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fox telem
by Jim White 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Got it going. You must use the drop down box to the right of the "Start" button to select your input source, then click "Start". That box starts out empty rather than showing the first input device in the list and there is no text there to prompt the selection of the input. It now finds and listens fine to sound card audio input and the FCD. You DO NOT need to run the FDC control program, FoxTelem will set the freq, although there doesn't appear to be any feedback to show the FDC got the message. Jim

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QRG for Telemetry on Fox-1A ?
by Bob KD7YZ 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

I have the fox-1 telemetry program running; am tracking using the guesstimate Keps .. but what is the freq for telemetry? Currently I am on 145.980 FM -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901

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fox tlm
by Jim White 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

As I read through the docs on the fox tlm program two things are not clear: If I have a FunCube Dongle hooked to a USB port and antenna, do I need to run any other software besides foxtelem.exe? With the FCD on the USB port and the IQ box checked in foxtelem.exe what should I see on the screen with no signal present? Noise, nothing? How do I know, before the signal is there, if this is working and the FCD is talking to foxtelem? When I run the FCD software it can talk to the FCD dongle, set the freq, etc. When I run foltelem there is no indication anything is talking to anything else. Jim

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Help Needed: GNU Radio + FoxTelem
by Zach Leffke 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Hello Everyone, I am frantically rushing to get GNU Radio to 'play nice' with foxtelem. I'm running all linux here. I'm hoping someone can maybe throw me a few pointers on getting the fox telem software to work with external SDR applications. I'm attempting to pipe signals from GNU Radio in three ways, all met with failure: First is by running an FM receiver flowgraph and then trying to pipe the audio out via a Linux FIFO using the 'Wav File Sink' block in GR. I point the SDR flowgraph to my pipe, and then I point the FoxTelem software to the same pipe and fire the programs up. I've successfully used this method in the past to feed a sound streaming application that "thinks" is reading from a standard wav file, but is actually the GR flowgraph audio output. GNU Radio seems to run for a second or two (probably the amount of time it takes to fill the buffer) then the Fox Telem Software crashes with exceptions: 'javax.sound.sampled.UnsupportedAudioFileException: could not get the audio input stream from input file.' In gnu radio I'm using the wav file sink with a single port and sample rate of 48k and 16bits. This "appears" to match what FoxTelem is expecting, but I'm getting the crashes. An alternative method I'm attempting is to use a standard audio sink in gnuradio (I can hear the audio on my laptop speakers) and then try to pipe that into the fox sw with a virtual audio cable. I'm attempting to use JACK and qjackctl, but I have little experience with this and so far have failed to get it to do anything other than listen to the soundcard mic and line in ports. If someone knows of a simple to use Virtual Audio Cable for Linux so that I can pipe the audio via the sound card that would be great and I can give that a go. The third method I'm trying to get working is by placing the fox sw in IQ mode and again attempting to use a 'wave file source' in foxtelem pointed at a FIFO to pipe the IQ data from GNU radio into foxtelem. again I get the exception mentioned above. This would be the preferred method in my case over the audio piping. If someone has any experience with this that would be great. For those familiar with GNU Radio I'm taking the complex stream (250ksps), reesampling to 192ksps, converting to float, then taking the real and complex streams and feeding them into a 'Wav file sink' with TWO ports pointed at the fifo, again with 16 bit depth and set to 192ksps. Foxtelem is looking for a wav file at 192ksps. I'm hoping the two port file sink allows I data on the right channel (in0) and Q data on the left channel (in1). Any and all pointers would be welcome. Thanks, Zach, KJ4QLP

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FOX-1A decoded in Brazil
by Roland Zurmely 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Please see here: <http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/fox.htm#b> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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FOX1-A
by PY5LF 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Hi Very nice signal from FOX1-A over here , 20:16 UTC; https://youtu.be/ix9rZ5Mp4Io Congratulations to Amsat-NA. 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF

