March 2015 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Oscar status page
by Terry 26 Mar '15

26 Mar '15

Has anyone had any trouble with the Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page at http://oscar.dcarr.org/index.php? Every time I try to post to it it tells me I did not select a satellite or status report. (which I did). It was working fine for me a week ago. Terry Halladey AF7W - EL98ol --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com

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SatPC32 + DST
by W4CX 26 Mar '15

26 Mar '15

Apologies if this is not the correct forum for SatPC32 questions. It appears to me that either SatPC32 does not handle Daylight Savings Time correctly or I missed a setting somewhere. My passes show to be an hour late, when compared with HamRadioDeluxe. If I disable DST on my Win7 OS, the tracks are in agreement. I'm running V12.8c. What am I missing? Thanks. Darrell W4CX

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Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 + DST
by W4CX 26 Mar '15

26 Mar '15

Hi Dave, Yes, I backup and shutdown every night. From: Dave Webb KB1PVH [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 10:54 AM To: W4CX Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 + DST Darrell, Have you shut SatPC32 down and restarted it since the time change? I noticed when we had the time change that my time was off by an hour until I closed it and fired it back up. Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Samsung S4

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SatPc32 Help
by Michael A. Foster 26 Mar '15

26 Mar '15

Hello All, I am trying to add AO-73 to SatPc32 so I can have CAT. I have added the following line to the doppler.SQF file AO-73,145955,435145,USB,LSB,REV,0,0 and am unable to get it to work.. I have successfully operated CAT with SO-50 and FO-29.. Thank-you, Michael A. Foster – N8iup

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N0JY & AMSAT on Twitter
by Clayton Coleman 25 Mar '15

25 Mar '15

There is a lot of exciting activity around the Fox satellites on Twitter from both AMSAT's and N0JY's feeds. @amsat and @n0jy If you are not following them, you're missing out on some great photos. I do believe it is being relayed to Facebook. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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UT1FG/MM Update
by John Papay 25 Mar '15

25 Mar '15

Yuri has decided to run the 130 degree west longitude grid line and is headed there now. He should be on the line around 1824utc (CN52/CN42). He thinks that some will not understand the exchange which would include two grids and wanted this info disseminated widely to avoid confusion and questions during qso's. He will run the line all the way to CN56/46. Plans subject to change. Based on previous posts I know that not everyone trying to make contact with Yuri reads the amsat-bb and/or the starcom-bb. Please share this information with your friends that might not subscribe or read it on the website(s). Please do not ask for a repeat of the grid square(s). Just listen to the other contacts if you think you did not copy something correctly. I will be receiving GPS photos for documentation. Computer controlled navigation systems on the ship will keep it on the line. Yuri should be waiting to go into port off the coast of Oregon at the Columbia River around 3/28-29. He will be in port for a few days. Plans are to sail back to the Panama Canal but along the coast this time. Hopefully this will result in many west coast grids needed for working all 488 Continental USA grids on satellite. 73, John K8YSE

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FT736R cable
by ingejack＠cox.net 25 Mar '15

25 Mar '15

Need to know what USB cable that FT736R users are using to connect their computer and SATPC32 with. It calls for a RS232 TTL cable but need to know what company and cable descrition they are using if possible., Thanks for any help !! Jack/KC7MG

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France (IN94) on AO-07B
by Michel F6GLJ 24 Mar '15

24 Mar '15

I'll be on AO-07B during next pass, good footprint for NA - France QSO. Hope meet you. 73 qro de Michel F6GLJ

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IC-9100 vs FT-847
by Richard Lawn 24 Mar '15

24 Mar '15

I'm always considering new ways to upgrade my stations both at home and at our summer QTH where I have been using the 847. I phased this out of the home station when I got a Flex500A with the V/U module. It of course works very well. I'd be interested in any comments about the IC-9100 as a possible upgrade for my older 847, particularly from users familiar with both radios. I don't have a lot of room in the vacation home shack so keeping things simple with an all-in-one makes good sense. 73s Rick, W2JAZ

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antennas and radios for that which is presently on orbit (or soon will be)
by Eric Fort 24 Mar '15

24 Mar '15

I've been looking at getting setup to use those oscars over which one can actually communicate via sound, spoken words, voice, etc. in real time. I have little to no interest in listening to/for things that simply take bandwidth to go beep beep or even send telemetry. I'm not really interested in packet either. (there's enough terrestrial APRS coverage that I really have no need for APRS sat coverage either.) So given what is presently or soon will be operational, are there any transponders (fm or linear/ssb) that I would be unable to work with 2 M2 eggbeater antennas (1 each for 2M & 70cm) and a TS-2000X multimode radio, possibly with the addition of a good low noise preamp for each band? does anything on orbit or planned really require the use of directional high gain antennas and a rotator to use effectively, or should the above be expected to be suitable for sat work for the foreseeable future given my interests? (yes, I know many sats can be worked with an HT and directional antenna. I've done it. Now I'm looking to put something together that I can simply sit down and use, does not require doing a strange dance across the yard or a public park and having to explain to PD that I'm not a terrorist trying to contact space aliens...., and basically points and tunes itself over the period of a given pass with only minor if any adjustment other than keying and unkeying the mic.... eventually I'd like to possibly adapt this to mobile operation for use while driving. What operating would I NEED rotors and directional antennas?) Thanks, Eric AF6EP

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