www.marexmg.org
Manned Amateur Radio Experiment
Shuttle Launch Visible Tonight:
If you live along the East Coast of the USA, you maybe able to see the Shuttle
Discovery?s launch tonight at 7:43 p.m. (EDT). People in Florida are use to
seeing the Shuttle launch, however when the Shuttle is launched at Night, to
the International Space Station, the engines can be seen as far north as Maine
(conditions permitting).
Sunset in Boston is at 6:50 p.m. (EDT). This means the skies will still be a
little bright.
So tonight, if you have clear skies, try to find a hill that looks SouthEast.
The hill will need to be dark with few city and streetlights. The shuttle
will only be visible for a few minutes to seconds depending on your location.
The first two minutes of the launch are the brightest. The Shuttles Solid
Rocket boosters will burn for the first two minutes; this will be your best
shot as seeing he Shuttle. When the SRB stop, the liquid fuels engines will
still be running and generating some visible light. After about 8 minutes
after launch the main engines will shut down and so will your light source.
Try to monitor the NASA channel. If you can, have someone at home watch the
NASA channel on TV and tell you the countdown by Cell phone.
Does anyone know if there will be a NASA rebroadcast of the launch on amateur
radio HF or regular Broadcast AM, so we can monitor from our mobile HF
stations while hill topping>
Here is a current link I found that gives a few more details on how to see the
shuttle tonight.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090310/sc_space/nightshuttlelaunchvisiblefromm
ostofeastcoast
MarexMg Web page
http://www.marexmg.org
73 Miles WF1F MAREX-MG
Until we meet again
DOSVIDANIYA Miles WF1F
/amsat-bb
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