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(no subject)
by Joe Fitzgerald 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) >Joe, >Does this mean it's official - Fox-1A is now AO-85? Will >the status page be changed to show AO-85, if this is the >case? It is not "official" until we get the formal announcement from W3XO, but he pre-allocated this number for us a few weeks ago so we can have URL's etc in place immediately post launch. -Joe

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FoxTelem - Delete your test data
by Chris Thompson 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

To FoxTelem users who loaded in a test wav file. You should DELETE the data before receiving live data. The test data has a later reset/uptime, so it will be displayed instead of the live data. You can do this from the File menu->Delete Payload Files. If you have already received some live data, and you are displaying something with a reset later than 0, then you are seeing your test data and not the live data. Rather than delete your files and lose the locally captured data, I suggest you edit the saved files and remove the test lines. Only the files Fox1rttelemetry.log, Fox1maxtelemetry.log and Fox1mintelemetry.log will contain the test data. Each line starts with the UTC date and then the FoxId, reset, uptime. Remove any rows with reset 44 (or a reset greater than zero at this stage). Sorry for the incomvience 73 Chris -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson(a)gmail.com g0kla(a)arrl.net

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Re: [amsat-bb] Help Needed: GNU Radio + FoxTelem
by Zach Leffke 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Hi Chris thanks for the feedback. 1) real machine. I'm aware of the temp fix, and have a cable at home for the 'HW' loopback method (though thats cheating when your trying to build an SDR ground station :-)) 2) Working through using JACK and ALSA virtual devices, but like I said I'm new to it. 3) I'm using a .wav file sink in gnuradio. But instead of actually recording the audio and generate a true wav file (that could be imported by foxtelem later) the 'file' it is writing to is a FIFO buffer (aka pipe, created using the 'mkfifo' command). FoxTelem is then reading a wave file which is that same buffer. The goal being as bits get written into the FIFO from gnuradio, they get read out of the buffer by FoxTelem. What it looks like is exactly what you said. GNU radio is writing to the 'file' or FIFO at a fixed 48k sample rate. FoxTelem is probably trying to 'load the entire file' and is not throttling the rate those bits come in to match the 48k rate from gnuradio, thus resulting in 'EOF-type' errors and ultimately crashing. I think the quickest path to gettng up and running is the virtual audio cable piping method (for a pure SW solution). Downside of this is the loss of the ability to deliver the SNR and doppler metrics to the AMSAT network. So at some point I'll try to revisit the IQ pipe ideas (though plan A of faking it with an 'IQ wav file' will result in similar crashes). I'm not sure how FoxTelem handles interfacing with the funcube dongle or 'other SDRs.' I think it would auto-populate the option to select the funcube source if I actually had one plugged into my laptop and make use of the drivers for accessing the IQ stream, rather than 'reading a whole file'. What would be cool is if FoxTelem had some kind of 'generic IQ client mode' that could be selected. The idea would be when you select that option you enter in an IP and port #. Then foxtelem could be interfaced with things like the 'rtl_tcp' application for RTL-SDRs running on RPis or beaglebones or to the TCP sinks in GNU Radio. easy for me though to offer up ideas like that when I'm not the one that has to code it up though :-). Thanks again for the feedback. -Zach, KJ4QLP On 10/08/2015 03:01 PM, Chris Thompson wrote: > Zach, > > Are you running Linux on a virtual machine or a real machine? If its > a real machine with a sound card, you can probably use a physical > cable temporarily while we work out how to pipe the audio. Most > modern sound cards allow you to feed the audio out of the speaker and > back into the mic. > > I think Jack Audio will be the best approach, but the virtual audio > products can be complex. I am not familiar with Jack but we have used > Virtual Audio Cable and other software on Windows. > > If you are creating a "virtual wav file", I presume that file gets > written to disk and then you are opening it in FoxTelem? Is that > right? The issue with this is that FoxTelem will read it faster than > it gets filled. It won't