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who is going to Cubesat workshop in SLO
by nick 04 Apr '23

04 Apr '23

Who on the list is going to the CubeSat workshop? Good news the CAPE team got an ELaNTa launch anyone else made the list? 73"s nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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Re: Satpc32 controlling two radios.
by Stephen Thornber 04 Apr '23

04 Apr '23

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Re: Satpc32 controlling two radios.
by Erich Eichmann 04 Apr '23

04 Apr '23

Hi, SatPC32 stores the configuration setting. So it starts with the configuration that you used last When you start a second instance and change the settings the second instance will work with these settings. But you can't save the two different settings. At the next program start both instances start with the same (last) configuration and therefore with equal settings. But there is a way to run two instances of SatPC32 with two completely different configurations at the same time inclusive rotor and CAT control and storing of all settings. Of course, this only makes sense if you use 2 independent rotor / antenna systems and multiple radios.EACH instance requires either a satellite transceiver or two separate non-satellite radios, one for RX (Radio 1) and one for TX (Radio 2) and the necessary ports etc. To run two instances you need a 2nd SatPC32.exe file in the SatPC32 program folder. The name must be different of course, e.g. SatPC32_2.exe. The 2nd program file must be permanently set to a specific configuration - say configuration 4 - regardless of the configuration chosen in menu Setup > Configuration. So, a modified file is required (the modification requires only 2 lines of code). Some years agao I have uploaded a file SatPC32_2.exe for a friend of mine. It works fix with configuration 4: www.dk1tb.de/SatPC32_2.exe For the 1st SatPC32.exe you can choose Configurations 1 - 3 with different settings. . (For CAT control of the IC-9700 this file should be used because the other one is some years old.) To avoid hardware conflicts rotor and CAT control are disabled (default) with the 2nd file, but the functions can be enabled (SatPC32 menu ? > Auxiliary Files > DivOptions.SQF). Of course, everyone is solely responsible for avoiding hardware conflicts. 73s Erich, DK1TB Am 03.04.2023 um 19:19 schrieb Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL via AMSAT-BB: > At 09:08 AM 4/3/2023 +1200, wandtosborne(a)gmail.com wrote: >> Hi Vince, >> >> Just tried to run 2 instances of SatPC32. >> On the second instance, rotor and cat control are deactivated. >> See attached screen shot. >> You probably have found this already. >> Try GPredict instead of SatPC32. >> I can run 2 instances of that without any problems but I haven't >> tried rotor and cat control. >> >> 73, >> Terry ZL2BAC > > > Hi Terry, & all, > > I'm surprised my question hasn't popped up before. I have two > radio's with their own com ports. Radio one is configured in > configuration one, radio two is configured in configuration > two. And I'm not using Satpc32 for rotator control > > I start Satpc32 in configuration one. Start up a second instance of > Satpc32 and switch that instance to configuration two. Radio 2 > > Separate radios, com ports, and program instances, no shared hardware, > yet only one radio gets controlled. I don't know if Satpc32 has a command > line switch to tell it what configuration to start in so it won't think > there is a conflict if there's another different config instance running. > > I just thought of something else I'm going to try. After I start > the two instances with different configurations, I'm going to > switch sat mode off on each under the file menu's, and then switch > them both back on again with "C" cat command and see if Satpc32 > still thinks there's a conflict. We all know there is no com port > radio conflict, but the program still might. > > 73 > KB7ADL > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org

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Re: Satpc32 controlling two radios.
by Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

At 09:08 AM 4/3/2023 +1200, wandtosborne(a)gmail.com wrote: >Hi Vince, > >Just tried to run 2 instances of SatPC32. >On the second instance, rotor and cat control are deactivated. >See attached screen shot. >You probably have found this already. >Try GPredict instead of SatPC32. >I can run 2 instances of that without any problems but I haven't tried >rotor and cat control. > >73, >Terry ZL2BAC Hi Terry, & all, I'm surprised my question hasn't popped up before. I have two radio's with their own com ports. Radio one is configured in configuration one, radio two is configured in configuration two. And I'm not using Satpc32 for rotator control I start Satpc32 in configuration one. Start up a second instance of Satpc32 and switch that instance to configuration two. Radio 2 Separate radios, com ports, and program instances, no shared hardware, yet only one radio gets controlled. I don't know if Satpc32 has a command line switch to tell it what configuration to start in so it won't think there is a conflict if there's another different config instance running. I just thought of something else I'm going to try. After I start the two instances with different configurations, I'm going to switch sat mode off on each under the file menu's, and then switch them both back on again with "C" cat command and see if Satpc32 still thinks there's a conflict. We all know there is no com port radio conflict, but the program still might. 73 KB7ADL

