Duh! Brain fade Steve. That pass is 2:36 UTC. Also the first things I mentioned I watch are on the left bottom for the screen.
Rick
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Rick Walter [email protected] wrote:
Steve, I don't know if I can help. I am using a Kenwood TS 2000 X with an interface to go between the audio output in the back of the rig to the input of my HP laptop. I just have an M squared eggbeater without any pre-amp for receive.
My tracking software is SatPC32 to correct for the doppler effect. I only touched up the downlink a couple of times on each of the two passes I recorded and uplinked to the warehouse (147 frames).
I Load SatPC32, have it running, Load the dashboard software and choose to capture from the soundcard. The audio output of the RASCAL interface goes into the input to my sound card. I have the volume up at about 75%. Before the bird comes over the horizon, I see a wave on the Dashboard software that is the result of the noise coming from the receiver. I can actually hear the bird about 20-40 seconds before it comes over the horizon (very faint but hear the distinct tone). The real time screen starts filling with data as I see on the right bottom counting of the type of data received, the serial number, and to the right, the packets decoded and missed, plus the number of packets already sent to the warehouse and the number waiting to be sent.
Don't know if that helps at all.
Having taught Earth Science and Astronomy for 36 years, now retired, I not only like the linear transponders, but love to collect telemetry from the birds too. It is not available yet, but I can't wait until they allow us to download the whole earth orbit data from the warehouse. I want to watch the data change as the bird goes around the earth. I used to do that with UO-11 telemetry and use the data for labs using Excel's graphing functions in my Astronomy classes with my students.
Did you try decoding the sample wave files they provide? They allow you to experiment getting the audio to your soundcard, then to the dashboard software.
I'm looking forward to the 03:41 Z pass for me later tonight.
Rick, WB3CSY in FN10
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Steve Daniels < [email protected]> wrote:
I don't know what I am doing wrong but so far I have failed to hear FUNCUBE let alone decode. I seem to have the correct keps as I see station near me uploading. Am using a radio not a dongle 145.935MHz USB mode is what I am using as settings. Is that correct or have I made a mistake
Steve Daniels Amateur Radio Callsign G6UIM APRSISCE/32 Beta tester and WIKI editor http://aprsisce.wikidot.com
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