wait for more audio - like it does with a > soundcard - and will think it has reached the end of the file, or > crashes as you indicated. > > Chris > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Zach Leffke <zleffke(a)vt.edu > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > I am frantically rushing to get GNU Radio to 'play nice' with > foxtelem. I'm running all linux here. I'm hoping someone can > maybe throw me a few pointers on getting the fox telem software to > work with external SDR applications. I'm attempting to pipe > signals from GNU Radio in three ways, all met with failure: > > First is by running an FM receiver flowgraph and then trying to > pipe the audio out via a Linux FIFO using the 'Wav File Sink' > block in GR. I point the SDR flowgraph to my pipe, and then I > point the FoxTelem software to the same pipe and fire the programs > up. I've successfully used this method in the past to feed a > sound streaming application that "thinks" is reading from a > standard wav file, but is actually the GR flowgraph audio output. > GNU Radio seems to run for a second or two (probably the amount of > time it takes to fill the buffer) then the Fox Telem Software > crashes with exceptions: > > 'javax.sound.sampled.UnsupportedAudioFileException: could not get > the audio input stream from input file.' > > In gnu radio I'm using the wav file sink with a single port and > sample rate of 48k and 16bits. This "appears" to match what > FoxTelem is expecting, but I'm getting the crashes. > > An alternative method I'm attempting is to use a standard audio > sink in gnuradio (I can hear the audio on my laptop speakers) and > then try to pipe that into the fox sw with a virtual audio cable. > I'm attempting to use JACK and qjackctl, but I have little > experience with this and so far have failed to get it to do > anything other than listen to the soundcard mic and line in > ports. If someone knows of a simple to use Virtual Audio Cable > for Linux so that I can pipe the audio via the sound card that > would be great and I can give that a go. > > The third method I'm trying to get working is by placing the fox > sw in IQ mode and again attempting to use a 'wave file source' in > foxtelem pointed at a FIFO to pipe the IQ data from GNU radio into > foxtelem. again I get the exception mentioned above. This would > be the preferred method in my case over the audio piping. If > someone has any experience with this that would be great. For > those familiar with GNU Radio I'm taking the complex stream > (250ksps), reesampling to 192ksps, converting to float, then > taking the real and complex streams and feeding them into a 'Wav > file sink' with TWO ports pointed at the fifo, again with 16 bit > depth and set to 192ksps. Foxtelem is looking for a wav file at > 192ksps. I'm hoping the two port file sink allows I data on the > right channel (in0) and Q data on the left channel (in1). > > > Any and all pointers would be welcome. > > Thanks, > Zach, KJ4QLP > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]>. AMSAT-NA > makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official > views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > > > -- > Chris E. Thompson > chrisethompson(a)gmail.com <mailto:[email protected]> > g0kla(a)arrl.net <mailto:[email protected]>

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Fox-1 in Wales-UK
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Hi, I am hearing Fox-1 here in Wales -UK on the pass 2029 hrs Zulu - Frequency 145.980 Mhz (FM). The announcement " Fox One Speech Mode " is very loud and clear. Congratulations to all involved in the success of the launch activation and support for the project. Regards and pleasure to report on the success. Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat-UK Amsat NA

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FOX-1 over Argentina.
by LU2DPW Juan Carlos 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Hello to all Copy strong signal with voice identification. Congratulations!! 73 de Juan Carlos LU2DPW GF05gi

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Fox-1A Keps
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~ops/grace_tle/GRACE_OPM_TLE.txt It does not matter which object you pick as they are all in a cluster right now. Also congrats to the AMSAT Fox team on successful launch and successful reception of it. Hope to hear it on the coming NA pass at 23:48 UTC hopefully I can grab a few packets. 73's Ke8akw Nick

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Use GRACE2 TLE's for AO-85
by Joe Fitzgerald 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

