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Today's Topics:
1. Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow? (n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
2. Ham Radio Deluxe Queries (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF)
3. Re: Ham Radio Deluxe Queries (Tim Tapio)
4. Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow? (Mike Ryan)
5. Re: HRD transponder setup help? (Ronald G. Parsons)
6. Re: HRD transponder setup help? (David - KG4ZLB)
7. Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow? (Bill Dzurilla)
8. Re: HRD transponder setup help? (Simon (HB9DRV))
9. Re: HRD transponder setup help? (WB2LLP)
10. Cutting feed lines to 1/2 wavelength (Bob Bruninga )
11. famous astronaut (andy thomas)
12. Re: Ham Radio Deluxe Queries (Ben Jackson)
13. Re: Ham Radio Deluxe Queries (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF)
14. Egg Beater (Steve Bluemel)
15. Re: Egg Beater (Alan P. Biddle)
16. Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow? (Mark Lunday, WD4ELG)
17. Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow? (Mark Lunday, WD4ELG)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:49:22 +0000
From: n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow?
To: billdz.geo@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx Bill Dzurilla <billdz.geo@xxxxx.xxx>
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?Hey Bill and all,
I have version 4.1, I believe it's build 1895 (it's on another computer), and
it's very plainly labeled as a Beta. I presumed in deciding to download it
that there could be some issue.?
Here, however, there have been none - at all. It opens, runs (including Google
Earth), does everything smoothly and without even the slightest problem.
As mentioned, I'm running it on an Acer Aspire One Netbook, which has an Atom
processor and XP home edition.?
73 to all,
Tim - N3TL -------------- Original message from Bill Dzurilla
<billdz.geo@xxxxx.xxx>: --------------
> 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: 2
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:02:30 +0000
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Ham Radio Deluxe Queries
To: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <49E086D6.3050806@xxxxx.xxx>
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Wouldn't the numerous HRD queries here be better sent to the (preferably) HRD
Forum or HRD Yahoo e-group?
--
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: 3
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:43:22 -0400
From: "Tim Tapio" <tim@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Ham Radio Deluxe Queries
To: "'Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF'" <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>, "'amsat'"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <000001c9baa3$1af24390$50d6cab0$@xxx>
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I find these of interest since so many folks are using HRD, some new, some
old.
73 de Tim, K4SHF LM 2336
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 8:03 AM
To: amsat
Subject: [amsat-bb] Ham Radio Deluxe Queries
Wouldn't the numerous HRD queries here be better sent to the (preferably)
HRD Forum or HRD Yahoo e-group?
--
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: 4
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:03:13 -0400
From: "Mike Ryan" <mryan301@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow?
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <F8867AEF10974F92935382501EEE5530@xxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Also have negative experience with Vista and HRD satellite, but not the luxury
of going back to XP. In my case it works, but if I try and control two radios
(as it does easily on XP), one updates frequencies for doppler nicely, and the
other either not at all, or only once a minute or so. All I have to do to
catch things up is uncheck one or the other radio.
Not a programmer but perhaps some overhead in controlling the ports? I have
serial ports as well as USB converters. Doesnt seem to matter which I use.
SATPC32, by comparison, seems to work fine, but I really like some of the Sat
features of HRD and am sad I cant use them anymore.
Mike WB1AAT
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Bill Dzurilla <billdz.geo@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Anyone using the Sat Tracking feature on Ham Radio Deluxe?
>
> When I click on New Satellite, CPU usage shoots to 100% and it takes over a
minute to display the track of the new sat. Also very slow on several other
functions. This can't be normal, is it my computer or is it Vista? Running a
new Lenovo desktop with Windows Vista.
>
> I tried it with my Windows XP laptop and it worked fine. Darn Vista. Any way
to get it working properly with Vista (32 bit version)?
>
> Any cure?
>
> 73, Bill NZ5N
>
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:05:02 -0500
From: "Ronald G. Parsons" <w5rkn@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD transponder setup help?
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <0305D19E29D3426ABE546B2730633FFD@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
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Andy,
We talked way back in 1998 when you were onboard MIR and I had set up a
satellite station at Fulmore Middle School for a contact in Austin, TX
There seems to be a bad bug in HRD in that it doesn't properly control the
910H in satellite mode. A new satellite module for HRD has been promised for
mid-March, so in programming time, that's any month now.
Ron W5RKN
----- Original Message -----
> 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>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
>
> 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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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:01:00 -0400
From: David - KG4ZLB <kg4zlb@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD transponder setup help?
To: andythomasmail@xxxxx.xx.xx
Cc: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <49E0A29C.4000906@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Andy,
This is more or less the same problem that I found with HRD and the Icom
910 over two years ago - it was reported and its on the list to be fixed.
