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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Less than lightening Results (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF)
2. Re: Egg Beater Antenna (Ronald G. Parsons)
3. AO-27 alive and well (Mark Lunday, WD4ELG)
4. (no subject) (David - KG4ZLB)
5. Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow? (Luc Leblanc)
6. hardline ... you haul (Tyler Harpster)
7. Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow? (Anthony Monteiro)
8. Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow? (Anthony Monteiro)
9. 910H for sale...............is sold (John Henderson N4NAB)
10. Orbitron?? (Jerry Felts)
11. Re: Less than lightening Results (Greg D.)
12. Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow? (George Henry)
13. Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow? (Bill Dzurilla)
14. Re: Orbitron?? (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF)
15. Re: Less than lightening Results (K8KFJ@xxx.xxxx
16. Re: (no subject) (Luc Leblanc)
17. Re: hardline ... you haul (Luc Leblanc)
18. need predict client for cat frequency control. (Eric Fort)
19. HRD transponder setup help? (andy thomas)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:10:38 +0000
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Less than lightening Results
To: Sebastian <w4as@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <49DF99AE.2010406@xxxxx.xxx>
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Sebastian wrote:
>
> What makes AO-7 so special?
We're all sentimental.
Why is it that we lost AO-10, AO-13 and
> all the others in the past several years, yet this one is still
> working?
Different faults have different characteristics. This one lost it's battery
which is now open circuit allowing the
satellite to operate from solar cells when it's in sunlight.
I know the batteries are dead, but I'm primarily interested
> in how this bird is able to stay in it's orbit for over 30 years? And
> if it's orbit is decaying, how is it that it has apparently decayed so
> slowly?
Most of the dead sats are still in orbit and being tracked. It's in a higher
orbit than most amateur sats and, like all
the others in a similar orbit, will take many tens of years to re-enter.
>
> I was under the impression that unless a satellite is occasionally
> 'boosted', it will eventually re-enter?
Yes, but the higher the orbit, the longer will be "eventually"
I somehow doubt AO-7 has any
> fuel left in it's boosters; if it had any.
AO7, like most amateur satellites, never had any boosters.
--
Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937
825 5032
Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF), e-mail nigel@xxxxx.xxx www
http://www.ngunn.net
Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP Club
International #385,
Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK, MKARS, ALC,
GCARES, XWARN
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:36:29 -0500
From: "Ronald G. Parsons" <w5rkn@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Egg Beater Antenna
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <0902046070014F869D8B98B2209DF227@xxxxxx>
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My experience with a set of M2 eggbeater antennas (EB-144 and EB-432) has
exceeded all my expectations. My antennas are about 20 feet in the air (just
about roof-ridge height) and behind tree canopy for about 180 deg az. I have
a pair of Icom preamps and 30' of good quality coax. I run about 75 watts
with an Icom IC-910H.
Results with ISS are excellent on all modes (U/V, V/U, voice, packet, and
SSTV). I get full quieting above about 5 deg and have worked Mike Fincke and
received SSTV right down to the horizon.
I have also had good results on FO-29, VO-52 and AO-51.
I would echo the comments of Jim KQ6EA with regard to the CopperWeld wire.
Be careful.
Of course, your mileage may vary, but I am very pleased.
Ron W5RKN
----- Original Message ----- > Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 18:30:17 -0700
> From: Steve Bluemel <stevebluemel@xxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Egg Beater Antenna
> To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
> Message-ID:
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>
> Hello All,
>
> How many of you use Egg Beater Style antennas? Would you please share your
> thoughts and opinions about their performance, commercial or homebrew?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve KI6OQU
>
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:16:16 -0400
From: "Mark Lunday, WD4ELG" <mlunday@xx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-27 alive and well
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <001301c9ba19$345cde60$9d169b20$@xx.xxx>
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1925 pass directly overhead of FM06kb. The bird was packed with users.
Nice to see activity on sats other than AO51.
Lots of signals, good courtesy.
Mark Lunday
WD4ELG
wd4elg@xxxx.xxx
http://wd4elg.net
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:22:06 -0400
From: David - KG4ZLB <kg4zlb@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] (no subject)
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <49DFAA6E.1090902@xxxxx.xxx>
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More on space debris <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7916582.stm>
--
David
KG4ZLB
www.kg4zlb.com
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:34:30 -0400
From: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow?
