Thanks Koos and Paval. Unfortunately Koos is correct in that the new Trustedqsl is not there.
73 John
73 John KI4RO
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- Re: Ettus B210 (Juan Jose Sanchez Denis)
- KG5CCI/P 1/27/2016 & 2/1/2016 thru 2/4/2016 (Dave Swanson)
- Re: Az-El Rotors (Jeff Breitner)
- Re: Az-El Rotors (Ted)
- Re: 18 minutes QSO on WX2 (Paul Stoetzer)
- Re: Latest TQSL on Ubuntu (Pavel Milanes (CO7WT))
- Re: Ettus B210 (Norm n3ykf)
- Re: IC-9100 Satellite Memories.. (Steve Nordahl)
- Re: Latest TQSL on Ubuntu (Koos van den Hout)
- Thank You All (Fred Castello)
- Re: Thank You All (E.Mike McCardel)
- Re: Latest TQSL on Ubuntu (James K4JK)
- 18:15 UTC AO-07 will be 3deg elev over Spain, great sole over USA (Juan Antonio)
- AO-7 (Gustavo Nicolau)
Message: 1 Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:10:10 +0100 From: Juan Jose Sanchez Denis [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Ettus B210 Message-ID: 1453759810.7928.2.camel@jj-laptop Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
What do you think about these amps?
http://www.rfbayinc.com/subcategory_product.php?cPath=58
The HPA-155 and HPA 480
73 de Juan EB2FVT
El lun, 25-01-2016 a las 10:56 -0900, Edward R Cole escribi?:
=======snip I looked into the Toshiba Module solution mentioned, and it is a pretty decent solution, but my problem with it was filtering. Those modules are great but have pretty bad third harmonic and spur rejection. This means that final stage filtering will be required to stay within FCC limits (I think -60 dBc is the requirement, can't remember off the top of my head). The W6PQL reference is fantastic and is closer to a good solution because he has the filtering problem solved in his designs (you may have to get the filter board separate for the 70cm design, I think he includes a filter in the 80W 2m Amp design). For the budget conscious, this is the path I would recommend. I would probably look into using the Toshiba modules with lower output power (single digit Watts) as a driver for something like a Mirage Amp (that I think has the final stage filtering built in). ====snip
The W6PQL board is wide-band and one only needs to use proper value bypass capacitors and wind coils for 435-MHz. Not saying that is trivial but that is all that would be needed for filtering using that pc board. In the past others made generic pc boards for using the Toshiba modules. This is going to require some engineering to accomplish or you can spend big bucks and go the Kuhne Engineering route.
I assume anyone using the Ettus B210 is willing to do that.
73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: [email protected]
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Message: 2 Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 17:02:25 -0600 From: Dave Swanson [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] KG5CCI/P 1/27/2016 & 2/1/2016 thru 2/4/2016 Message-ID: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Satellite Friends and Colleagues,
I've got some travel coming up in the following weeks, and wanted to make the community aware of my plans for /P operating.
On January 27th, 2016 I will be in Jonesboro, AR which will place me in the vicinity of the EM45/EM55/EM46/EM56 confluence. I'll have some free time between 1700UTC and 2100UTC, and plan to operate from one or more of those grids during that window. As EM46/EM56 are the more rarely heard of that group, I plan to focus on them. There are several FO29/AO7/AO85 passes in my free window, so be prepared for all mode operation.
Following that trip on February 1st, 2016 I will be traveling to the EM03 area for several days. I will be passing thru EM23/EM14/EM13/EM04 during my travels to and from, and will try to at least hit a few of those grids during the drive out and back. Tentative plans are to return on February 4th, but I may have to stay longer depending on workload in the area. Travel to and from will be primary satellite operating time, with some individual passes from EM03 in the evenings from the site. I haven't calculated out specific passes yet, as exact locations and times will be fluid, but like normal I will be QRV on all birds and all modes.
Like always, follow me on Twitter @KG5CCI for up to the second /P pass information.
73!
