I am confused, which is not an uncommon thing. I have been wanting to try and figure out how to work Falxonsat-3 via my Kenwood D72a. I read Pat Stoddard's AMSAT Journal article but he does not do a step by step per se. I also read KB6IGK and WD9EWKs other article on the same subject. Mention is made on setting "User phrases". Looking at several different D72 manuals, I cannot for the life of me, see how one selects the phrase to use and how that gets into the string that is sent. I see the ability to set several phrases from inside RT systems D72 menu program (Not sure how those get entered in manual radio programming), nor do I see any instructions for sending). I watched a YouTube video of a guy making Falconst APRS contacts, but no explanation on how he got the phrases out.
Wisdom please,
73 and thanks for the patient mentoring.
Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms
Are you able to get to the point where you have a blank message open and ready to accept input? If so, you hit F then the number of the message (1 through 8) to paste in the contents of that Phrase at the current location of the cursor. You store the phrases in the APRS menu item 3P0 ("Phrases")
73, Ryan AI6DO On Tuesday, June 5, 2018, 8:25:12 PM PDT, tjschuessler@verizon.net tjschuessler@verizon.net wrote:
I am confused, which is not an uncommon thing. I have been wanting to try and figure out how to work Falxonsat-3 via my Kenwood D72a. I read Pat Stoddard's AMSAT Journal article but he does not do a step by step per se. I also read KB6IGK and WD9EWKs other article on the same subject. Mention is made on setting "User phrases". Looking at several different D72 manuals, I cannot for the life of me, see how one selects the phrase to use and how that gets into the string that is sent. I see the ability to set several phrases from inside RT systems D72 menu program (Not sure how those get entered in manual radio programming), nor do I see any instructions for sending). I watched a YouTube video of a guy making Falconst APRS contacts, but no explanation on how he got the phrases out.
Wisdom please,
73 and thanks for the patient mentoring.
Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms
As an FYI /additional resource: https://andrewbnortham.com/ke8fzt/falconsat/
I do not know how it rates with the others, but figured I'd share.
73, Don KB2YSI
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 23:25 tjschuessler@verizon.net wrote:
I am confused, which is not an uncommon thing. I have been wanting to try and figure out how to work Falxonsat-3 via my Kenwood D72a. I read Pat Stoddard's AMSAT Journal article but he does not do a step by step per se. I also read KB6IGK and WD9EWKs other article on the same subject. Mention is made on setting "User phrases". Looking at several different D72 manuals, I cannot for the life of me, see how one selects the phrase to use and how that gets into the string that is sent. I see the ability to set several phrases from inside RT systems D72 menu program (Not sure how those get entered in manual radio programming), nor do I see any instructions for sending). I watched a YouTube video of a guy making Falconst APRS contacts, but no explanation on how he got the phrases out.
Wisdom please,
73 and thanks for the patient mentoring.
Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms
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If it helps, you can see me using user phrases with the ISS digipeater in this video:
https://youtu.be/nhv7oz_El80?t=249
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 9:44 AM, Don KB2YSI kb2ysi@gmail.com wrote:
As an FYI /additional resource: https://andrewbnortham.com/ke8fzt/falconsat/
I do not know how it rates with the others, but figured I'd share.
73, Don KB2YSI
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 23:25 tjschuessler@verizon.net wrote:
I am confused, which is not an uncommon thing. I have been wanting to
try
and figure out how to work Falxonsat-3 via my Kenwood D72a. I read Pat Stoddard's AMSAT Journal article but he does not do a step by step per
se.
I also read KB6IGK and WD9EWKs other article on the same subject.
Mention
is made on setting "User phrases". Looking at several different D72 manuals, I cannot for the life of me, see how one selects the phrase to use and
how
that gets into the string that is sent. I see the ability to set several phrases from inside RT systems D72 menu program (Not sure how those get entered in manual radio programming), nor do I see any instructions for sending). I watched a YouTube video of a guy making Falconst APRS contacts, but no explanation on how he got the phrases out.
Wisdom please,
73 and thanks for the patient mentoring.
Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms
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Hi Don!
The web page Andrew KE8FZT is a great resource for setting up a D72 for FalconSat-3's digipeater. I referenced his site in my AMSAT Journal article, as he had the same settings I used when I got started with this satellite - and he already had screenshots from the radio. Why reinvent the proverbial wheel? :-)
The easiest way to set up a D72 for FalconSat-3's digipeater is probably with the Kenwood MCP-4A software and COM port driver on a Windows PC. Then you aren't having to go through the menus on a small screen, and you don't have to enter messages and text like you would enter an SMS message on a flip-phone (multiple presses of a key to get a particular character). All of this *can* be done with the D72's front panel, but there is a better way through the software.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 1:44 PM, Don KB2YSI kb2ysi@gmail.com wrote:
As an FYI /additional resource: https://andrewbnortham.com/ke8fzt/falconsat/
I do not know how it rates with the others, but figured I'd share.
73, Don KB2YSI
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 23:25 tjschuessler@verizon.net wrote:
I am confused, which is not an uncommon thing. I have been wanting to
try
and figure out how to work Falxonsat-3 via my Kenwood D72a. I read Pat Stoddard's AMSAT Journal article but he does not do a step by step per
se.
I also read KB6IGK and WD9EWKs other article on the same subject.
Mention
is made on setting "User phrases". Looking at several different D72 manuals, I cannot for the life of me, see how one selects the phrase to use and
how
that gets into the string that is sent. I see the ability to set several phrases from inside RT systems D72 menu program (Not sure how those get entered in manual radio programming), nor do I see any instructions for sending). I watched a YouTube video of a guy making Falconst APRS contacts, but no explanation on how he got the phrases out.
Wisdom please,
73 and thanks for the patient mentoring.
Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms
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