Hi Bill,
SatPC32 will let you run two different rigs at the same time. This works well if you use one to TX and another to RX, using SatPC32 ver 12.8
Lately, I have been wanting to simulaneously control 2 radios--both with TX and RX. So, what I do is run a second copy of an older version of SatPC32 (ver 12.7). You can install the older version into a different location and set it up to run only the radio (not track box). I don't think it's possible to run two copies of 12.8 because of the install/default locations for the data files... Fortunately, 12.7 keeps the files in the same directory as the installed program, so you can run as many copies of that as you want!
It takes a bit of work to get 2 copies running and configured correctly, since you have to configure them separately. But the files with frequency info, etc. can be copied so they use the same frequencies etc. It's not too bad, really, given the benefits.
Why would I want to do this? I have two rigs I want to control...TS-2000X and TS-790A. This lets me hear both AO-51 repeaters at once (or do digital/telemetry on one, voice on the other), let's me use one for S-band receive, and so on. It's actually quite handy to mix/match transmitters/receivers.
73,
Mark N8MH
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Subject: [amsat-bb] software for two-rig doppler control? From: Bill Dzurilla billdz.geo@xxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:29:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024;t=1237951795; bh=kNIqCiu26Lrd+NK+w3vlKX0zNsmP7JH2dxyPG7GNu0s=;h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type;b=2hiCUUJrCjXfTb5aWOTdiJgO8aGC+Z3/u1hG4sSq7Wa3ljwLj4gBrg0x438eLxHPQ6q5BqpSKnFRuQnRXjDBnrm5ELOJOUNAm/hyYNqMKo49npPaAQelubLJ0PrBSNPKD9a4r4cueKJdGdQYUnqV0CTvoCKtIy7TGfhorHqp894=
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Isn't there a software program that automatically tunes two rigs so that each remains on a sat's uplink and downlink frequencies during a pass and corrects for doppler?
I recall reading about such a program but now can't find it.
Thanks, Bill NZ5N
Interesting thanks. I'll have to look into this. I'd get a lot of value from being able to controll two or more receivers at the same time (as well as one transmitter.)
Regards Mark VE7AFZ
----- Original Message ---- From: Mark L. Hammond marklhammond@gmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:55:48 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: software for two-rig doppler control?
Hi Bill,
SatPC32 will let you run two different rigs at the same time. This works well if you use one to TX and another to RX, using SatPC32 ver 12.8
Lately, I have been wanting to simulaneously control 2 radios--both with TX and RX. So, what I do is run a second copy of an older version of SatPC32 (ver 12.7). You can install the older version into a different location and set it up to run only the radio (not track box). I don't think it's possible to run two copies of 12.8 because of the install/default locations for the data files... Fortunately, 12.7 keeps the files in the same directory as the installed program, so you can run as many copies of that as you want!
It takes a bit of work to get 2 copies running and configured correctly, since you have to configure them separately. But the files with frequency info, etc. can be copied so they use the same frequencies etc. It's not too bad, really, given the benefits.
Why would I want to do this? I have two rigs I want to control...TS-2000X and TS-790A. This lets me hear both AO-51 repeaters at once (or do digital/telemetry on one, voice on the other), let's me use one for S-band receive, and so on. It's actually quite handy to mix/match transmitters/receivers.
73,
Mark N8MH
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Subject: [amsat-bb] software for two-rig doppler control? From: Bill Dzurilla billdz.geo@xxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:29:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024;t=1237951795; bh=kNIqCiu26Lrd+NK+w3vlKX0zNsmP7JH2dxyPG7GNu0s=;h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type;b=2hiCUUJrCjXfTb5aWOTdiJgO8aGC+Z3/u1hG4sSq7Wa3ljwLj4gBrg0x438eLxHPQ6q5BqpSKnFRuQnRXjDBnrm5ELOJOUNAm/hyYNqMKo49npPaAQelubLJ0PrBSNPKD9a4r4cueKJdGdQYUnqV0CTvoCKtIy7TGfhorHqp894=
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Isn't there a software program that automatically tunes two rigs so that each remains on a sat's uplink and downlink frequencies during a pass and corrects for doppler?