The AMSAT Web site has been updated with TLE's for AO-85, however until a permanent catalog number is assigned by NORAD, please use the ones labelled GRACE2 in nasabare.txt and nasa.all associated with object number 99992 -Joe KM1P AMSAT Electronic Services

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FoxTelem users, please clear test data
by Joe Fitzgerald 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

All using FoxTelem, goto INPUT tab, STOP the input, then FILE - DELETE PAYLOAD FILES, then START input again Just once, to clear test data. -Joe KM1P AMSAT Electronic Services

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FOX-1
by sm7wsj＠telia.com 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Hello! Congratulations! The satellite is very strong.... ( nice voice identification.) Very easy to hear. 73 Hakan SM7WSJ

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Fox-1A tlm
by Masahiro Arai 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

I got Fox-1A tlm from 1746z to 1752z. singnal was clear. I recorded IQ file but missed decode. 1746z data?? + voice ID 1748z data?? + voice ID 1750z voice ID 1752z voice ID Congratulations! Masa JN1GKZ

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Fox-1A telemetry "leaderboard" at www.amsat.org/tlm
by Joe Fitzgerald 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Hello all! We are anxiously awaiting our first squawks from Fox1A. Ground stations using FoxTelem will see thier packets reported on the "leaderboard" at www.amsat.org/tlm within a few minutes. At this writing there are a few system test packets listed from KO4MA and G0KLA but we will clear them subsequently. Joe KM1P AMSAT Electronic Services

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Lilacsat 2 Heard Over DO33?
by B J 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

I tried the pass that started here just before 1500 UTC. I think I heard the downlink, though it was barely audible. The pass had a maximum elevation of nearly 25 degrees and there weren't any obstructions for most of it, so there shouldn't have been anything blocking the signal during that time. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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AMSAT Symposium / VUCC/WAS card checking
by Bruce 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

If you have any cards you would like checked for VUCC/WAS, I will be at the Symposium. I will give preference to satellite contacts first before I check other bands/modes. If you are going to have cards checked, I prefer the list be in Grid Square order using an Excel spreadsheet or Word doc with the second column being the call sign worked. Place all your cards in the same grid square order as the list with any cards that contain multiple grids at the end of the stack. If you have lists (from Yuri, etc), I can go through them as well. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Alternate 2015-2016 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

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Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 & a long list of Sats to track
by Bob KD7YZ 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

On 08-Oct-15 1006, Mark Johns wrote: > For alerts, I use a little Windows program called Sat_Explorer by F6DQM. > www.f6dqm.fr thanks Mark. More pointedly, there are a couple of sats that, even though I am not here, I want the system to track and the respective program to log the data es forward it to the group keeping track if their own data. Otherwise, at home, I "try" to remember to be back at the table for this or that sat. Otherwise I hear the SatPC32 Brauhaus Lassie tell me this or that Sat is up. But now I have so many that I want to hear or track that SatPC32 can't quite cope with it Hi Hi . -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901

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SatPC32 & a long list of Sats to track
by Bob KD7YZ 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Well I was just sitting here and trying to figure out a convenient way to be alerted when any of thee satellites I watch/work is in range. The trouble is that I've already got [A] to [L] filled and still have Fox1 and several other recent birds to follow. So what's a way I can have SatPC32 tell me when _ANY_ of those I track is available _AND_ Auto-Move to tracking it? thanks -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901

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Fox-1A
by Tom Karickhoff 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Good morning everyone! I am already going through info for today's launch and came up with a couple of questions... What is the order of exit from the P-POD for Fox-1a, BisonSat, and ARC1? Is there any information available regarding the order in which the individual P-PODs will be opened? Specifically, what number in line is Fox-1A?