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AMSAT Presentations
by Clint Bradford 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

I have a few satellite presentations lined up … Omaha, Nebraska - 04/14 Tennessee - 04/20 Pennsylvania - 05/02 Ohio, tailored to young students and the ISS - 05/08 Great Britain - 05/11 Think a 75-minute presentation on “working the easy satellites” would be appropriate for your club or event? Let me know! I have NEVER given the exact same show twice: EACH of the 150+ presentations so far has been customized/tailored to my audiences. An email message received after a recent presentation … "I really enjoyed Clint’s presentation last night. The fact that he had taken the time to research and know something about his audience and welcomed interaction made it very informative and enjoyable. This was a refreshing change from many canned YouTube presentations I’ve tried to watch, which were poorly done, fuzzy video or muddy audio, or a badly prepared presenter stumbling his way through, with any valuable info lost along the way. Thanks for hooking this one up.” Clint Bradford K6LCS AMSAT Ambassador ARRL instructor, Legacy Circle member, Affiliated Club Coordinator work-sat.com <http://work-sat.com/> 909-999-SATS (7287)

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by mikflathead＠aol.com 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

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Re: Satpc32 controlling two radios.
by DL5HAS 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

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Re: Satpc32 controlling two radios.
by PE0SAT | Amateur Radio 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

Good morning, Maybe this is helpful: The configuration of SatPC is stored in your Windows profile at the location %APPDATA%\SatPC32 and all instances will make use of that configuration location. So I don't see an option to have multiple simultaneous instances running within the current Windows profile with different settings. There is an option to have multiple Configurations, Setup -> Configurations but that is switching between settings within the same instance. On 02-04-2023 22:09, Stephen Thornber via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Wow-- so very helpful -- not > > Saying that sorry can't help either > > Stephen. G6SGA > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 2 Apr 2023, at 20:54, Nestor N6CKC via AMSAT-BB >> <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > Incorrect. > > On Sun, Apr 2, 2023, 11:51 AM Clint Bradford via AMSAT-BB > <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: Feels like you need two copies of SatPC32 > running ... to radios with their own antenna systems ... > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 2, 2023, at 11:47, Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL via AMSAT-BB >> <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: >> >> >> I was trying to figure out how to control two radios >> independently of each other on Satpc32, with two different >> program instances. The satellites being tracked might be >> different on each instance or could be the same. >> >> It doesn't appear that can be done. >> >> KB7ADL >> -- With regards PE0SAT Internet web-page https://www.pe0sat.nl/ irc://irc.libera.chat #Cubesat - Twitter @pe0sat SatNOGS: https://network.satnogs.org/users/PE0SAT/ LSF Core Contributor: https://libre.space/about-us/ DK3WN SatBlog https://www.satblog.info/

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Re: Satpc32 controlling two radios.
by Nestor N6CKC 02 Apr '23

02 Apr '23

Incorrect. On Sun, Apr 2, 2023, 11:51 AM Clint Bradford via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Feels like you need two copies of SatPC32 running ... to radios with their > own antenna systems ... > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 2, 2023, at 11:47, Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL via AMSAT-BB < > amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > > > > > I was trying to figure out how to control two radios > > independently of each other on Satpc32, with two different > > program instances. The satellites being tracked might be > > different on each instance or could be the same. > > > > It doesn't appear that can be done. > > > > KB7ADL > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 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. Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > > > View archives of this mailing list at > > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.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. > Acceptable Use and Privacy Policies available at > https://www.amsat.org/about-amsat/ > > View archives of this mailing list at > https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to amsat-bb-leave(a)amsat.org > Manage all of your AMSAT-NA mailing list preferences at > https://mailman.amsat.org

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Re: Satpc32 controlling two radios.
by Stephen Thornber 02 Apr '23

02 Apr '23

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