-Dave, KG5CCI
Message: 3 Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 18:43:35 -0500 From: Jeff Breitner [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Az-El Rotors Message-ID: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
On 1/25/16 9:08 AM, A. Kevin Arber wrote:
Agree about the "Eggbeater" style. When I first returned to the sats I homebrewed a couple and they worked fine. But even better is a Moxin
style
which provides gain and circular polarization. See Larry Cebik"s article in August 2001 QST. I built these and they worked great for the LEOs. Great for portable too, as are omnidirectional. Kevin/W3DAD
I prefer them over the Eggbeater/Texas Potato Mashers, and the Moxons are a Field Day favorite for the linear transponder birds. Easy to set up, and with a small field day operation, I like simple. Have been able to work someone on pretty much every pass.
Never tried them for the FM birds or ISS contacts, I don't think they'll do well there at all during Field Day. Maybe normal operation, they would be "just okay" to "meh, need something better someday".
Image of the ones I built for field day: http://imgur.com/KAkV44Q
The design PDF is at http://www.oocities.org/w9bci/VHFUHFSatelite.pdf.
The next iteration of the 400MHz antenna will use an appropriately sized rod rather than 12g copper wire.
ka8ncr
Message: 4 Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:52:41 -0800 From: "Ted" [email protected] To: "'Jeff Breitner'" [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Az-El Rotors Message-ID: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Jeff, I made mine using brass tubing from the hobby shop. Easy to solder, light weight. You make a small corner joint out of the next size down tubing
73, Ted K7TRK
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On 1/25/16 9:08 AM, A. Kevin Arber wrote:
Agree about the "Eggbeater" style. When I first returned to the sats I homebrewed a couple and they worked fine. But even better is a Moxin style which provides gain and circular polarization. See Larry Cebik"s article in August 2001 QST. I built these and they worked great
for the LEOs.
Great for portable too, as are omnidirectional. Kevin/W3DAD
I prefer them over the Eggbeater/Texas Potato Mashers, and the Moxons are a Field Day favorite for the linear transponder birds. Easy to set up, and with a small field day operation, I like simple. Have been able to work someone on pretty much every pass.
Never tried them for the FM birds or ISS contacts, I don't think they'll do well there at all during Field Day. Maybe normal operation, they would be "just okay" to "meh, need something better someday".
Image of the ones I built for field day: http://imgur.com/KAkV44Q
The design PDF is at http://www.oocities.org/w9bci/VHFUHFSatelite.pdf.
The next iteration of the 400MHz antenna will use an appropriately sized rod rather than 12g copper wire.
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Message: 5 Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 22:03:35 -0500 From: Paul Stoetzer [email protected] To: PY5LF [email protected] Cc: "[email protected]" [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 18 minutes QSO on WX2 Message-ID: <CABzOSOp7EYYgvnWT53WBTDsL2-YbbDN= [email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
I noted that I have 36 workable voice satellite passes from here in Washington, DC tomorrow and we have at least four more transponders scheduled to launch this year. There are tons of opportunities to work satellites these days, no matter what your schedule is.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 4:26 PM, PY5LF [email protected] wrote:
Right now we had a nice QSO jumping from XW2C to WX2F and finally to
XW2A .
PU2RAS , PT9BM and me , PY5LF , 18 minutes on QSO.
73
PY5LF
Luciano Fabricio
Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm
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Message: 6 Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:25:52 -0500 From: "Pavel Milanes (CO7WT)" [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Latest TQSL on Ubuntu Message-ID: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
Use the kamal's PPA.
It's a kind of super updated unofficial repository ready to use, see here:
https://ppa.launchpad.net/kamalmostafa/trustedqsl
73
El 25/01/16 a las 12:20, John KI4RO escribi?:
Well, I'm not much of an expert on Linux/Ubuntu and hoping for some help here; ARRL hasn't been much help yet. I got TQSL out of the Ubuntu Software Center; it downloaded and installed just fine. I was under the impression that, having installed it that
way,
updates would be installed as they became available but apparently that
is
not the case. I've gone to the site and downloaded the appropriate tar.gz file and unpacked it but I don't know what to do with it now. I've tried the make command and such as specified on other sites but they don't seem able to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Message: 7 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 03:20:22 -0500 From: Norm n3ykf [email protected] To: Juan Sanchez [email protected] Cc: "<,[email protected]>," [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Ettus B210 Message-ID: < CAJUhCTNvb27fxhh9ruwFV_Eb_ap_rysRoUoW6xK+GHtSjzjWfw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Attached the B210 to the UHF antenna for FO-29. Didn't notice the uplink power was set on 50 watts until afterward. B210 could have cared less. Talked with Captain Yuri. Score one for National Instruments!
