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DUV reception
by Francis Geraci 29 Jan '19

29 Jan '19

I believe I read, awhile ago, when RXing the FM birds, DO NOT have the "squelch". I believe I may have had mine open, and did not get any data. And thoughts ? W1FXX

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Re: [amsat-bb] HRD tracking errors
by John Kludt 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

Mike, Sorry about that I now have my threads crossed. John Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone On Jan 28, 2019 6:00 PM, "Michael Carper, Ph.D. via AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > We’re fixing the time problem first. > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 11:24 AM Francis Geraci <fgeraci14(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > I use HRD Sat., SatPC32 and Amsat Droid. > > SatPC32 and Amsat Droid agree on position of FM birds, HRD shows some birds > > 30 min. earlier than expected. Mainly, AO-91 and AO-85. Anyone else noticed > > this tracking error ? > > I have "poured" thru ALL HRD's settings, reloaded keps, etc. Nothing seems > > to correct this tracking anomaly. Grrrrr. > > > > Best to All - WB1FXX > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 GS-232 Rotor Control Protocol
by Robert Bruninga 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

A student is trying to build a rotor control to work with SATPC32 via COM1. He wants it to use the "Waaa eee" (AZ/EL) or the AZaaa ELeee Easycomm formats. When we set SATPC32 to track a satellite, it does not seem to send any elevation and only uses the Maaa Azimuth output. How do we tell SATPC32 to output both AZ and EL in either format? Bob

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HRD tracking errors
by Francis Geraci 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

I use HRD Sat., SatPC32 and Amsat Droid. SatPC32 and Amsat Droid agree on position of FM birds, HRD shows some birds 30 min. earlier than expected. Mainly, AO-91 and AO-85. Anyone else noticed this tracking error ? I have "poured" thru ALL HRD's settings, reloaded keps, etc. Nothing seems to correct this tracking anomaly. Grrrrr. Best to All - WB1FXX

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EL15,16 Tuesday, 29JAN19 AO-92
by Bob Cutter 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

EL15,16, Tuesday, 29JAN19,1608z. AO-92 72, Bob KI0G Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone

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ARR SP432VDG preamp w/choke FS
by Richard Tucker 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

John Do you still have the ARR SP-432-vdg preamp for sale for $85.00. Rick W0RT

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-01-28 18:30 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-01-28 18:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Colégio Campo de Flores, Almada, Portugal, direct via CS5SS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Sat 2019-02-02 15:23:19 UTC 50 deg Kantonsschule Musegg, Luzern, Switzerland, direct via HB9HSLU The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI Contact is go for: Mon 2019-02-04 15:20:21 UTC 44 deg (***) Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Konenenko Contact is go for Tue 2019-02-05 08:25 UTC 2019-01-30 to 2019-02-02 Possible SSTV as part of Inter MAI but only for a few orbits in range of Moscow. 2019-02-08 to 2019-02-10 Possible ARISS requested SSTV. ARISS Contact Applications (United States) The ARISS-US program’s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018 has now closed. The next window should go open in the spring of 2019. The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts. Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager(a)ariss-eu.org ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, click here. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) ****************************************************************************** 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. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 135 Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 108 **************************************************************************** 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 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2019-01-28 18:30 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 http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1287. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1230. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. 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: South Dakota, 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 2019-01-23 23:30 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. 58 on orbit Oleg Konenenko David St-Jacques KG5FYI Anne McClain **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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eAntenna
by Les Rayburn 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

Wondering if anyone has experience with the eAntenna LFA DUOSAT antenna? My satellite antennas are mounted in the attic of my HOA home. I’m using an Arrow Alaska Antenna, mounted at about 10 degree elevation on a TV rotor. http://www.eantenna.es/?p=3325 The LFA design claims to be a low-noise antenna, which is why I’m interested. Gain is not the limitation of my system, but rather nearby noise sources from my own home and neighbors. If the LFA could reduce that noise, it might offset the lower gain vs. the Alaskan antenna—but I’m not confident. Anyone have direct experience with this antenna? 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA. Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR2, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified], Dennon TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1X, Ray Dees RDS Decoders, Korner 9.2 Antenna, FM-6 Antenna, Kitz Technologies KT-501 Pre-amps, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. “Nothing but blues and Elvis, and somebody else’s favorite song…”

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Yaesu G-5500 Elevation read
by Vincenzo Mone 27 Jan '19

27 Jan '19

Hello, today while I was doing satellite activity, I had not under the eye the Yaesu G-5500 control box. I have turned my eyes to the control box and have noticed that The Elevation needle on meter shows 0 degrees. The antenna are moving because if I press the UP button I can see the Antennas moving UP while if I turn them Down I can see them going down. The only problem Is the needle on the meter that does not move and it is stopped on 0 degrees. The Azimuth side is OK. What could it be? Something in the Control Box? What can I try to see if the problem Belongs from the control box in the shack or on the roof? Any help will be really appreciated. Thanks 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ********************************* ****** GSM +39 328 7110193 ****** ***** SMS +39 328 7110193 ***** *********************************

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Yaesu G-5500 Elevation read
by jarda 27 Jan '19

27 Jan '19

Hello Vincenzo, the G5500 rotator requires 6 wires for azimuth (connection between the control unit and the rotator unit) and another 6 for elevation. 3 wires are designed for motor power supply and 3 for voltage from the potentiometer (angle sensor). It seems that one (or more) of the three wires connecting the potentiometer to the control unit is broken. Then the rotor moves up and down correctly, but there is no signal about the antenna position. The connection between the potentiometer and the control unit must be checked. One wire is used as ground, the other one feeds the potentiometer and the third detects voltage from the potentiometer according to the rotation of the antenna. 73 jarda ok2gz --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

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