[amsat-bb] Controlling IC-910 With Gpredict 1.4

2014-04-21 Thread B J
I recently installed Gpredict 1.4 on a machine running openSUSE 13.1, along with Hamlib 1.2.14. I can control my radio with that combination, except the radio switches between VFOs every time the software updates the output. That temporarily cuts out the audio, which would be rather annoying duri

[amsat-bb] SpaceX First Stage Landing Test Successful

2014-04-21 Thread B J
http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-flight-missions/commercial-space-space-flight-missions/spacex/crs-3/spacex-president-shotwell-talks-recovery-efforts-recent-ribbon-cutting-ceremony/ http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/news/spacex-landing-experiment-works-nasa-slips-orb-2-launch-date 73s Bernh

[amsat-bb] Wanted: IQ recording of UO-11 pass

2014-04-21 Thread Douglas Quagliana
Does anyone have a recording of a good UO-11 pass made with an SDR receiver? I'm looking for a recording that has I and Q channels (not just regular audio) and something that has most of a "good" pass. Douglas KA2UPW/5 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org.

[amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube telemetry performance?

2014-04-21 Thread i8cvs
Hi John, W0JAB On AO40 you should remember at least the spin fading due to the tumbling of AO40 i.e. the spin modulation.. .. WOW..WOW.WOW.. because of rotation of the satellite over the Z axis ! ! 73" de i8CVS Domenico - Original Message - From:

[amsat-bb] Re: LitSat-1 Decoder

2014-04-21 Thread Francisco Jiménez-Martín Sánchez
Hello Bruce and all the list, The same happens here, something has changed in the sat, I think. I'm using and old hardware tnc in kiss mode, the trick is putting first the tnc in kiss mode and without exit launch the telemetry decoder. Regards from Spain, Fran EA1JM -Mensaje original-

[amsat-bb] LitSat-1 Decoder

2014-04-21 Thread Bruce Brown
Hello… I am having a problem with the V1.83 decoder from the Litsat website. It copies the rawdata, converts it to Hex but will not decode hex file to text file. Any one else seeing this problem?? Also…anyone using a hardware tnc with this program successfully? Bruce ke0lxEn25lc

[amsat-bb] FUNcube Warehouse Outages 21st April

2014-04-21 Thread David A B Johnson
Hi, The warehouse is undergoing some changes today to add reporting of eclipse (transponder) status on the RealTime screen , please excuse and short lived outages. 73 Dave, G4DPZ FUNcube Team Member ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions express

[amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube telemetry performance?

2014-04-21 Thread Nick Pugh K5QXJ
Hi Phil et All I can copy and decode the beacon at 30 mw EIRP using the M^2 yagi at very low SNR ~ 10 db SNR I do not see much fading nick -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Phil Karn Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2014 4:34 AM