I posted this to the 9100 group, and also here, in case anyone might be interested in this. What SDR S/W is anyone using with their SDRPlay for sat’s? I’m trying to learn SDR-Console and the learning curve is very steep. I vaguely remember a few years ago getting it working with some other S/W....
I finished my PAT V install on my 9100 this morning. I decided to do the HF tap also, but not the 23cm. It’s went well, worse part was doing the HF tap, I managed to move the top board out of the way without completely un plugging, then removing the metal shield completely to get to the HF tap point on the BPF board. Everything is working ok, only issue’s are I haven’t figured out yet how to get the levels up to allow a better waterfall display. I’m using SDR-Console. I also have to figure out how to get the display to follow the 9100. Just started using SDR-Console and the learning curve is very steep. What I don’t understand is there is no frequency offset needed to use the various taps, and also the bandwidth on HF is very narrow? Any ideas? Also If anyone want's some pictures of my install I will gladly send them along.
A big thanks to Dave KD2C for making this available...
73 Jeff kb2m
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Hi Jeff, pictures please!! My board is in route. May be a while until I can install but hope for successes, too.
I plan to use either and Airspy or Airpsy mini and SDR# then use the SatPC32 plugin so it tracks on frequency with the 9100. Think that’ll work as I imagine it.
Alan WA4SCA pointed out the board to me. Initially I struggled with how this is different since it’s an RF tap and not the more common IF tap approach.
What bandwidth do you see in HF? I forget what the RF tap frequency is. Maybe that’s a clue. But I figured it would be wide-ish.
I see your point about maybe not tapping 1.2 GHz; no local repeaters here so used for sat uplinks only.
73,
Mark N8MH
On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 3:19 PM kb2mjeff@att.net wrote:
I posted this to the 9100 group, and also here, in case anyone might be interested in this. What SDR S/W is anyone using with their SDRPlay for sat’s? I’m trying to learn SDR-Console and the learning curve is very steep. I vaguely remember a few years ago getting it working with some other S/W....
I finished my PAT V install on my 9100 this morning. I decided to do the HF tap also, but not the 23cm. It’s went well, worse part was doing the HF tap, I managed to move the top board out of the way without completely un plugging, then removing the metal shield completely to get to the HF tap point on the BPF board. Everything is working ok, only issue’s are I haven’t figured out yet how to get the levels up to allow a better waterfall display. I’m using SDR-Console. I also have to figure out how to get the display to follow the 9100. Just started using SDR-Console and the learning curve is very steep. What I don’t understand is there is no frequency offset needed to use the various taps, and also the bandwidth on HF is very narrow? Any ideas? Also If anyone want's some pictures of my install I will gladly send them along.
A big thanks to Dave KD2C for making this available...
73 Jeff kb2m
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What SDR S/W is anyone using with their SDRPlay for sat’s?
Hi Jeff!
I use HDSDR and it works very well for me. I was only in receive mode for a long time learning how to decode various types of satellite telemetry but now I also get on the amateur sats with voice transponders. HDSDR does everything that I need to do with an SDR both for telemetry reception as well as being the downlink "radio" for transponder use. I would imagine the other applications do most if not all of the same things. But, in my case, I just learned how to navigate in HDSDR and preferred it after trying the others.
-Scott, K4KDR
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On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 3:18 PM, kb2mjeff@att.net wrote:
I posted this to the 9100 group, and also here, in case anyone might be interested in this. What SDR S/W is anyone using with their SDRPlay for sat’s? I’m trying to learn SDR-Console and the learning curve is very steep. I vaguely remember a few years ago getting it working with some other S/W....
I finished my PAT V install on my 9100 this morning. I decided to do the HF tap also, but not the 23cm. It’s went well, worse part was doing the HF tap, I managed to move the top board out of the way without completely un plugging, then removing the metal shield completely to get to the HF tap point on the BPF board. Everything is working ok, only issue’s are I haven’t figured out yet how to get the levels up to allow a better waterfall display. I’m using SDR-Console. I also have to figure out how to get the display to follow the 9100. Just started using SDR-Console and the learning curve is very steep. What I don’t understand is there is no frequency offset needed to use the various taps, and also the bandwidth on HF is very narrow? Any ideas? Also If anyone want's some pictures of my install I will gladly send them along.
A big thanks to Dave KD2C for making this available...
73 Jeff kb2m
Been researching all available software and can't find a way to get the SDRPlay (or any SDR) to just simply track the 9100's d/l frequency. That would be ideal. Anyone have any ideas on how this might be done?