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Working RS0ISS-1?
by Thomas Karpiniec 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Hi all, I'm just getting started with sats and tried to connect to the mailbox on the ISS this morning. I must have done the wrong thing because it didn't go how I expected. I tried to make an ordinary connection to RS0ISS-1 from VK7NTK-1 and RS0ISS-0 responded (I think to me?) with: RS0ISS>CQ:Logged on to RS0ISS's Personal Message System<0x0d> RS0ISS>CQ:on board the International Space Station<0x0d> This suggests to me that even the mailbox is using some sort of unproto system. I haven't seen any information anywhere about interacting with the mailbox that way. Would anyone be able to send me a link to up-to-date instructions, or explain what format it's expecting me to send, to which SSID? Many thanks, Tom VK7NTK

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Re: [amsat-bb] Basic TV-type AZ-only rotator for Orbitron?
by Bob Freeman 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Hello, Well, my CNCTRK is not based on Orbitron but does work with 12 VDC. I'm still looking at a short run of units during the current quarter. See the site below for current information. And, yes, a sturdy tripod workd best. http://ki4sbl.dodropin.org/CNCTRK/CNCTRK_system_home.html Regards, Bob Freeman KI4SBL

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LilacSat-2 ON
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Heard Lilacsat on the 22:40 UTC pass over the east coast. 73's KE8AKW Nick

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doppler.sqf files
by Bob- W7LRD 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Will someone point me to where I can find the latest Doppler sqf files used in Satpc32 for the latest satellites, XW etc 73 Bob w7LRD

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LQSat successful launch
by Mineo Wakita 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

LQSat launched successfully at 04:13UTC October 7, 2015. 437.650MHz 4k8bps MSK,CW 2404.000MHz 1Mbps QPSK TLE ? http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/10/china-launches-jilin-1-mission-long-… http://spaceflight101.com/chinas-long-march-2d-lofts-small-imaging-satellit… http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/lingqiao.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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Working Fox-1A
by Clint Bradford 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Good news - looks like Fox-1A will be launched tomorrow. Bad news - Don't try to work it immediately. (grin) Wait for word from AMSAT engineers when it is ready for us to work it. Keplerian data will be forthcoming, too, from AMSAT-NA. But the bird needs to be "set up" - and even if you think you hear something from it in the next few days, please do NOT try to access it until we are told we can - you may interrupt a control operator's access to the satellite. Clint K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com

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Information about Fox-1A post launch expectations
by Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Hi Burns and the team, Good wishes and Greetings from India for a grand and complete success of FOX-1A mission. 73 de Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] Secretary & Station-In-Charge Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC ISRO Satellite Centre HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. Phone:(Office)91-80-25082598/25082054/25082192 Mobile: 91-9880 341 456 E-mail ID: wmy(a)isac.gov.in vu2wmy_mani(a)yahoo.com isrohams(a)yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fox-1A launch time
by Andrew Glasbrenner 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

We've been cleared to release the launch time as 5:49 PDT (12:49 UTC), with webcast starting 20m prior. http://www.amsat.org/?p=4591 Sent from my iPhone

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Fox-1a keps problem
by Bruce Brown 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

I cannot get satpc32 to read the data from the preliminary keps posted on amsat.org. any one else have this problem? anyone else find a solution? bruce ke0lx EN25lc Sent from Windows Mail

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Telemetry in XW-2 CW beacon?
by skristof＠etczone.com 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

I've been copying the CW beacon from XW-2C and I'm wondering if there is telemetry in there somewhere. I get mostly "T" but not all the characters are T. If someone knows more about the CW beacons on these satellites or can point me to a URL, I'd appreciate the info! Thanks Steve AI9IN

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Satellites in Make Magazine
by Sean K. 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Hi all- Not sure if this was recently shared here, but Make magazine recently talked up SATNOGS and covered how to build a ground station at one of their Maker Faires. Apologies if this is a repeat. Build Your Own Satellite Ground Station | Make: | | | | | | | | | | | Build Your Own Satellite Ground Station | Make:We talk to the creator of SatNOGS, an open hardware satellite ground station built using a 3D printer and off the shelf components for $300. | | | | View on makezine.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | | | Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X

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Re: [amsat-bb] Fox-1a keps problem
by W M Willoughby 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Formatting has to be precise. Be sure you copied the TLE exactly, without adding any extra characters or spaces.

