Tracking with SatPC32
After a long absence, I'm getting back into satellite communications. I notice the LVB tracker is no longer available in the AMSAT store. Also, the GS-232 Yaesu rotator seems to be out of production.
What is the current solution for using SatPC32 to track? I started reading the "gettin started" articles in the Journal archives but I'm still reading 2019 articles.
Can someone please update me? I'd really like to work AO7 again...it was the first satellite I was ever able to track my "dits" through...
Thanks and 73 de Tim K4SHF
Most people who are using Yaesu G5500 rotators are using LVB trackers or clones such as the Fox-Delta ST2 . You can get LVB tracker kits from AMSAT-UK, and the ST2 direct from Fox-Delta. There are other controllers and rotators, of course (Alfa Spid and Green Heron seems to be the cadillac solution....)
--Roy K3RLD
I have had zero problems with my G5400 rotators and the ERC controller via USB connection.
It works wonderfully with SatPC32.
Mike va3mw
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 8:06 PM Roy Dean [email protected] wrote:
Most people who are using Yaesu G5500 rotators are using LVB trackers or clones such as the Fox-Delta ST2 . You can get LVB tracker kits from AMSAT-UK, and the ST2 direct from Fox-Delta. There are other controllers and rotators, of course (Alfa Spid and Green Heron seems to be the cadillac solution....)
--Roy K3RLD
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If you are into rolling your own, the K3NG Arduino controller is also a popular option. https://blog.radioartisan.com/yaesu-rotator-computer-serial-interface/ -- Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 7:15 PM Michael Walker [email protected] wrote:
I have had zero problems with my G5400 rotators and the ERC controller via USB connection.
It works wonderfully with SatPC32.
Mike va3mw
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 8:06 PM Roy Dean [email protected] wrote:
Most people who are using Yaesu G5500 rotators are using LVB trackers or clones such as the Fox-Delta ST2 . You can get LVB tracker kits from AMSAT-UK, and the ST2 direct from Fox-Delta. There are other controllers and rotators, of course (Alfa Spid and Green Heron seems to be the cadillac solution....)
--Roy K3RLD
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I second the K3NG Arduino controller! Super flexible and inexpensive. -David, N9KT
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 8:21 PM Mark Johns, K0JM [email protected] wrote:
If you are into rolling your own, the K3NG Arduino controller is also a popular option. https://blog.radioartisan.com/yaesu-rotator-computer-serial-interface/ -- Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd
"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 7:15 PM Michael Walker [email protected] wrote:
I have had zero problems with my G5400 rotators and the ERC controller via USB connection.
It works wonderfully with SatPC32.
Mike va3mw
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 8:06 PM Roy Dean [email protected] wrote:
Most people who are using Yaesu G5500 rotators are using LVB trackers or clones such as the Fox-Delta ST2 . You can get LVB tracker kits from AMSAT-UK, and the ST2 direct from Fox-Delta. There are other controllers and rotators, of course (Alfa Spid and Green Heron seems to be the cadillac solution....)
--Roy K3RLD
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Se also:
http://sats.wikidot.com/what-yaesu-g-5550-rotor-computer-interfaces-are-ther...
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021, 21:28 David Spoelstra [email protected] wrote:
I second the K3NG Arduino controller! Super flexible and inexpensive. -David, N9KT
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 8:21 PM Mark Johns, K0JM [email protected] wrote:
If you are into rolling your own, the K3NG Arduino controller is also a popular option. https://blog.radioartisan.com/yaesu-rotator-computer-serial-interface/ -- Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd
"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 7:15 PM Michael Walker [email protected] wrote:
I have had zero problems with my G5400 rotators and the ERC controller via USB connection.
It works wonderfully with SatPC32.
Mike va3mw
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 8:06 PM Roy Dean [email protected] wrote:
Most people who are using Yaesu G5500 rotators are using LVB trackers or clones such as the Fox-Delta ST2 . You can get LVB tracker kits from AMSAT-UK, and the ST2 direct from Fox-Delta. There are other controllers and rotators, of course (Alfa Spid and Green Heron seems to be the cadillac solution....)
--Roy K3RLD
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I just upgraded my 5400 controller to the K3NG version. I built it on an Arduino Nano and use 4 NPN transistors to key the controller. It uses the GS232 protocol and so far is working quite well with just a 2x16 blue display. I was able to put it together over the weekend...
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021, 6:55 PM Timothy Tapio [email protected] wrote:
After a long absence, I'm getting back into satellite communications. I notice the LVB tracker is no longer available in the AMSAT store. Also, the GS-232 Yaesu rotator seems to be out of production.
What is the current solution for using SatPC32 to track? I started reading the "gettin started" articles in the Journal archives but I'm still reading 2019 articles.
Can someone please update me? I'd really like to work AO7 again...it was the first satellite I was ever able to track my "dits" through...
Thanks and 73 de Tim K4SHF
Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. 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!
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