I recall reading about such a program but now can't find it.
Thanks, Bill NZ5N
Don't forget Ham Radio Deluxe. It will control as many radios as you have ports to connect them to.
Mark Spencer wrote:
Interesting thanks. I'll have to look into this. I'd get a lot of value from being able to controll two or more receivers at the same time (as well as one transmitter.)
Regards Mark VE7AFZ
----- Original Message ---- From: Mark L. Hammond marklhammond@gmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:55:48 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: software for two-rig doppler control?
Hi Bill,
SatPC32 will let you run two different rigs at the same time. This works well if you use one to TX and another to RX, using SatPC32 ver 12.8
Lately, I have been wanting to simulaneously control 2 radios--both with TX and RX. So, what I do is run a second copy of an older version of SatPC32 (ver 12.7). You can install the older version into a different location and set it up to run only the radio (not track box). I don't think it's possible to run two copies of 12.8 because of the install/default locations for the data files... Fortunately, 12.7 keeps the files in the same directory as the installed program, so you can run as many copies of that as you want!
It takes a bit of work to get 2 copies running and configured correctly, since you have to configure them separately. But the files with frequency info, etc. can be copied so they use the same frequencies etc. It's not too bad, really, given the benefits.
Why would I want to do this? I have two rigs I want to control...TS-2000X and TS-790A. This lets me hear both AO-51 repeaters at once (or do digital/telemetry on one, voice on the other), let's me use one for S-band receive, and so on. It's actually quite handy to mix/match transmitters/receivers.
73,
Mark N8MH
Subject: [amsat-bb] software for two-rig doppler control? From: Bill Dzurilla billdz.geo@xxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:29:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024;t=1237951795; bh=kNIqCiu26Lrd+NK+w3vlKX0zNsmP7JH2dxyPG7GNu0s=;h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type;b=2hiCUUJrCjXfTb5aWOTdiJgO8aGC+Z3/u1hG4sSq7Wa3ljwLj4gBrg0x438eLxHPQ6q5BqpSKnFRuQnRXjDBnrm5ELOJOUNAm/hyYNqMKo49npPaAQelubLJ0PrBSNPKD9a4r4cueKJdGdQYUnqV0CTvoCKtIy7TGfhorHqp894=
Isn't there a software program that automatically tunes two rigs so that each remains on a sat's uplink and downlink frequencies during a pass and corrects for doppler?
I recall reading about such a program but now can't find it.
Thanks, Bill NZ5N
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Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
Don't forget Ham Radio Deluxe. It will control as many radios as you have ports to connect them to.
As does WispDDE.
Don't get me wrong.... I love HRD and use it for everything else, but... IMO its satellite tracking is not quite there yet. If it gets the other nice functions that I'm used to in WispDDE - I will be using it for everything :)
WispDDE also has the ability to allow you to define a radio profile so that if you had multiple 2m radios, say one for FM and another for SSB, it could automatically select between them based on the satellite you were working.
You can even have multiple profiles for the same radio, I do this for my 910, so that it gets setup differently for the ISS vs VO52.
A profile can be satellite specific, like my example above for a single radio, or like the one I have for AO7 that selects the IC910 for 2m and the TS-850 for 10m when its in mode A.
I like WispDDE for its ability to not only correct for doppler and set the frequency, but actually chose the right radio and then change the radio to the right band and select the mode; i.e. USB, LSB, FM, etc. without me having to remember what's where. The most I have to do is hit the "Satellite" button on the 910.
WispDDE does all this out-of-the-box, there's no jiggery pokery trying to get multiple programs running to achieve the same thing.
As you can see from this discussion, each of us has our own methods.
Bill.... try them all and choose what's best for you :)
regards
Tim
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