Re: [amsat-bb] Honeymoon trip and tentative grid operation

2014-08-14 Thread Pavel Milanes Costa
El 14/08/14 19:30, Rick Tejera escribió: Just remember these 4 words Hector: Happy Wife, Happy Life! I second that affirmation... That's the secret of my happy 4 years marriage with wife radio... Hector, take notes... ___ Sent via

Re: [amsat-bb] Question for Gpredict Users

2014-06-23 Thread Pavel Milanes Costa
it open and then tried to engage radio control through Gpredict and the screen dimmed and would not respond to any controls other than to shut down the application. Suggestions? Rick On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Pavel Milanes Costa co...@frcuba.co.cu mailto:co...@frcuba.co.cu wrote: Hi

Re: [amsat-bb] Fodtrack Serial rotor controller on HamLib

2014-06-23 Thread Pavel Milanes Costa
El 22/06/14 23:39, Greg D escribió: Final runstring: rotctld -r /dev/ttyS3 -s 9600 -m 603 -C stop_bits=2 -C timeout=1 Thanks again, Greg KO6TH Yaesu GS232Bfor the record on the maillist ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions

[amsat-bb] Re: Dire-Wolf (Faking a software TNC as hardware)

2014-03-07 Thread Pavel Milanes Costa
Hi, What version do you have? The latest stable is 0.9 and it's NOT capable of 9600 baud G3RUH packet... (last checked a few days ago) There is an early alpha of the 1.0 for testing only and it do have 9600 baud packet, so far the testing here with 9600 bauds is as robust as a real TNC

[amsat-bb] Re: LEO-satellites-antennas... ?

2014-01-07 Thread Pavel Milanes Costa
and LHCP.. 73 and thanks again - Mensaje original - De: Francesco Messineo francesco.messi...@gmail.com Para: Pavel Milanes Costa co...@frcuba.co.cu CC: AMSAT BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Enviado: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 03:25:26 -0500 (CST) Asunto: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: LEO-satellites-antennas... ? Hi Pavel

[amsat-bb] Re: LEO-satellites-antennas... ?

2014-01-06 Thread Pavel Milanes Costa
Yes, Omni antenna in 70cm is my head ache now, no rotor yet (arduino is on his way...) I just build a QFH + 10dB preamp on the mast and a RTL... testing it yet. I can copy FO-29 (Beacon and transponder), SO-67 beacon, just heard xatcobeo with short carrier by times... Al this above 30

[amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 over Cuba

2013-12-05 Thread Pavel Milanes Costa
PM, Pavel Milanes Costa wrote: Hi Phil and others. The last snapshoot of gqrx in the Csete ubuntu ppa is full of new features, among them is the ability to behave as a generic hamlib server... Thank you Pavel for your detailed description. It sounds like Gqrx has advanced a lot since I compiled

[amsat-bb] CAPE-2 over Cuba

2013-12-04 Thread Pavel Milanes Costa
Hi to all... Just now I have heard the CAPE-2 sat in Orbit 221 over Camagüey Cuba (FL11bj) a very good pass (89 degrees) 4 dec 2013 ~1315z Clean packet 1200 bps signal... I'm runing to get to work and had no time to setup the decoder... Hard here is RTL-SDR + LNA + Gqrx + Gpredict for

[amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 over Cuba

2013-12-04 Thread Pavel Milanes Costa
/04/2013 11:24 PM, Pavel Milanes Costa wrote: Hi to all... Hard here is RTL-SDR + LNA + Gqrx + Gpredict for doppler Hello Pavel, Just wondering, how you interface Gpredict with Gqrx to control the tuning? Also, how are you interfacing Gqrx with your packet decoding software

[amsat-bb] Re: HELP CAPE II

2013-11-21 Thread Pavel Milanes Costa
Not heard in Orbit 29 at FL11BJ at 0035z Omni antenna + pream + rtl-sdr, Very low pass, just 7 degrees in the horizon.. 73 from CO7WT El 21/11/13 06:17, Nick Pugh K5QXJ escribió: ORS3-2.5C 1 99906U 013324.06862326 0. 0-0 0-0 0 0002 2 99906 40.5214 249.9768

[amsat-bb] FUNCUBE-1/AO-73 heard over Camagüey, Cuba !!!