I use SatPC32 now :-D
David
--
David
KG4ZLB
www.kg4zlb.com
andy thomas wrote:
> 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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www.kg4zlb.com
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:31:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bill Dzurilla <billdz.geo@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow?
To: n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <969265.53463.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Tim,
The USB-serial interface seems to be the weak link in almost all computer-to-
radio programs I've seen. Could you tell me exactly which interface you are
using with the Acer, where you bought it, and, if not plug and play, where did
you get the driver?
We bought one of those little Acer notebooks but are not using it for ham
radio. I thought it was a great deal for $350 and now I'm seeing them for as
low as $250.
73, Bill NZ5N
--- On Sat, 4/11/09, n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx <n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> From: n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx <n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow?
> To: billdz.geo@xxxxx.xxx
> Cc: "Bill Dzurilla" <billdz.geo@xxxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Date: Saturday, April 11, 2009, 7:49 AM
> ?Hey Bill and all,
>
>
> I have version 4.1, I believe it's build 1895 (it's
> on another computer), and it's very plainly labeled as a
> Beta. I presumed in deciding to download it that there could
> be some issue.?
>
>
> Here, however, there have been none - at all. It opens,
> runs (including Google Earth), does everything smoothly and
> without even the slightest problem.
>
>
> As mentioned, I'm running it on an Acer Aspire One
> Netbook, which has an Atom processor and XP home edition.?
>
>
>
>
> 73 to all,
>
> Tim - N3TL -------------- Original message from Bill
> Dzurilla <billdz.geo@xxxxx.xxx>: --------------
>
>
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. Opinions expressed are
> those of the author.
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:40:47 +0200
From: "Simon \(HB9DRV\)" <simon@xxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD transponder setup help?
To: "Ronald G. Parsons" <w5rkn@xxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <28FF0E4D2E494C4F85715B4B280A28E5@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Yes, with luck I'll start fixing the IC-910H problem in the Tech Preview in
a couple of weeks.
In a few days I'll be putting together a beta of HRD 5.0 for the internal
test team, then I will run through these bugs.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
www.ham-radio-deluxe.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronald G. Parsons" <w5rkn@xxxxx.xxx>
>
> There seems to be a bad bug in HRD in that it doesn't properly control the
> 910H in satellite mode. A new satellite module for HRD has been promised
> for
> mid-March, so in programming time, that's any month now.
>
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:48:09 -0400
From: WB2LLP <wb2llp@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD transponder setup help?
To: "Ronald G. Parsons" <w5rkn@xxxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <8100DEF8D76C4C2BAA922690C9C97A30@xxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;
reply-type=original
Andy,
I run IT150 and it also does not control the 910 in satellite mode. Turn
off satellite mode and it works wonderfully. Icom seems to have done a nice
job on the radio but did a very poor job on the documentation.
73 de WB2LLP Gene
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:58:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Bob Bruninga " <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Cutting feed lines to 1/2 wavelength
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <20090411105802.AJL41007@xxx.xxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> What i want to do is the to have each
> length adjusted "CUT" for 1/2 wave length
> at a specific frequency.
Yes, but remember that the accuracy of the cut for 1/2 wavelenth lets say at
435 MHz probably has to be within say 1/2 inch to not introduce more loss than
it would gain in the first place. But for two 1/2 wavelenghts, the accuracy
has to be 1/4 inch. For 10 feet (about 10 half waves) you have to make the
cut within about 0.05 inches. Make that 50 feet, an dnow your exact length
has to be within about 0.01 inches.
Now lets say that you somehow get extremely lucky and get the exact length
just perfect. That was only at one temperature. I t would not seem
unreasonable to me for a big change in temperature to make more than a 1%
chane in velocity factor and then the cable will be out of phase and worse.
Oh, and if you change frequency by even a few Hz, then the length changes
again, so... the mutiple-halv-wave feed line only is practical at HF. Nothing
above say 6 meters is even worth considering because of too many varaibleas
beyond your control..
SOmething like that.
Bob, Wb4APR
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: 11
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:09:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: andy thomas <andythomasmail@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] famous astronaut
To: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <921280.72016.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Re :
We talked way back in 1998 when you were onboard MIR .....
Just for the record, again, I got my name before the famous astronaut did, and
he's a VK not a G!
73 de andy G0SFJ
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:19:40 -0400
From: Ben Jackson <bbj@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Ham Radio Deluxe Queries
To: Tim Tapio <tim@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'amsat' <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <49E0B50C.10706@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
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Tim Tapio wrote:
> I find these of interest since so many folks are using HRD, some new, some
> old.
Then wouldn't it be beneficial for you to join the HRD listserv? ;D
(Personally, I can see it from both angles.)