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <49DF58F6.25975.1001F23@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
On 10 Apr 2009 at 11:56, John Price wrote:
> I do have a problem with the TX contol while in satellite mode and my
> FT-847. Pushing the TX makes the radio start blinking and then shows
> error in the
> display.
I ran into odd problems with my 847 i made a full reset and all theses problem
disappear but at a cost i lost all my memory channel and
settings. Just be sure all the available trouble shooting options has been
explore before making a full reset.
"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:10:52 -0400
From: "Tyler Harpster" <tyler881@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] hardline ... you haul
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <A14B7B44936440669636D41F6FB27DA5@xxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Before I throw it on craig's list...
I have two spools of 75 ohm hardline meant to go from telephone pole to
telephone pole. The spools are about 3 feet in diameter. I don't know how
much is on them. It isn't very thick stuff. It might be 1/2 inch?
If you can help me get it out of my basement, YOU CAN HAVE IT!
-ORo
I'll ship it if you can send me a few hundred gold coins.
Tyler
KM3G
Shrewsbury, PA
(30 miles due north of Baltimore, MD)
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:13:38 -0400
From: Anthony Monteiro <aa2tx@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow?
To: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <20090410211401.94ALE1E00E8AE@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
Dear Friends,
I have done a lot of testing and the FT-847 has a
bug on the CAT interface which causes it to sometimes
"freak out" for no apparent reason. It returns garbage
in CAT commands and just doesn't will not work correctly.
This requires a power cycle to clear. There is no
chance of getting this fixed so you just have to be
aware of it when using computer control. Fortunately,
it does not seem to occur too often.
73,
Tony AA2TX
---
At 02:34 PM 4/10/2009, Luc Leblanc wrote:
>On 10 Apr 2009 at 11:56, John Price wrote:
>
>
> > I do have a problem with the TX contol while in satellite mode and my
> > FT-847. Pushing the TX makes the radio start blinking and then shows
> > error in the
> > display.
>
>I ran into odd problems with my 847 i made a full reset and all
>theses problem disappear but at a cost i lost all my memory channel and
>settings. Just be sure all the available trouble shooting options
>has been explore before making a full reset.
>
>"-"
>
>
>Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
>Skype VE2DWE
>www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
>WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:13:56 -0400
From: Anthony Monteiro <aa2tx@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow?
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <20090410211406.94ALE6800E8AE@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
Dear Friends,
I have done a lot of testing and the FT-847 has a
bug on the CAT interface which causes it to sometimes
"freak out" for no apparent reason. It returns garbage
in CAT commands and just doesn't will not work correctly.
This requires a power cycle to clear. There is no
chance of getting this fixed so you just have to be
aware of it when using computer control. Fortunately,
it does not seem to occur too often.
73,
Tony AA2TX
---
At 02:34 PM 4/10/2009, Luc Leblanc wrote:
>On 10 Apr 2009 at 11:56, John Price wrote:
>
>
> > I do have a problem with the TX contol while in satellite mode and my
> > FT-847. Pushing the TX makes the radio start blinking and then shows
> > error in the
> > display.
>
>I ran into odd problems with my 847 i made a full reset and all
>theses problem disappear but at a cost i lost all my memory channel and
>settings. Just be sure all the available trouble shooting options
>has been explore before making a full reset.
>
>"-"
>
>
>Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
>Skype VE2DWE
>www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
>WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
>Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:36:55 -0400
From: "John Henderson N4NAB" <jah@xx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] 910H for sale...............is sold
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <001801c9ba35$3c0a70c0$b41f5240$@xx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Unit is sold tnx, N4NAB
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:50:09 -0600
From: Jerry Felts <nr5ajerry@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Orbitron??
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID:
<21baf9ff0904101850u761a0941q74f328453dbe6ad0@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
What the heck?? I've been using Orbitron for a month or two, just a few
minutes ago I get this message, " No Iridium Loaded"" and it won't work.
What the heck??
--
Jerry - NR5A - South Dakota
www.freewebs.com/nr5a
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Minimalist_QRP_Transceivers/
http://www.cakewalkblogs.com/nr5asminimalradio/index.aspx
http://nr5abeaconblog.blogspot.com/
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:19:23 -0700
From: "Greg D." <ko6th_greg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Less than lightening Results
To: <w4as@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <BLU133-W41FB072A0FFE720EFE9BAEA9810@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hi Sebastian,
Filling in the details from others...
