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2301z SO50 Oct. 17
by Jay Garlitz 17 Oct '16

17 Oct '16

Here in FL41cu after a long day of travel. Will try to fit in pass of SO50 if weather allows. See you on more birds 10/20, but try to fit in a few passes before.... 73, Jay AA4FL -- Dr. Jay H. Garlitz, AA4FL -President/CEO Connected World Internet Ventures, In. -President-Elect, Medical Amateur Radio Council, *www.marco-ltd.org <http://www.marco-ltd.org>* -Courtesy Clinical Assoc. Professor, UF Dentistry, Dpt. Community Dentistry -FCC Trustee, W4DFU at Univ. of Florida, since 2005, www.gatorradio.org. The Club Station of the Gator Amateur Radio Club, at UF since 1934 -member 2013 T33A Banaba Island Dxpedition, Central Pacific, www.t33a.com -other past personal calls 3D2FL (Fiji), T30FL (Tarawa), T33FL (Banaba),

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Re: [amsat-bb] Pratham: IITB Student Satellite
by JoAnne K9JKM 17 Oct '16

17 Oct '16

> North pass near to Finland, from russia to greenland; No signal. No signal on 145.980 on 33 degree elevation pass near Chicago. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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CY9C LoTW?
by R.T.Liddy 16 Oct '16

16 Oct '16

The following was found on the latest Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin. Perhaps, the missing QSOs are the ones from SAT QSOs that had "issues" with their logging software. DE... Bob K8BL CY9C ST. PAUL ISLAND DXPEDITION (Press Release/QSL Status). Randy, N0TG, sent the following press release [edited]: QSL cards have been sent to the printer. We estimate to start sending cards in next 3 - 4 weeks. LoTW has been uploaded. Unfortunately, and mysteriously some data did not upload to LoTW. We will investigate that and see what can be done after we get finished with the distribution of QSL cards direct and Bureau.

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Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 parking frequency?
by Alan 16 Oct '16

16 Oct '16

Reid, You could fake up a geostationary satellite. Theoretically the Doppler shift would be zero. Practically, very close to zero, depending on how good your tweaking is. If you placed it below your horizon, say on the other side of the earth, the antennas would point at the desired parking position between passes. The rig would remain in satellite mode however, but maybe that is enough? 73s, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of w4upd <Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2016 11:00 AM <To: amsat-bb <AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org> <Subject: [amsat-bb] SATpc32 parking frequency? < <Has any one tried setting up SATpc32 to have a parking/return frequency <when there's no satellite in range? I know that if you manually turn off <the radio sat mode, that the rig (in this case my IC-910) will return to <the frequencies it was tuned to before activating SATpc32. < <I would like to fake a satellite that is always in range with low <priority or find a way that when satellite passes are done and waiting <on new passes, that SATpc32 would return to the frequencies it was on <before activating the program. < <Anyone done this? < <Reid, W4UPD <Amsat: 17002 < < < <_______________________________________________ <Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. 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

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SatPC32 bug
by Michael Hatzakis 16 Oct '16

16 Oct '16

Hi all, I posted this with screen shots and perhaps it was rejected because of that, so will try posting with plain text only: I've been off the air for some years and am trying to slowly bring myself back. I since upgraded my old shack PC from WinXP to Win 7 and most of my programs work, but I had to replace ARSWIN with ARSVCOM (I am using Pablo's EA4TX ARS RCI-SE LPT board with my Yaesu AZ-ELE rotor) I installed the newest version of ARSVCOM and it works great controlling my RCI-SE board with a new SIIG LPT board. I also re-installed SatPC32 and it works fine too. ARSVCOM creates a virtual port and it appears properly in the device manager. I read the following FAQ: http://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php?action=printpage;topic=103053.0 And ran the SDX program for SatPC32 and configured the SDX utility it to COM9. And when I run "Read Pos", it reads the proper position from the ARS RCI board. In SatPC32, I configured the Setup -> Rotor Setup to Yaesu_GS-232 and "search" for ARSVCOM so it starts on SatPC32 startup and stored the configs and restarted. But SatPC32 still does not talk to ARSVCOM when I hit R+ or when I manually park or position, it does not send the command to ARS board, any ideas what could be wrong? Michael K3MH