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file doppler.sqf and satnames.txt for SAT PC32
by f5gva-1＠wanadoo.fr 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Hi all For SAT PC32, 2 files with news satellites attached to this email. Good DX satellites ! Best 73 Claude F5GVA Satellite amateur radio station http://f5gva.pagesperso-orange.fr/

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Information about Fox-1a post launch expectations
by Burns Fisher 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

As you may be aware AMSAT-NA’s Fox-1A satellite is planned for launch on the morning of October 8th. We would like to set your expectations about what will be going on in the days immediately following the launch. *Keplerian Elements: * We will provide the Keplerian elements (aka Keps or TLEs) to enable you to track Fox-1a as soon after launch as we get them (and are cleared to release them). The information will be placed on http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt and on the main AMSAT page at http://www.amsat.org . We have no control over when we can release the information, although we hope it will be within hours of the satellite deployment. *Initial Commissioning Period:* Initially the transponder will not be on and will not respond to uplinks. *Please do not attempt to uplink while we check out the satellite and commission it*. We will publicize when we have opened the transponder to general use. You should expect the checkout phase to last for a minimum of several days and possibly for several weeks. *What To Listen For:* During the initial checkout period and when the satellite is in range, every two minutes you will generally hear about 5 seconds of data followed by a few seconds of a voice ID (and possibly a second data packet). You may occasionally hear 'data' mode which Chris, G0KLA, has famously described as sounding like an old-fashioned telephone modem. If you should happen to hear what appear to be QSOs, please resist the temptation to join in before the commissioning period is over. *Please Send Telemetry Reports and Data: *We would love to have you collect and upload as much data as you can, and to give any other kind of report on the amsat-bb mailing list (which some of the Fox team will monitor). You can also report hearing or not hearing it on http://www.amsat.org/status/ You can upload data using the FoxTelem telemetry program that we recently released. (Check the "upload to server" box in the properties/preference page). More data will help us do the checkout faster! Remember if you hear the “telephone modem” sound, you must switch FoxTelem to high-speed mode manually. Similarly FoxTelem must be in low-speed mode at other times. We are planning a special award to the person who submits the first data from the satellite (by which we mean the earliest downlinked mission elapsed time), so get your rigs ready! 73, Burns Fisher, W2BFJ For the Fox-1a checkout team

