Graeme,

Ok will try :

I guess you are using SatPc32, in such case you should add the following lines in the Doppler.SQF file:

RS-44,435605,0,CW,0,REV,0,0,CW Beacon (DOSAAF-85) RS-44,435640,145965,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,SSB (DOSAAF-85)

Second line for SSB.

Made already a few QSO on the bird and these frequencies are OK.

Do not forget to update the Kepplers.

I cannot help for the FT-847 setup as not knowing, as using a TS-2000.

Hope this help.

73

Jean Marc (3B8DU)

On May 4, 2020, at 9:11 PM, graeme milne graeme61@googlemail.com wrote:

Hi All

Been reading these emails with interest. Have emailed 2 radio hams for info (1 in USA and 1 in UK) ,no reply yet. As this AMSAT-BB email is getting responses quick,i am putting my question forward .

I have never worked linear before ( or cannot remember). I used to work many many years ago ISS,RS12/13,UO-14 etc etc.

I have been trying to work RS-44 with no success.

A mention of centre freq was center freq...............145.965 435.640 (This is what i set up on the Yaesu FT847) I have a sneaky feeling this is wrong. Should i disengage the cat for the radio and manually tune to work RS-44 or any Linear sats ,using this method ?

Any tips would be gratefully appreciated.

RS-44 – V/u Inverting Analog SSB/CW Uplink (LSB) 145.935 MHz through 145.995 MHz Downlink (USB) 435.610 MHz through 435.670 MHz CW Beacon 435.605 MHz

I do hear the sat but it sounds mickey mouse which suggests to me i am off frequency.

My set up here is as follows.

Yaesu FT847 AZ/EL Rotators Yaesu G5400B Antennas: Crushcraft 22xb Yagi for VHF M2 436CP42UG Yagi for UHF

ERC-M interface for yaesu G5400B to computer. Software Fodtrack and Fodsked to control the AZ/EL G5400B automatically.

Cat cable from Yaesu FT847 to the computer . Fodtrack controls the frequencies automatically on Yaesu FT847.

Kind Regards Graeme mm5iss

On Mon, 4 May 2020 at 16:21, Mark D. Johns via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@amsat.org mailto:amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote: Yes, Jean Marc. Many of us would be willing and anxious to help -- I don't want to scare newcomers away. But if they don't reach out to us, and if they don't make an email address available on their QRZ page, it isn't possible. Of course, they probably aren't reading here, either! -- Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd

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"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain

On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 11:09 AM Jean Marc Momple <jean.marc.momple@gmail.com mailto:jean.marc.momple@gmail.com> wrote:

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Mark,

Well said “OR IF YOU DON'T HEAR YOURSELF, the problem is on your end. So fix your receiver “.

That said it is incredible that many OM’s do not do a minimum of home work (WEB research etc..) before TXing (not only on the LEO Birds but also on GEO now).

When I was a trainee long ago each time I put to my “Boss" a question which if I was reading the documentation the answer would be obvious, his reply was RTFM, after a few days I asked him what RTFM means and he simply said calmly "Read The F… Manual”.

My observation so far is that if some doing things which are not right is due most probably because they do not RTFM as many infos available on the net, or do not dare (or shy) to ask for help from others (e.g. on this forum). There is no stupid question, not knowing is not a shame, not asking for help when one does not know is, eventually causing issues. So simple.

73

Jean Marc (3B8DU) also AMSAT Ambassador this side of the planet

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On May 4, 2020, at 7:29 PM, Mark D. Johns via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@amsat.org mailto:amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:

Folks, if you can't hear yourself on the downlink, please don't keep calling CQ!

On passes of CAS4-4B and CAS-4A today, there were at least three different stations calling CQ repeatedly, sometimes right on top of other QSOs. They were each answered by multiple stations, but just kept calling CQ, again and again.

I will not post callsigns here, and if email addresses had been available on QRZ.com I would have written to each individually. But these satellites are very active, so if no one is coming back to you, or you don't hear other signals as you tune across the passband, OR IF YOU DON'T HEAR YOURSELF, the problem is on your end. So fix your receiver! -- Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd

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