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WD9EWK NPOTA stops today
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 16 Oct '16

16 Oct '16

Hi! I am currently at the Point Reyes National Seashore, north of San Francisco in CM88oa. This is NPOTA site SS10, and I will work the next SO-50 pass at 1713 UTC here. If I make enough QSOs for an official NPOTA activation, I will return to San Francisco for the 3-NPOTA site at Fort Point, on the south end of the Golden Gate Bridge (NS22, RC11, TR13) before leaving the Bay Area. Watch my APRS track http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 and my Twitter feed http://twitter.com/WD9EWK for my location and updates during the day. Will try any available passes, FM and SSB, to make these activations. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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SATpc32 parking frequency?
by w4upd 16 Oct '16

16 Oct '16

Has any one tried setting up SATpc32 to have a parking/return frequency when there's no satellite in range? I know that if you manually turn off the radio sat mode, that the rig (in this case my IC-910) will return to the frequencies it was tuned to before activating SATpc32. I would like to fake a satellite that is always in range with low priority or find a way that when satellite passes are done and waiting on new passes, that SATpc32 would return to the frequencies it was on before activating the program. Anyone done this? Reid, W4UPD Amsat: 17002

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Re: [amsat-bb] K4AMG LVB Tracker
by Rich/wa4bue 16 Oct '16

16 Oct '16

Thank you Jeff Hope you visit our home page K4AMG.org. a dummy, I did not bring the equipment manuals to the event. The schematic gives the identifier for "U 1" but does not tell me what "Q1 -Q4" are nor does it give "R & C" values. The station is stored at another location so I do not have the box to open and view. We were operating solar power. We will try that. Thanks Rich W4BUE -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2016 7:34 AM To: Rich/wa4bue Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] K4AMG LVB Tracker Hi Rich, Did you try to recalibrate? I used to have a problem with my LVBT up in NJ losing calibration all the time. I contacted AMSAT and they sent me a new F/W chip, this resolved the problem... 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: Rich/wa4bue Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2016 6:10 AM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] K4AMG LVB Tracker Yesterday at the an event we were operating a GOTA operation, it appears our LVB Tracker about 4 - 5 years old failed on the rotor side. The numbers that correspond to the 5500 rotor did not track and the elevation rotor did not respond. The Azimuth rotor responded. The 5500 rotor worked great manually. We did a test run 3 days before and all was well. Anyone experience this problem???? God Bless Rich W4BUE Founder K4AMG K4AMG.org _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. 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

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Re: [amsat-bb] help LabJack and SatPC32
by Alan 16 Oct '16

16 Oct '16

Nick, 64-bit? I got this from Erich recently: ==== Hi Alan, I have just tested the U12 at my Windows 10, 64-bit, Acer Laptop. It works flawlessly at a USB 2 and USB 3 port. I had only to copy the ljackuw.dll from my Windows 7 PC into the C:\Windows\SYSWOW64 folder. The U12 is an excellent device. You don't need to care about drivers because it uses the Windows own HID drivers. 73s, Erich, DK1TB === 73s, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Pugh <Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2016 4:13 AM <To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <Subject: [amsat-bb] help labjack and satpc32 < <I am moving satpc32 to a windows 10 operating system. I have a very old <Labjack and when I open satpc32 i get an error missing labjack.ddl file < <any suggestions < < < <tnx 73's nick < < < < < < < < < < < <_______________________________________________ <Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. 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

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help labjack and satpc32
by Nick Pugh 16 Oct '16

16 Oct '16

I am moving satpc32 to a windows 10 operating system. I have a very old Labjack and when I open satpc32 i get an error missing labjack.ddl file any suggestions tnx 73's nick

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