Hi all
On my lunch break i was able to make a QSO with VE3BSB James in his car running. It was my first
QSO with a mobile station on a Transponder type satellite in SSB. I was testting an old KLM 2M 14C
on the downlink and i was using a 7.5' dish on the uplink. The power setting was at 0 on my FT-847.
The hic with low TX power make us often unhearded by some stations and i have to often crank up my
power to be able to make the other party hear me. But on this QSO i was able to keep my power at 0
or near that as the 847 still transmit some wattage my last preamp knows it...
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The medium is the message...The content is the audience...;)
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
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2006 AMSAT North America Space Symposium
6-8 October 2006, Foster City, California
Call for Papers: Final Call
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Amateur Radio Satellites and associated
technologies for the AMSAT 2006 Space Symposium.
The Symposium will be held at the Crowne Plaza
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· Propulsion
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hello again-
Does anyone know what percentage of a day or orbit the echo transmitters
are ON?
I've been thinking about the battery depth of discharge issue.
Being that they are as a whole 4 amp hours, a 10 percent discharge would
equate to about 1.6 amps for one quarter of an orbit on-time.
According to drew, the transmitters are drawing about .8 amps.
I hope people are viewing depth of discharge as a function of amp-hours
more than voltage ( I realize also important ).
Any comments are welcome.
Thanks, pat n2oeq
Hello Delmarva residents:
We are looking for people to participate in an AMSAT project at U. Md.
E.S., in the Wallops Island area, and at a new facility in Pocomoke,
Md. near Wallops. This is a satellite construction project for the
amateur satellite service. If you are interested in participation,
live close enough to give us time on a regular basis, please reply to
this email
mailto: n4hy(a)amsat.org
Bob
N4HY
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Center for Communications Research
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Hi Gary,
Yes the USB to serial adapters work, but they are not all equal. I have
found the ones with the FTDI chip and drivers to be the most reliable. In
my computer upgrade I installed a USB to serial port and also got a PCI to
dual serial port card (very cost effective).
The new computer came with no serial ports, but I am using three serial
ports for digital work.
First one for 9600 bps modem to WiSP software.
Second for SatPC32 to LVB tracker and rotor control
Third for SatPC32 to FT-847 for Doppler tracking.
Granted, I had to install/uninstall theUSB/serial driver about 8 times
before it worked. The PCI card with two serial ports worked the first time.
Once I got the drivers installed correctly I have had no trouble and used
the serial ports with multiple devices without a problem for the last month.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary" <w4gns(a)isp.com>
To: "Gould Smith" <gouldsmi(a)bellsouth.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Digital sats with less
>
> Question on the computer to TNC hook up .Do the USB to serial adapters
> work ? If not ,how are you guys interfacing, using modern computers
> ,without a serial port?
> 73 W4GNS
>
>
> At 12:49 PM 8/31/2006, you wrote:
>>Hello All,
>>
>>While re-configuring my digital station the last couple of weeks I have
>>had the opportunity to try some things I normally wouldn't. I was
>>surprised the last couple of days to find that I could work GO-32 with
>>less that I expected.
>
>