2013-11-21 Thread Pavel Milanes Costa
Hi and congratulations again for the FUNCUBE team. Hi have received AO-73/FUNCUBE with strong signal here in FL11BJ (Camagüey City, Cuba) around 0350Z of 22/11/2013, that correspond to orbit #12. Equipment here is a J-pole 7m height, homebrew LNA (TKS Domenico !!!), RTL-SDR with Gqrx file

[amsat-bb] FL11 active in SO-50 in the two morning passes

2013-09-22 Thread Pavel Milanes Costa
Hi to all... from CO7WT I will try to be active in the two morning passes of SO-50, it will be mobile from a outside location as a part of my radio club activities... (I will be demonstrating satellite communications) No way of recording so far... I will have a secretary writing down

[amsat-bb] FL11 (CO7WT) is a go for next SO-50 Pass (2302Z-2312Z 16-august-2013)

2013-08-16 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Hi to all, Everything here is a go for the next SO-50 Pass (2302Z-2312Z 16-august-2013) in just about 2 hours... In then recent last days Mother Natura trick me with rain on various SO-50 passes... Today there is a clean sky and a bright sun here now... I will work as many stations I

[amsat-bb] FL11 again tomorrow at ~1310 pass on SO-50

2013-08-16 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
This second pass of the night was also good... Thanks to XE1HG, N5AFV, WA5KBH and CO6CBF... LoTW QSLs are sending now... Tomorrow I will be on the 1310 pass... and night passes Please sorry my english, there will be times I will spell your call wrong, don't worry, I will be recording the

[amsat-bb] Bad wheather in FL11 (SO-50, CO7WT)

2013-08-13 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Hi to all, In a few minutes there is a pass of SO-50 over my head... I have promised to be there but there is a bad weather here raining since mid afternoon... If the things remain like this I will not be there... sorry... If there is any las minute chance I will be there... 73 de CO7WT

[amsat-bb] Re: Rotator Positioning questions

2013-08-12 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Milanes Costa wrote: The motor running/motor stop signal will be a current probe on the AC 24V motor feeding wires down the control, as when the motor reach 0o or 450o it automatically switch's off ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed

[amsat-bb] Audio of SO-50 pass August 11 at around 1150 NY time?

2013-08-12 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Hi to all, I have my homebrew crossed yaguis working again, prof of that is the pass of the last Sunday august 12 around 1150 Havana/NY time... The cell phone (record device) trick me and did not record anything... so if anyone has the recording of that pass I will appreciate if you share it

[amsat-bb] Rotator Positioning questions

2013-08-09 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Ok, I have now a paper design with the goal for my rotor project. This rotor is really a 0-360o, but I have managed (designed) to make it full stop on 0-450o (even 540o if I like... with two contact switches that cuts power to motor when in position) and will use a mixed reference setup, the

[amsat-bb] Re: Non-mechanical Azimuth/Elevation Feedback Advice

2013-08-08 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
This is the link to the system I described in the earlier email http://www.cbk.waw.pl/~mstolars/projekty/rotor/index_en.html 73 El 07/08/13 19:01, Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa escribió: Yes, me to... I do have a old Japanese tracking camera mounting also with 24 AC motors here... 360 degrees

[amsat-bb] Re: Non-mechanical Azimuth/Elevation Feedback Advice

2013-08-07 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Yes, me to... I do have a old Japanese tracking camera mounting also with 24 AC motors here... 360 degrees azimuth with stop switch on 0 and 360 degrees and about 0 to 120 degrees of elevation (0 ~ horizon, 90 ~cenit) Pretty good construction, a ham here in Havana have one the uses to move

[amsat-bb] Re: Subject: Was, Is there anyway to get a linear transponder on the ISS?

2013-06-04 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
El 03/06/13 07:00, M5AKA escribió: --- On Mon, 3/6/13, K5VOUk5v...@verizon.net wrote: Possibly because when it is made available, the duty cycle rises to near 100% and the unit consumes too much power from the ISS power budget. Hi, I'm baffled as to why you mention the ISS power budget. Do

[amsat-bb] Re: To Hector CO6CBF

2013-06-01 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Hi Domenico... Hector as almost any Cuban ham has a c...@frcuba.co.cu address... So you can send the email to co6...@frcuba.co.cu 73 de CO7WT. El 01/06/13 01:47, i8cvs escribió: Hello Hector, CO6CBF I can't answere to your last email because my server do not accept your email address and

[amsat-bb] Re: Field ISS contacts, any interest?