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NEW TO 9k6 GMSK TLM
by Karn Suwanrat 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Hi all, I'm interested in decoding a GMSK signal from satellite. But, I'm using iMac and can't find any app that I can use. Any idea which app should I try? Please let me know if anyone have any recommends. Also, I don't know if I need to set my radio on FM or USB? Thank you all Karn e20zfd(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: [Launch Alert] Thursday Launch
by Rick Tejera 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Just got this from the VDB alert service I subscribe to Rick Tejera K7TEJSaguaroAstro(a)cox.net623-203-4121 -------- Original message -------- From: Launch Alert <launch-alert(a)mailman.qth.net> Date: 10/06/2015 12:32 (GMT-07:00) To: launch-alert(a)mailman.qth.net Subject: [Launch Alert] Thursday Launch The launch time for Thursday morning's Atlas V launch from Vandenberg AFB is 05:49 PDT. Following liftoff, the Atlas will rise vertically for several seconds and then probably begin a gradual turn towards the south. The announced launch time is several minutes before the start of morning twilight at Vandenberg. If the rocket makes a gradual climb into orbit, the powered phase of the launch will probably end before the Atlas climbs into sunlight. In this case, the Atlas will resemble a moving orange or white light. However, if the rocket makes a steep climb into orbit, the Atlas initially will resemble a moving orange or white light. The rocket may then climb high enough during the powered phase of the launch for the exhaust plume to catch the Sun's rays, creating a weak Twilight Effect. Regardless of the angle of the rocket's climb, the event could be visible to the naked eye for a few hundred miles. The probability of acceptable weather at launch time is 70%. Webcasts of the launch should be available from the following web sites: https://spaceflightnow.com/ http://www.ulalaunch.com/ https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ Because of my schedule, I will not be able to answer questions regarding this launch. For information about viewing Vandenberg AFB launches, go to: http://www.spacearchive.info/vafbview.htm For information about photographing Vandenberg launches, go to: http://www.spacearchive.info/vafbphoto.htm Please note that I do not add people to the Launch Alert mailing list. Launch Alert is a self-service newsletter. In other words, people interested in subscribing need to do so themselves. Also, I do not change reader e-mail addresses or unsubscribe readers. ______________________________________________________________ Launch-Alert mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/launch-alert Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] Message delivered to saguaroastro(a)cox.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-06 20:00 UTC Quick list of schedu
by AJ9N＠aol.com 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-06 20:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Corpus Christi Catholic School, Chambersburg, PA, telebridge via LU1CGB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact was successful: Tue 2015-10-06 16:29:32 UTC 33 deg (***) Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Fri 2015-10-09 08:00:04 UTC 47 deg Bay View Elementary School, Burlington, WA, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-10-14 19:41:44 UTC 59 deg **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss(a)arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 110 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-06 20:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 997. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 962. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-06 20:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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FoxTelem Source Code
by Chris Thompson 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Several people asked me about the source code for FoxTelem, given it is released under the GNU GPL. I'm pleased to say that the source code is now available on github. You can find it here: https://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem No doubt there are many errors, omissions and poor coding practices. Please feel free to contact me with suggestions or fixes. Additionally, if you would like to contribute to future development of FoxTelem them please contact me. 73 Chris g0kla / ac2cz -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson(a)gmail.com g0kla(a)arrl.net

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K4AMG Oct 10 -11
by Rich/wa4bue 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Hi All, This week K4AMG will sponsor the STEM activities at the Chesapeake Heritage and Waterway Festival in Chesapeake, VA. We will be featuring HF, VHF, and SATCOMS. Static displays include AMSAT’s CubeSAT Simulator and Emergency Communications Information. We will be setting up Friday afternoon and on the air as soon as possible Saturday and by noon on Sunday. So look for K4AMG on the birds and HF (most likely 40 and 20 meters. Rigs HF & VHF IC 7000 and 80 Double Zepp Antenna at 40 feet. Rigs SATCOM TS 2000, M2 antenna, G5500 rotors, AMSAT TRACKER Interface, AR2 Preamps, Single Link interface. We will be located at Display # 45. October 10 & 11, 2015 6th Annual Waterways Heritage Festival Battlefield Park South (120 Reservation Road), Battlefield & Waterways Park (1775 Historic Way), and Great Bridge Lock Park (100 Lock Road) Chesapeake, VA 23320 Sat. 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Sun. 12:00 – 5:00 PM Event Locations & Shuttle Map Please join us for our 6th Annual Waterways Heritage Festival October 10 & 11, 2015 (click here to view flyer). Located on the Intracoastal Waterways in Chesapeake, VA, the Waterways Heritage Festival is truly a rich celebration of Chesapeake’s waterways and cultural heritage. 2015 Guilds, Vendors, Exhibitors, & Entertainment: View Participant List (3 locations) View Layout Map (Battlefield Park South) View Layout Map (Historic Battlefield & Waterways Park) View Events & Special Activities (3 locations) This event benefits the Great Bridge Battlefield Waterways & History Foundation and is paid for in part and made possible by our sponsors: Atlantic Yacht Basin; Ballyhack Farm; Beekeepers Guild of Southeast VA; Cedar Creek Garden Center; Chesapeake Emergency Response Team; Chesapeake Fire Department; Chesapeake Fire Marshals Office; Chesapeake Master Gardeners Association; Chesapeake Medical Reserve Corps; Chesapeake Parks, Recreation & Tourism; Chesapeake Police Department; Chesapeake Public Schools; Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office; City Engineering Public Works; City of Chesapeake; Eure Site Solutions; The Graphics Shop; Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast; Great Bridge Women’s Club; Gum Tree Farm; Greg & Lin Olsen; Hickory Acres Farm; Hackworth Documents & Technology; Happy Boxes; Homewood Suites Chesapeake/Greenbrier; Hyatt Place Chesapeake/Greenbrier; Jim Canterbury; Jimmy & Garnett Lane; Jo-Kell, Inc.; Open Roads; Robert Peek; Spaghetti Eddie’s; Signature Landscaping; Stanton Partners; Starbucks; Olivia Trombino; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; The Virginian Pilot/The Clipper; TowneBank; Virginia Coastal Fly Angler’s Club; Wild River Outfitters; Virginia Cooperative Extension; Virginia Sheep Producers Association; WCTV 48; Zaugg Financial Group, Inc.; and others.

