As I read through the docs on the fox tlm program two things are not clear:
If I have a FunCube Dongle hooked to a USB port and antenna, do I need to run any other software besides foxtelem.exe? With the FCD on the USB port and the IQ box checked in foxtelem.exe what should I see on the screen with no signal present? Noise, nothing? How do I know, before the signal is there, if this is working and the FCD is talking to foxtelem?
When I run the FCD software it can talk to the FCD dongle, set the freq, etc. When I run foltelem there is no indication anything is talking to anything else.
Jim
Jim: Try this: With Foxtelem running, try firing up your signal generator, handheld, etc. to 145.98. With any luck you will see a nice peak in the lower graph. If you vary the signal generator freq, the AFC will track it. Proves that you can receive something. Awesome. What a piece of software. Waiting for 2350Z to try the real thing.
Ed K9EK EM69xd
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From: "Jim White" [email protected] To: "AMSAT-BB" [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2015 4:09:04 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] fox tlm
As I read through the docs on the fox tlm program two things are not clear:
If I have a FunCube Dongle hooked to a USB port and antenna, do I need to run any other software besides foxtelem.exe? With the FCD on the USB port and the IQ box checked in foxtelem.exe what should I see on the screen with no signal present? Noise, nothing? How do I know, before the signal is there, if this is working and the FCD is talking to foxtelem?
When I run the FCD software it can talk to the FCD dongle, set the freq, etc. When I run foltelem there is no indication anything is talking to anything else.
Jim _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. 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
Thanks Ed. No luck. It apparently does not connect to the FCD although there seems to be no way to tell except perhaps for noise on the bottom screen. It is not hearing my mic input in audio mode either. No more time to mess with it right now.
Jim
On 10/8/2015 2:35 PM, Ed K9EK wrote:
Jim: Try this: With Foxtelem running, try firing up your signal generator, handheld, etc. to 145.98. With any luck you will see a nice peak in the lower graph. If you vary the signal generator freq, the AFC will track it. Proves that you can receive something. Awesome. What a piece of software. Waiting for 2350Z to try the real thing.
Ed K9EK EM69xd
*From: *"Jim White" [email protected] *To: *"AMSAT-BB" [email protected] *Sent: *Thursday, October 8, 2015 4:09:04 PM *Subject: *[amsat-bb] fox tlm
As I read through the docs on the fox tlm program two things are not clear:
If I have a FunCube Dongle hooked to a USB port and antenna, do I need to run any other software besides foxtelem.exe? With the FCD on the USB port and the IQ box checked in foxtelem.exe what should I see on the screen with no signal present? Noise, nothing? How do I know, before the signal is there, if this is working and the FCD is talking to foxtelem?
When I run the FCD software it can talk to the FCD dongle, set the freq, etc. When I run foltelem there is no indication anything is talking to anything else.
Jim _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. 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
Hmm. Ed's technique worked for me, with my Funcube Dongle Pro+.
A little while ago my FoxTelem locked onto a local hitting our repeater with an input on 146.010, just 30 kHz above the Fox1A downlink.
David, ky7dr
On 2015-10-08 15:24, Jim White wrote:
Thanks Ed. No luck. It apparently does not connect to the FCD although there seems to be no way to tell except perhaps for noise on the bottom screen. It is not hearing my mic input in audio mode either. No more time to mess with it right now.
Jim
On 10/8/2015 2:35 PM, Ed K9EK wrote:
Jim: Try this: With Foxtelem running, try firing up your signal generator, handheld, etc. to 145.98. With any luck you will see a nice peak in the lower graph. If you vary the signal generator freq, the AFC will track it. Proves that you can receive something. Awesome. What a piece of software. Waiting for 2350Z to try the real thing.
Ed K9EK EM69xd
*From: *"Jim White" [email protected] *To: *"AMSAT-BB" [email protected] *Sent: *Thursday, October 8, 2015 4:09:04 PM *Subject: *[amsat-bb] fox tlm
As I read through the docs on the fox tlm program two things are not clear:
If I have a FunCube Dongle hooked to a USB port and antenna, do I need to run any other software besides foxtelem.exe? With the FCD on the USB port and the IQ box checked in foxtelem.exe what should I see on the screen with no signal present? Noise, nothing? How do I know, before the signal is there, if this is working and the FCD is talking to foxtelem?
When I run the FCD software it can talk to the FCD dongle, set the freq, etc. When I run foltelem there is no indication anything is talking to anything else.
Jim _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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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