2013-05-29 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
. The Motorola Solutions Amateur Radio club will be operating K9MOT from EN52. Let's see what the ISS will do once we get closer to Field Day. 73, Adrian AA5UK *From:* Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa co...@frcuba.co.cu

[amsat-bb] Re: International Space Station-Bounce on 1296 MHz

2013-05-29 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
. The EIRP ( Effective Isotropic Radiated Power) is : 200 W x 794.328 = 158865.647 watt = 159 kW (rounded) 73 de i8CVS Domenico - Original Message - From: Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa co...@frcuba.co.cu To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 3:20 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re

[amsat-bb] Re: Is there anyway to get a linear transponder on the ISS?

2013-05-29 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
There is no provision or equipment for the job on board. There is a FM repeater in U/V mode, but last time on for it back a years from now (2008?) That time I read in some place of the internet that the FM repeater was a power hungry device onboard, and that's why it was turned off... They

[amsat-bb] Re: International Space Station-Bounce on 1296 MHz

2013-05-28 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
WOW ! From my modest EIRP calculation via the handbook that will be about 129130 W (129KW) (some error included...) That's a huge power... 73 El 28/05/13 04:13, M5AKA escribió: --- On Tue, 28/5/13, i8cvs domenico.i8...@tin.it wrote: Do you know the EIRP used at 1296 MHz by DJ5AR or by

[amsat-bb] Re: Help in Hearing ISS

2013-05-27 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Hi Les El 27/05/13 11:10, Les Rayburn escribió: 2.) What frequency should I be looking for the packet signals on? That will be 145.825 FM, you will find information of the activities of voice/packet of the ISS visiting this sites: http://oscar.dcarr.org/index.php http://www.issfanclub.com/

[amsat-bb] Fwd: ISS pass in minutes...

2013-04-24 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
... recently... even for a 'rare' grid like me... :-) FL11ai I will be on SO-50 next week... 73 de CO7WT, I will be trying on the ISS from time to time... Mensaje original Asunto: ISS pass in minutes... Fecha: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:24:01 -0400 De: Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa co

[amsat-bb] ISS pass in minutes...

2013-04-24 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Anyone want to make a APRS packet? CO7WT will be QRV in 8 minutes on the ISS... 73 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription

[amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: PhoneSats are already in space

2013-04-23 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Phonesats are alive, packet heard in Cuba (FL11ai), but to low for decode for me... Orbit 27, 1250 UTC 23-april-2013 I'm using a RHCP QFA with no LNA and AH-LDF-4 73 de CO7WT. El 21/04/13 19:07, Samudra Haque escribió: IF any hams have picked up the beacons, please update the amsat-bb list

[amsat-bb] Re: CO7WT QRV via APRS in ISS

2013-04-23 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Next chance for APRS contact via ISS is in about an hour, I'm sitting in front of the radios, 1733 UTC southbound for the entire west coast of USA. I will be there. 73 de CO7WT El 22/04/13 22:48, Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa escribió: Good pass here a few minutes before... But... nobody

[amsat-bb] CO7WT QRV via APRS in ISS

2013-04-22 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Today night (23-April) around 22:40 pm local or 0240 UTC I will be calling CQ QST in the ISS digipiter. This will be a 24 degrees for me, totally workable, an northbound from continental NA. I had a lot of work in the back months; now on I will have a liitle more time to spend on the

[amsat-bb] Re: CO7WT QRV via APRS in ISS

2013-04-22 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Good pass here a few minutes before... But... nobody listening... maybe they are working the FO-29... 73 de CO7WT El 22/04/13 18:44, Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa escribió: Today night (23-April) around 22:40 pm local or 0240 UTC I will be calling CQ QST in the ISS digipiter. This will be a 24

[amsat-bb] Re: cw decoding software

2013-04-01 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Hi to all.. Give FLDigi a try, it's a full mode ham radio digi software, and shure, it has CW... Plus... it's free software (free as in freedom... ) www.w1hkj.com 73 El 30/03/13 12:46, Lizeth Norman escribió: Hi all, My cw is pretty poor. Not up to snuff to copy the hex character groups

