Has anyone located a driver for the LVB Tracker internal USB to serial
port adapter on Windows 7 x64?
If not, has anyone reverted to the serial port connection on LVB Tracker
and used an external USB to serial port adapter successfully with
SatPC32 on Windows 7 x64?
I have an Edgeport multiple USB to serial port that has drivers for
Windows 7 x64 that I will use if I have to. I would prefer using the LVB
Tracker with its USB to serial adapter if someone has another solution.
73,
Bill
NJ1H
Hi All,
Here is a quick AO-16 update. On Sunday I turned AO-16 long enough to
get some telemetry packets. The satellite would remain on for less
than one minute after being commanded on. A quick test of the "bent
pipe" voice mode repeater was successful. . The "hardware watchdog
timer problem" is still evident; as expected, spacecraft temperatures
are insufficient to keep the transmitter ON (needs to be above 15 deg
C).
Orbit projections suggest that satellite illumination conditions will
not result in increased temperatures for nearly 10 years. Command
stations do periodically turn AO-16 "ON" to check on its condition and
see if the hardware timer problem has "automagically" fixed itself
(which in not anticipated, but who knows...).
AO-16 telemetry
3 Oct 2010 1838 utc
PACSAT MBL Telemetry Decoder Ver. 1.3 (c) Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN
===============================================================================
(average values)
+10V Battery Bus : 0.00 V
Battery Charge Reg : 0.55 mA
Base Temp : 9.07 °C
PSK RF Out : 1.90 W
+5V RX Bus : 4.87 V
+8.5V RX Bus : 8.49 V
+10V RX Bus : 11.24 V
Here is another teaser :) Several months ago I commanded the AO-16
S-band transmitter ON; it too remains functional (albeit weak), and
was received by me, Drew KO4MA, and Alan WA4SCA.
73,
--
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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Steve,
I have both a commercial and a homebrew Eggbeater and am disappointed with both, especially in light of its rather high price. Connected to my IC-7000 via an ARR mast-mounted preamp, performance is far less than with an HT and an Arrow. Guess an omni can't cut it, at least not from my QTH.
Maybe if I could get it up higher, clear of all roofs, it would do better. I can make contacts at relatively high sat elevations, but can do just as well with a $10 dual band ground plane. My friend has an Eggbeater and the same preamp at a clearer QTH, and he hears substantially better, down to 10 degrees elevation in some directions.
Good luck and 73,
Bill NZ5N
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> > It is surprising to read that you are not hearing
> anything. I have
> > repeatedly used a 2m and 70cm Eggbeater for the sats
> and have had no
> > problem hearing things. No pre-amp.
> >
> > I was using a short cable (e.g. less than 10 meters).
> The rigs I
> > used were a FT-736r (deaf) and a FT-847 (so-so).
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Dave
A Technician class friend of mine and I would like to ragchew between
His QTH in Lindale, TX (32.495164 N, 95.513233 W) and My QTH in
Phelan, CA (34.436400 N, 117.468649 W) with the exception of oscar 0
is anything flying that would enable this on a frequency above 50MHZ?
Thanks,
Eric
AF6EP
Doing what I try to do every vacation which is try to spend a little time
back on the birds. I've yet to have a QSO on HO-68. I hear the beacon just
fine. But I just finished my 2nd pass from NJ and was unable to hear any
signals let alone myself coming back on any mode. Did I misread the
operating schedule or am I doing something wrong? MacDoppler told me there
was a good pass to this part of the world are around 21:30 my time. Great
beacon strength but nobody else was home.
Rick
W2JAZ
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Webb KB1PVH
To: i8cvs
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 3:36 AM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] G5400 elevation issue
Domenico,
The highest voltage that I can get at full 180° flip is 2.78 volts with voltage adjustment pot on rear of controller box.
Dave - KB1PVH
Hi Dave, KB1PVH
Make the following troubleshooting :
Measure please the DC voltage across E2 and E1 with the antennas at full 180° flip.Since the display on the control box reads correct elevation you must read about 5 volt DC.
By the way since as measured between pin 1 and 8 of the external control DIN connector and with the voltage adjustment of pot VR4 you can get only 2.78 volt at full 180° flip it means that there is someting damaged across the operational amplifier Q4 4558 1/2
Since the pot VR4 is 10 k and there is a 4.7 k fixed resistor in series of it if you measure the voltage across VR4 you should get about 3.3 volt DC
By the way measuring the voltage between the wiper of VR4 and the ground you should get a voltage change between 5 volt to 3.3 volt while rotating VR4 fully 270° back and forth
If this is the case than the operational amplifier Q4 4558 1/2 do not correctly amplify the DC input signal applied to Q4 input pin 3 from the wiper of VR4
Measure the DC voltage between output pin 1 an ground of Q4 and rotating VR4 by 270° back and forth you should get and amplified voltage greater than 5 volt DC and if not check diodes D22-D23-D24-D25 and all components connected around Q4
If all components diodes-resistors and capacitors are nominal than it is possible that Q4 has lost amplification.
In this case change the 47 k feedback resistor R39 with a 100 k resistor and the amplification will increase at a point that flipping the antenna at full 180° the voltage across pin 1 and 8 of the DIN external connector will rise up to 5 volt DC or more.
Have fun
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
On Feb 7, 2011 7:46 PM, "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs(a)tin.it> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Webb KB1PVH" <kb1pvh(a)gmail.com>
> To: "AMSAT -BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 5:16 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] G5400 elevation issue
>
>
> The display on the control box reads correct elevation, but on my digital
> display on the Easy Rotor Controller shows erratic elevation position. I
> have recalibrated it several times with no success. It won't read any
> elevation until it is around 20° give or take. It also seems to have become
> worse since our really cold temps set in. My best guess is the pot in the
> rotor, but not sure where to start in the process.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Dave - KB1PVH
Does anyone on the bb have an english version of the operators manual for a Trio
TR9300 6m radio
that could make me a pdf file???
Maybe there is one on line but I have't found it yet??
Perry WB8OTH
Perry py41(a)att.net
sent from my Apple IMac
*Hi All,
I on a hunch, (Sun.6/28) (& w/ my IsP down; & came back on Mon 6/29,
had tuned my Kenwood-TM-255A down to 145.800MHz, & bet. 5:10 & 5:15PM
(EDT; -4 UTC) I heard the unmistakable Packet signal, & was
wondering if that was the ISS, & the ant. used was a 2m horizontilly
porerized
home made Sqalo & the Packed sig. was "DFQ", & had no way to demodulate
the Packet burst ? was wondering if I was right?
QTH is Poughkeepsie,NY (Grid sq. FN31)!
73,.stu (WA2BSS)
*