- --
Ben Jackson - N1WBV - New Bedford, MA
bbj <at> innismir.net - http://www.innismir.net/
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:25:49 +0000
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Ham Radio Deluxe Queries
To: Ben Jackson <bbj@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'amsat' <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, Tim Tapio <tim@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <49E0B67D.4010406@xxxxx.xxx>
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Or go here http://forums.ham-radio.ch/
and read the forum. Definately the best place for answers.
Ben Jackson wrote:
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> Tim Tapio wrote:
>> I find these of interest since so many folks are using HRD, some new, some
>> old.
>
> Then wouldn't it be beneficial for you to join the HRD listserv? ;D
>
> (Personally, I can see it from both angles.)
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:11:17 -0700
From: Steve Bluemel <stevebluemel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Egg Beater
To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID:
<393db9380904102311g18d98e4jd328a519cc4e657b@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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I want to thank you all for your support and input. I am building my
downlink now and should be testing it on sunday. Once i know i can hear, i
will build the uplink....now all i need is a sat ready radio. I am only able
to work fm at the moment.
This is a great group of users and i am very glad to have found you.
Cheers!
Steve KI6OQU
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:30:25 -0500
From: "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Egg Beater
To: "'Steve Bluemel'" <stevebluemel@xxxxx.xxx>, <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <BFFEA09676E54DFB90334E70E65A0509@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Steve,
>>Once i know i can hear, i will build the uplink
Would that everybody else followed your wise approach! ;)
Alan
WA4SCA
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Message: 16
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:36:57 -0400
From: "Mark Lunday, WD4ELG" <mlunday@xx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow?
To: <billdz.geo@xxxxx.xxx>, <n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <000401c9bac3$bb042590$310c70b0$@xx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Interesting. My problems are ALSO restricted to my USN to Serial interface.
The one serial port on each computer works flawlessly.
Mark Lunday
WD4ELG
wd4elg@xxxx.xxx
http://wd4elg.net
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Bill Dzurilla
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 10:32 AM
To: n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow?
Tim,
The USB-serial interface seems to be the weak link in almost all
computer-to-radio programs I've seen. Could you tell me exactly which
interface you are using with the Acer, where you bought it, and, if not plug
and play, where did you get the driver?
We bought one of those little Acer notebooks but are not using it for ham
radio. I thought it was a great deal for $350 and now I'm seeing them for
as low as $250.
73, Bill NZ5N
--- On Sat, 4/11/09, n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx <n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> From: n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx <n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow?
> To: billdz.geo@xxxxx.xxx
> Cc: "Bill Dzurilla" <billdz.geo@xxxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Date: Saturday, April 11, 2009, 7:49 AM
> ?Hey Bill and all,
>
>
> I have version 4.1, I believe it's build 1895 (it's
> on another computer), and it's very plainly labeled as a
> Beta. I presumed in deciding to download it that there could
> be some issue.?
>
>
> Here, however, there have been none - at all. It opens,
> runs (including Google Earth), does everything smoothly and
> without even the slightest problem.
>
>
> As mentioned, I'm running it on an Acer Aspire One
> Netbook, which has an Atom processor and XP home edition.?
>
>
>
>
> 73 to all,
>
> Tim - N3TL -------------- Original message from Bill
> Dzurilla <billdz.geo@xxxxx.xxx>: --------------
>
>
> > 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: 17
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:38:17 -0400
From: "Mark Lunday, WD4ELG" <mlunday@xx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow?
To: "'Mike Ryan'" <mryan301@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Ditto here. The TX radio does not seem to be interfacing in a timely
fashion with HRD, which updates the TX radio when it finally does sense that
transmitting is occurring.
Mark Lunday
WD4ELG
wd4elg@xxxx.xxx
http://wd4elg.net
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Mike Ryan
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 9:03 AM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HRD Sat Tracking program - slow?
Also have negative experience with Vista and HRD satellite, but not the
luxury of going back to XP. In my case it works, but if I try and control
two radios (as it does easily on XP), one updates frequencies for doppler
nicely, and the other either not at all, or only once a minute or so. All I
have to do to catch things up is uncheck one or the other radio.
Not a programmer but perhaps some overhead in controlling the ports? I have
serial ports as well as USB converters. Doesnt seem to matter which I use.
SATPC32, by comparison, seems to work fine, but I really like some of the
Sat features of HRD and am sad I cant use them anymore.
Mike WB1AAT
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Bill Dzurilla <billdz.geo@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Anyone using the Sat Tracking feature on Ham Radio Deluxe?
>
> When I click on New Satellite, CPU usage shoots to 100% and it takes over
a minute to display the track of the new sat. Also very slow on several
other functions. This can't be normal, is it my computer or is it Vista?
Running a new Lenovo desktop with Windows Vista.
>
> I tried it with my Windows XP laptop and it worked fine. Darn Vista. Any
way to get it working properly with Vista (32 bit version)?
>
> Any cure?
>
> 73, Bill NZ5N
>
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