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Icom 2800 Sat Set Up
by Loon - 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

View here: https://youtu.be/xxUv3QbagnE

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Telemetry on LilacSat-2
by Bob KD7YZ 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

I am listening to digital telemetry on Satellite LilacSat-2 437.190 (USB) at the moment. I do not recognize the audible type and thus can not try to decode it. Roughly around 1048Z . I thought I was going to be hearing the CW beacon of 437.200. Instead there was this odd-sounding telemetry. Can I use either MixW or UISS for this? -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901

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Re: [amsat-bb] New OSCAR status page
by W M Willoughby 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Thank you to Andrew, Peter, David and others for the updated AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page - a very useful tool!

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-06 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-06 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Corpus Christi Catholic School, Chambersburg, PA, telebridge via LU1CGB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-10-06 16:29:32 UTC 33 deg Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Fri 2015-10-09 08:00:04 UTC 47 deg Bay View Elementary School, Burlington, WA, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-10-14 19:41:44 UTC 59 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss(a)arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 110 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-06 04:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 996. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 961. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-02 06:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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LilacSat-2 On?
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Did not hear Lilac on the 23:00 Pass. But I just heard it on the 0:35 Pass but it was rough for me 6 Degrees. Lilac sounds good on the east coast.

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LilacSat-2 On?
by Loon - 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Did anyone hear LilacSat-2 on the 23:03 UTC pass? I didn't, and according to the FM transponder schedule it should have been on. Heard telemetry every 30 seconds or so, but no voice.

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AMSAT Dinner
by Martha 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Please be aware that the dinner count for the AMSAT Symposium banquet has to be sent to the hotel by October 14th. So, if you want to join us at the banquet, *you MUST register online by Sunday, October 11th*. After that date I cannot "squeeze" you in. -- 73- Martha

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HDSDR SDRplay 817 issue
by kb2m＠arrl.net 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

I'm trying to get HDSDR and SatPC32, to play nicely with HDRplay and an FT-817. I have the HDSDR working with SDRplay like Patrick has demonstrated on here and I'm trying to complete the setup for an fully automated system. I'm trying to get the setup working to the point that if I change the uplink frequency on the 817 with its physical dial the downlink on HDSDR will follow. I'm about half way there. I'm at the point if I change the downlink frequency in SatPC32 the HDSDR display changes with it, but not the 817's uplink frequency. When I first load SatPC32 the 817's frequency changes to the correct uplink frequency but doesn't update afterwards. I'm using VSP Manager to create the VSP's I think I'm a little confused about how this should all hook together serially. Anyone have this working 100% ? 73 Jeff kb2m

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new sats
by Jerry Ehlers 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Hi: Where can an e-mail print out for the new FM and Linear birds.?? The up and downlinks too. Thanks Jerry w0sat

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