AO-10 is still in orbit, but the electronics appear to be mostly toast. The
control computer was fried by radiation years ago, due to it being in an odd
orbit because of a partial booster failure. The radios still worked for a
while, but it was became erratic with good days and bad, more bad than good.
Last time it was heard was a number of years ago, but there's still a chance
it will be heard from time to time.
AO-13 is no longer in orbit. Both AMSAT and NASA learned that there are some
orbits that don't last long, because of a "resonance" in the timing of their
orbit compared to the orbits of the Moon and the Earth going around the Sun.
The result was that the satellite got a little "cosmic tug" in its orbit,
slowly pushing it into the planet below. Not good.
Many others have been lost due to battery or electronic failures, including
for a while, AO-07. But after 21 years on the "dead" list, AO-07's batteries
opened up and the electronics (which somehow survived all those years) woke
back up on solar power alone.
Greg KO6TH
> From: w4as@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
> Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:00:19 -0400
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Less than lightening Results
>
> They say that no question is a dumb question, so here goes - since I
> haven't seen this discussed before, but maybe I missed it.
>
> What makes AO-7 so special? Why is it that we lost AO-10, AO-13 and
> all the others in the past several years, yet this one is still
> working? I know the batteries are dead, but I'm primarily interested
> in how this bird is able to stay in it's orbit for over 30 years? And
> if it's orbit is decaying, how is it that it has apparently decayed so
> slowly?
>
> I was under the impression that unless a satellite is occasionally
> 'boosted', it will eventually re-enter? I somehow doubt AO-7 has any
> fuel left in it's boosters; if it had any.
>
> 73 de W4AS
> Sebastian
>
> On Apr 9, 2009, at 11:01 PM, Greg D. wrote:
>
> >
> > Yeah, this is one grand old bird (the satellite, I mean). If you
> > look at the planetary statistics, the median age of the human
> > population is about 26.8 as of 2000, and growing slowly. That makes
> > AO-07, at age 35, significantly older than more than half of the
> > people on Earth.
> >
> > Greg KO6TH (one of the few older than AO-07...)
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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:39:52 -0500
From: "George Henry" <ka3hsw@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow?
To: "amsat bb" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <05107D62D14D4ED096BC0297FD7CC24D@xxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
----- Original Message -----
From: "David McKenzie" <kb1fsy@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <billdz.geo@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 8:48 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow?
> Blame the programmer, not the operating system.
>
That's a heck of a thing to say, when the programmer is a subscriber to this
list.....
Sheesh.............
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Message: 13
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:48:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bill Dzurilla <billdz.geo@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow?
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <249970.47909.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Thanks for the replies. I have been playing with Sat Track all day, using a
Lenovo T61 laptop running Windows XP Pro connected to an IC-7000, in Single
Radio mode. It appears that there are issues with Sat Track even with this
OS. Unlike with Vista, everything opens quickly and it never uses even close
to 100% of memory.
However, the program immediately freezes and becomes non-responsive if I click
on Google Earth. More importantly, it sometimes becomes non-responsive when I
click on TX, and the radio stays on transmit until I close the program. Also,
sometimes the frequencies get mixed up. It will transmit on the downlink
frequency or receive on the uplink frequency.
Is the Sat Track beta "technology preview" still buggy or am I doing something
wrong?
73, Bill NZ5N
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:29:13 +0000
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Orbitron??
To: Jerry Felts <nr5ajerry@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <49E01C99.10307@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Dunno but my copy came up this afternoon minus it's satellite database and had
to heve the keps reloaded.
Jerry Felts wrote:
> What the heck?? I've been using Orbitron for a month or two, just a few
> minutes ago I get this message, " No Iridium Loaded"" and it won't work.
> What the heck??
>
>
>
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>
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--
Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937
825 5032
Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF), e-mail nigel@xxxxx.xxx www
http://www.ngunn.net
Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP Club
International #385,
Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK, MKARS, ALC,
GCARES, XWARN
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:46:45 EDT
From: K8KFJ@xxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Less than lightening Results
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <c53.48ffcd18.37117ab5@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
In a message dated 4/9/2009 12:25:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
nr5ajerry@xxxxx.xxx writes:
> Tried 2 passes on VO52 both times had my signal nice and loud,
> called CQ till I turned blue. Doesn't any one do CW on that bird??