[amsat-bb] Re: Satellite hit by debris from weapon test

2013-03-11 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
-- Pavel Milanes Costa Consultor Informático Consultores Asociados S.A. (CONAS), sucursal Camagüey. Telef: (32) 29-6344 Utilizamos Open Source en nuestros servidores porque es una manera más de controlar nuestro propio destino. DiBona (Google SysAdmin

[amsat-bb] Re: STRaND1 polarity shift observation

2013-03-07 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
I can confirm the comments below. I use a RHCP QFHA and some times I abruptly lost the satellite, most of the time the fade-out of the signal is pronounced when the sat pass the TCA and then... you lost it... This weekend I going to build the LHCP version... El 04/03/13 11:51, Ib

[amsat-bb] Re: inquiry about homebrew az-el systems

2013-02-25 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
PC and the software will be my debut on python software (learn python is one of my personal goal this year, and this project is the perfect start...) just my 5 cents... 73 de CO7WT. Pavel Milanes Costa. FL11ai El 23/02/13 22:41, Lizeth Norman escribió: Samudra, This is a good question

[amsat-bb] Re: Pendulum type elevation measurement

2013-02-25 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
El 24/02/13 16:14, Gus escribió: So, who is going to take a mouse apart and use the bits to sense AZ/AL angles on an antenna array? I have a sacrificed recently a roller-ball mouse from aopen to my az-el rotor system project... I'm not decided yet for shaft vs. gray encoders... (gray

[amsat-bb] Re: QFHA for SO-50... polarization issue ???

2013-02-22 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
... hi hi hi.. BTW thanks for the articles of Maxwel and I'm viewing the site right now... 73 El 19/02/13 02:14, i8cvs escribió: - Original Message - From: Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa pa...@conas.cu To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 9:29 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: QFHA

[amsat-bb] QFHA for SO-50... polarization issue ???

2013-02-18 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
This weekend I tested a Quadrifiliar Helicoidal Antenna for 70cm (LHCP) I designed it by the online calculations of jcoppens on the internet... It is a 1/2 turn and 1 lambda, about 5 meters of elevation with ~25 cm of RG-58U (a section of it is coiled to form a balum) and then ~15 meters of

[amsat-bb] Re: QFHA for SO-50... polarization issue ???

2013-02-18 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Thanks to all for the reply to this thread... Conclusion is that I need RHCP LHCP switchable antennas... And my antenna is working good... but I'm reading an article Art send me to improve my knowledge about QFHA... 73 and Thanks to all. El 16/02/13 23:21, Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa escribió

[amsat-bb] Re: New sats on the horizon?

2013-02-15 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Bad news Raydel... The Cuban's HAM regulation authority forbid us to TX on the general Satellite segment of 70cm... I see a battle with ACS coming... hi hi hi (Do you remember the digital battle, in that we won...) I will try to search and match some of the recent future sats to see in

[amsat-bb] Re: Light Weight Cuban Portable Satellite Station.

2013-02-15 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
To match the Raydel's idea of the Cuban's Satellite setup... I have write an article in my blog with some pictures of my satellite setup... http://co7wt.blogspot.com/2013/02/my-satellite-setup.html In short (more description and pictures on the blog) Radios: - 70 cm channelized Kenwood

[amsat-bb] CO7WT QRV on FL11 this nigth on SO-50

2013-02-12 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Hi OMs I (CO7WT) will be active this nigth (12-feb-3012 ~0130Z) on the SO-50 bird. It will be an aprox. 40 degrees pass here, with my setup I have shure coverage of about 20 degrees and up... QSL is 100% via manager ( N2CQ ) and will be ready a few days after the contact. I'm ready for

[amsat-bb] Re: CO7WT on SO-50... successful try !!!

2013-02-07 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
to make a contact. 73 El 06/02/13 10:32, Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa escribió: Hi to everybody, I (CO7WT) was active on the midday pass (~1720Z) yesterday... I tried to make a contact but my RX radio is deaf.. it's a TK-860 channelized commercial radio that shows reduced sensitivity on the ham

[amsat-bb] CO7WT on SO-50... first try...

2013-02-06 Thread Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa
Hi to everybody, I (CO7WT) was active on the midday pass (~1720Z) yesterday... I tried to make a contact but my RX radio is deaf.. it's a TK-860 channelized commercial radio that shows reduced sensitivity on the ham band (I know that now...) I was with an hombrew DK7ZB yagui of 6 elements