73 Jeff kb2m
-----Original Message----- From: Scott Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 6:44 PM To: Amsat Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9100 PAT V panadapter board
What SDR S/W is anyone using with their SDRPlay for sat’s?
Hi Jeff!
I use HDSDR and it works very well for me. I was only in receive mode for a long time learning how to decode various types of satellite telemetry but now I also get on the amateur sats with voice transponders. HDSDR does everything that I need to do with an SDR both for telemetry reception as well as being the downlink "radio" for transponder use. I would imagine the other applications do most if not all of the same things. But, in my case, I just learned how to navigate in HDSDR and preferred it after trying the others.
-Scott, K4KDR
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On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 3:18 PM, kb2mjeff@att.net wrote:
I posted this to the 9100 group, and also here, in case anyone might be interested in this. What SDR S/W is anyone using with their SDRPlay for sat’s? I’m trying to learn SDR-Console and the learning curve is very steep. I vaguely remember a few years ago getting it working with some other S/W....
I finished my PAT V install on my 9100 this morning. I decided to do the HF tap also, but not the 23cm. It’s went well, worse part was doing the HF tap, I managed to move the top board out of the way without completely un plugging, then removing the metal shield completely to get to the HF tap point on the BPF board. Everything is working ok, only issue’s are I haven’t figured out yet how to get the levels up to allow a better waterfall display. I’m using SDR-Console. I also have to figure out how to get the display to follow the 9100. Just started using SDR-Console and the learning curve is very steep. What I don’t understand is there is no frequency offset needed to use the various taps, and also the bandwidth on HF is very narrow? Any ideas? Also If anyone want's some pictures of my install I will gladly send them along.
A big thanks to Dave KD2C for making this available...
73 Jeff kb2m
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I now have it working with HDSDR and SDR-Console. After attempting to work some birds with this setup for a couple of days I've come to the conclusion that the 3 to 4 db loss I'm seeing from splitting the RX data doesn't work well enough with my setup here. Switching from the Flex to the Icom has the same effect and more that turning my pre amps off would do. The loss makes the pass unusable. Now I do have a marginal antenna system, The M2 leopak that might be contributing to the problem. I'm packing up to return to NJ for the rest of the summer. My antenna system up there has a somewhat higher gain, a Cushcraft AOP-1, so maybe this will work better there. I will be brining my Flex VU5K along also just in case I don't get this worked out :-) I might be able to configure the software better, to get the gain up, but that's not looking likely at this point.
I was planning on selling the VU5K and keeping the 9100, but now that doesn't look like the Icom is anywhere near replacing the Flex....
73 Jeff kb2m
-----Original Message----- From: kb2mjeff@att.net Sent: Friday, July 20, 2018 9:34 AM To: Amsat Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9100 PAT V panadapter board
Been researching all available software and can't find a way to get the SDRPlay (or any SDR) to just simply track the 9100's d/l frequency. That would be ideal. Anyone have any ideas on how this might be done?
73 Jeff kb2m
-----Original Message----- From: Scott Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 6:44 PM To: Amsat Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9100 PAT V panadapter board
What SDR S/W is anyone using with their SDRPlay for sat’s?
Hi Jeff!
I use HDSDR and it works very well for me. I was only in receive mode for a long time learning how to decode various types of satellite telemetry but now I also get on the amateur sats with voice transponders. HDSDR does everything that I need to do with an SDR both for telemetry reception as well as being the downlink "radio" for transponder use. I would imagine the other applications do most if not all of the same things. But, in my case, I just learned how to navigate in HDSDR and preferred it after trying the others.
-Scott, K4KDR
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On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 3:18 PM, kb2mjeff@att.net wrote:
I posted this to the 9100 group, and also here, in case anyone might be interested in this. What SDR S/W is anyone using with their SDRPlay for sat’s? I’m trying to learn SDR-Console and the learning curve is very steep. I vaguely remember a few years ago getting it working with some other S/W....
I finished my PAT V install on my 9100 this morning. I decided to do the HF tap also, but not the 23cm. It’s went well, worse part was doing the HF tap, I managed to move the top board out of the way without completely un plugging, then removing the metal shield completely to get to the HF tap point on the BPF board. Everything is working ok, only issue’s are I haven’t figured out yet how to get the levels up to allow a better waterfall display. I’m using SDR-Console. I also have to figure out how to get the display to follow the 9100. Just started using SDR-Console and the learning curve is very steep. What I don’t understand is there is no frequency offset needed to use the various taps, and also the bandwidth on HF is very narrow? Any ideas? Also If anyone want's some pictures of my install I will gladly send them along.
A big thanks to Dave KD2C for making this available...
73 Jeff kb2m
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