> Heard several loud stations
I had the same experience this evening Jerry. I listened in to a late
night pass of VO52 for some CW activity but no luck. Again, loud
stations heard including one in Denver but no CW.
Right now, I'd settle for that ole RS series bird where you worked it
on CW and received an automated QSO number in return but I'm
starting to date myself now. :-)
73, Gary -K8KFJ-
West Virginia
AMSAT # 32574
Sat VUCC #125
**************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10
or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)
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Message: 16
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:35:01 -0400
From: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: (no subject)
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <49DFE5B5.27706.325F06F@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
On 10 Apr 2009 at 16:22, David - KG4ZLB wrote:
> More on space debris <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7916582.stm>
>
>
> --
> David
> KG4ZLB
> www.kg4zlb.com
"The Sapphire satellite, being built by SSTL for Canada's Department of
National Defense will carry an optical telescope for tracking
satellites in high orbits, especially geosynchronous orbit (GEO)."
As a practice target could be AO-40 can be a prime choice? Very small and with
an high HEO orbit. It can solve the unsolved mysteries!
Blown up or not?
>
"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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Message: 17
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:11:55 -0400
From: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: hardline ... you haul
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <49DFEE5B.21309.347B739@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
On 10 Apr 2009 at 17:10, Tyler Harpster wrote:
> Before I throw it on craig's list...
>
> I have two spools of 75 ohm hardline meant to go from telephone pole to
> telephone pole. The spools are about 3 feet in diameter. I don't know how
> much is on them. It isn't very thick stuff. It might be 1/2 inch?
>
> If you can help me get it out of my basement, YOU CAN HAVE IT!
>
> -ORo
>
> I'll ship it if you can send me a few hundred gold coins.
>
> Tyler
> KM3G
> Shrewsbury, PA
> (30 miles due north of Baltimore, MD)
>
Quite funny and nice offer...
I just finish and succeed to install/fit a PL-259 connector on this type of
CATV heliax using plumbing adaptor compression fittings. The
second step is to try to have them installled on our 52 ohms devices... If you
already tested theses cable and found an easy and simple way
to have them match 52 ohms you will save us a lot of work.
What i want to do is the to have each length adjusted "CUT" for 1/2 wave
length at a specific frequency. I'm guessing it will not be too
hard on HF but could be a bit tricky on 1.2ghz? eg: How far from each cut
frequency the cable will retain this 52 ohms matching?
I have about more that 500 feets coming from my and neighbourgs back yards
when the CATV installers wants to put theses old lines in their
scrap container.
Debate is open!
P.S. If you see them around your back yards just ask them and offer them to
rolled up the line they are just cutting. They will be more
than happy to let you take them it is some work they will not have to do. You
can have some other extra roll already made by them if you
have the right timing as they change them at 10 years intervall or when the
technology evolution demands it.
"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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Message: 18
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:59:27 -0700
From: Eric Fort <eric.fort@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] need predict client for cat frequency control.
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID:
<2ad2af430904102359r249ca11dk632722df80251df6@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
I just got my ft-817 set up and would like to have the laptop take care of
frequency control and Doppler correction. I'm presently using predict on
linux and osx and would like to get a client running that will drive the cat
interface. What's available for this task and how can I set it up?
Thanks,
Eric
AF6EP
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Message: 19
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:35:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: andy thomas <andythomasmail@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] HRD transponder setup help?
To: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <312203.23347.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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I'm totally bemused and confused by this. I can't control my up and downlinks
(happens to be on on VO-52) with my HRD setup/ IC-910H. It's in sat mode.
I set the centre frequencies in the tx box to 435.250 and rx box for 145.900
and tick the transponder box, and tune manually, but can't hear myself coming
back on cw and can't find the sig using the RIT function (+/- 1 KHz).
So keeping the transponder box ticked, I tick the vfo tx to 435.226 and rx to
145.924, can't hear myself, no change with rit, and HRD say I have a 24kHz RX
off set. if I click the up icon the vfo freqs change to the freqs set in the
transponder box.
There must be something very simple I'm doing wrong here!! Grateful for any
support.
73 de andy g0sfj
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