[amsat-bb] Tracking assistance requested for DTUsat-2 on 2.4GHz

2014-06-21 Thread Jonas Bjarnø
Hi Guys, DTUsat-2 is now operational on orbit and transmitting both CW beacons and AX25 frames at 1200bps 2FSK. Beacons are alternating at 30sec intervals. Any help you could offer in tracking and recording beacons would be much appreciated at this early stage in the mission. Please find

Re: [amsat-bb] Trakbox pricing ?

2014-06-21 Thread Joe Leikhim
Are you talking about the TAPR/JAMSAT TrakBox? I bought a nice one a couple years ago for about $200 USD shipped from Canada. I found a turbo kit available from someone here on AMSAT to speed up the CPU and installed it. The turbo kit if still available is a bargain, new CPU, Y2K firmware, a

[amsat-bb] CAT control for TX and RX

2014-06-21 Thread Stu2
I'm preparing for Field day and would like to use a combination of HDSDR (RX) and a Kenwood TS-2K (TX) radio. The RTL-SDR dongle and preamp make a great RX. Ham Radio Deluxe only connects to a single radio. (Transceiver) Is there a way to control both radios at once to correct for Doppler? The

Re: [amsat-bb] CAT control for TX and RX

2014-06-21 Thread Stephen E. Belter
Yes. For example, SatPC32 will control two radios and run Doppler correction on both. The receiver can be HDSDR. In my case, I'm using SatPC32 to control HDSDR with a FUNcube Dongle Pro+ and an Icom IC-821. 73, Steve N9IP -- Steve Belter, s...@wintek.com On Jun 21, 2014, at 7:32 AM, Stu2

Re: [amsat-bb] Tracking assistance requested for DTUsat-2 on 2.4GHz

2014-06-21 Thread g0mrf
Hi Jonas Did you find your satellite? I have 2.4G here. 1) What is the power output on 2.401 so I can work out what antenna I need to use? 2) Is the antenna on the satellite an Omni or a patch? G0MRF -Original Message- From: Jonas Bjarnø sveske...@gmail.com To: AMSAT-BB

Re: [amsat-bb] Trakbox pricing ?

2014-06-21 Thread richard limebear
Joe Are you talking about the TAPR/JAMSAT TrakBox? Yes. Already has the turbo chip etc and a backlit display. Now for sale (UK only so far), advert in Oscar News; asking 100 UK pounds. They work pretty well. The only drawback is the RS232 interface for the KEPS. I am going to try and add

Re: [amsat-bb] CAT control for TX and RX

2014-06-21 Thread Hector, CO6CBF
Hello guys! I have been running full computer control with a FCD Pro+, HDSDR, SATPC32 V12c and a FT-817nd. SATPC32 controls HDSDR and the FT-817, It runs Doppler correction on both. When I click the HDSDR `s waterfall, SATPC32 sets the proper frequency in the FT-817nd. It works great! The FCD

Re: [amsat-bb] CAT control for TX and RX

2014-06-21 Thread Stephen E. Belter
Tom's article was very helpful. It can be found at: http://www.tomdoyle.org/FUNcube-SatPC32/FUNcube-SatPC32.html 73, Steve N9IP -- Steve Belter, s...@wintek.com On Jun 21, 2014, at 2:54 PM, Hector, CO6CBF co6...@frcuba.co.cu wrote: Hello guys! I have been running full computer control

Re: [amsat-bb] Question for Gpredict Users

2014-06-21 Thread Andrew Koenig
It's not that difficult. I'm going to CC the 'bb on this so anybody else facing the same problem can use this. Also, they should be almost drop-in compatible, but I ran all of this on a Linux Mint install, not Ubuntu. Mint (IMHO) is a little more friendlier than Ubuntu, but is a direct fork of

Re: [amsat-bb] CAT control for TX and RX

2014-06-21 Thread Stu2
I'll give SatPC32 a try. I worked a few people through VO-52 manually and the combination works great. (no desense) The signals are much weaker on FO-29 and there is some desense. Yes - the latency makes it hard to send CW, but it's good SO2R training. hi hi 73's and thanks for the suggestions.

Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 9, Issue 203

2014-06-21 Thread Robert C. Campbell
The other day I was using my Yeasue el/az rotator just fine in flip mode with sat-pc and PST-rotator. Today trouble. In Pst-rotator If I ask for 90 the position bar showed actual 120 and it continues to show about 30 degrees off all the way to 359 where it will stop 30 degrees in advance of where

Re: [amsat-bb] TNC Question

2014-06-21 Thread Kelley
Thanks everyone for all your suggestions. I've been testing the unit on the APRS frequency of 144.390 MHz while playing with the various settings suggested. I am not using host mode (KISS). I have the KPC-3+ (version 9.1 firmware) connected to my Icom IC-746 via the accessory ports on the