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9700 & SatPC32 Problem
by Richard Lawn 31 Aug '19

31 Aug '19

I recently got home from my remote station location and brought the 9700 back to the home QTH. I did the firmware update to 1.13 and installed the latest version of SatPC32 that accommodates the 9700. The problem is the frequencies on the radio are not being updated by SatPC32. It seems to work for a short time and then updates stop. Both radio and software are set to baud rate of 115200, Echo back is on. What am I missing or doing wrong? Rick, W2JAZ

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share a room
by Nick Pugh 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

I have reservation for the symposium Thursday through Sunday. Would anyone on the bb want to share a room?? nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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SpaceX SmallSat Rideshare Program
by Gregory Beat 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

SpaceX SmallSat Rideshare Program Monthly missions as low as $1 million https://www.spacex.com/smallsat SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program will provide small satellite operators with regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions to sun synchronous orbit (SSO) for ESPA class payloads for as low as $1M per mission, which includes up to 200 kg of payload mass. Unlike traditional rideshare opportunities, these missions will not be dependent on a primary. These missions will be pre-scheduled and will not be held up by delays with co-passengers. For payloads who run into development or production challenges leading up to launch, SpaceX will allow them to apply 100% of monies paid towards the cost of rebooking on a subsequent mission, subject to a 10% rebooking fee. == greg, w9gb Sent from iPad Air

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Office Closed
by Martha 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

The AMSAT Office will be closed from Friday, August 30th - Tuesday, September 10th. I will not be answering email or messages. AMSAT's only employee is going on vacation! -- 73- Martha

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Advice on two radios for Satellite work.
by Pavel Milanes Costa 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

Hi, Finally I found a offer for a 2m/70cm SSB/FM radios to be back on satellites, but need your advice... I need pros and cons for satellite use for FT-736R vs FT-726 Both has only 2m/70cm configs on it, I know they are old but that's what I can get inside Cuba... Waiting for your advice, CO7WT.

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Re: [amsat-bb] SpaceX SmallSat Rideshare Program
by Roy Dean 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

Well, with 200kg to play with, I'm wondering if Spacex won't let several cheap customers (like AMSAT and universities) partner up and cram several cubesats into ppods (or whatever they call them) for simultaneous release? Otherwise perhaps it's time to investigate satellite "ride shares" and share the spacecraft platform itself with other customers? --Roy K3RLD > Greg, One million dollars is still an awful lot of money. Given the > almost mythical status of the "cheap ham" where are we going to come up > with that kind of cash? John

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Re: [amsat-bb] SpaceX SmallSat Rideshare Program
by John Kludt 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

Greg, One million dollars is still an awful lot of money. Given the almost mythical status of the "cheap ham" where are we going to come up with that kind of cash? John Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone On Aug 29, 2019 11:54, Gregory Beat via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: > > SpaceX SmallSat Rideshare Program > Monthly missions as low as $1 million > https://www.spacex.com/smallsat > > SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program will provide small satellite operators with regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions to sun synchronous orbit (SSO) for ESPA class payloads for as low as $1M per mission, which includes up to 200 kg of payload mass. > Unlike traditional rideshare opportunities, these missions will not be dependent on a primary. These missions will be pre-scheduled and will not be held up by delays with co-passengers. > > For payloads who run into development or production challenges leading up to launch, SpaceX will allow them to apply 100% of monies paid towards the cost of rebooking on a subsequent mission, subject to a 10% rebooking fee. > > == > greg, w9gb > > Sent from iPad Air > _______________________________________________ > 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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Test
by Erich Eichmann 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

Test because my previous mail to AMSAT-BB did not appear on the list.

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SatPC32 madness
by Ed Krome 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

I’m using registered satpc32 v.12.8c (also have 12.8d on another; same problem ) to control HDSDR and LVB tracker (serial, not usb, which is even more problematic), automatic satellite switching (now looking at wxsat’s). Sometimes, it all works fine. Other times, not. Like tonight, it won’t auto switch. Other times, When it does auto switch, it controls frequency just fine. But it may or may not move the antennas. Tonight it’s not auto switching, but when I manually click on the visible satellite, freq and rotor control start to work. Sometimes it will all work well for a few days. Then just quit. (It’s all on a good UPS). I sometimes think it just likes to mess with me. The other machine does the same thing. When it feels like it. Anybody have any words of wisdom ? Ed K9EK Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 madness
by Erich Eichmann 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

Hi Ed, Mark, N8MH, and Alan, WA4SCA, reported the same problem 8 months ago. With your program version automatic satellite switching fails (and rotor control stops) in the following case: The program tracked a satellite with higher priority and after its setting should switch to a sat with lower priority. I have fixed that and the current release of V. 12.8d works flawlessly. A temporary solution: Set the "minimum Elevation" (menu "Rotor Setup") to a positive value, say, +1 deg. 73s, Erich, DK1TB Am 29.08.2019 um 03:27 schrieb Ed Krome via AMSAT-BB: > I’m using registered satpc32 v.12.8c (also have 12.8d on another; same problem ) to control HDSDR and LVB tracker (serial, not usb, which is even more problematic), automatic satellite switching (now looking at wxsat’s). Sometimes, it all works fine. Other times, not. Like tonight, it won’t auto switch. Other times, When it does auto switch, it controls frequency just fine. But it may or may not move the antennas. Tonight it’s not auto switching, but when I manually click on the visible satellite, freq and rotor control start to work. Sometimes it will all work well for a few days. Then just quit. (It’s all on a good UPS). I sometimes think it just likes to mess with me. The other machine does the same thing. When it feels like it. > Anybody have any words of wisdom ? > > Ed K9EK > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Sent viaAMSAT-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:https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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