On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 4:38 AM, Juan Sanchez [email protected] wrote:
I'm looking for some information about using some ettus SDR for sat
work. I
have a B210. What kind of amplifier can I use able to be driven with the 200 mW of the Tx/RX output, better if it's pass trought. My google search was unable to find some ham who has made somethin similar Is ther some similar work with another SDR? I would appreciate any kind of help... I'm a newbie... Thanks a lot. 73 Juan EB2FVT _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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Message: 8 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:46:28 +0000 (UTC) From: Steve Nordahl [email protected] To: "[email protected]" [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9100 Satellite Memories.. Message-ID: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Thanks for all the replies. I'm just going to leave them empty and rely on satpc32 to handle things.. Steve NS3L
From: Jeff <[email protected]>To: Steve Nordahl [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9100 Satellite Memories..
You really don't have to program in any sat channels if your going to be using SatPC32 to control it. The program will set the u/l and d/l for doppler as you work the sat. I have a doppler.sqf file for SatPC32? I can send? you if you like...
73 Jeff kb2m
-----Original Message----- From: Steve Nordahl via AMSAT-BB Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 8:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-9100 Satellite Memories..
Hi all,,
Just purchased a IC-9100 with RT Software to program it. Although I'll be using SatPC32 to control things I was wondering what do most of you put in the Satellite memory channels? FM birds?? Is it even worth programming them..?
Steve NS3L
Message: 9 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:05:09 +0100 From: Koos van den Hout [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Latest TQSL on Ubuntu Message-ID: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Quoting Pavel Milanes (CO7WT) who wrote on Mon 2016-01-25 at 23:25:
Use the kamal's PPA.
It's a kind of super updated unofficial repository ready to use, see
here:
.. which has no newer versions than trustedqsl 2.0.3
I'll mail the maintainer, maybe he can start updating the ubuntu trustedqsl package again.
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Message: 10 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:06:15 -0500 From: Fred Castello [email protected] To: AMSAT bbs [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Thank You All Message-ID: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Don?t know if this is an appropriate thing to do or not, so forgive a newbie if not. I just wanted to thank all of you who have sent me notes and answered my questions regarding rotors. The response was very helpful and much appreciated. Looking forward to contacting this group on the satellites. Best, Fred Castello KF4FC
Message: 11 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:03:11 -0500 From: "E.Mike McCardel" [email protected] To: Fred Castello [email protected] Cc: AMSAT bbs [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank You All Message-ID: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Fred,
Politeness and consideration is always appropriate.
EMike
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On Jan 26, 2016, at 8:06 AM, Fred Castello [email protected]
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Don?t know if this is an appropriate thing to do or not, so forgive a
newbie if not. I just wanted to thank all of you who have sent me notes and answered my questions regarding rotors. The response was very helpful and much appreciated. Looking forward to contacting this group on the satellites.
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Message: 12 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:32:51 -0500 From: James K4JK [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Latest TQSL on Ubuntu Message-ID: < CAMRfJPmV91iOPd2rk0Rc6_mEVSuEXTGbBHH4-XEqzCjGVAOEpg@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
For anyone new to Linux who's confused:
When ARRL releases a new version of TQSL, they only supply the source code as far as Linux goes. They do not maintain the respective packages for each distribution, like they do for windows.
The package maintainer for a particular distribution will have to compile the source for each architecture and version before it will install "automatically" through a package manager.
So, a lot of times there will be a delay between when you see the ARRL announce that a new version is released, and when you will see it show up in your Linux package manager as an update ready to be pushed out and installed.
This delay is the time between a source release and the maintainer building the package for your particular distro, version, and architecture.
If you don't want to wait you can always compile and install yourself, not hard to do at all once you get used to it!
73 James K4JK
On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 8:05 AM, Koos van den Hout [email protected] wrote:
Quoting Pavel Milanes (CO7WT) who wrote on Mon 2016-01-25 at 23:25:
Use the kamal's PPA.
It's a kind of super updated unofficial repository ready to use, see
here:
.. which has no newer versions than trustedqsl 2.0.3
I'll mail the maintainer, maybe he can start updating the ubuntu
trustedqsl
package again.
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Message: 13 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:00:43 +0100 From: "Juan Antonio" [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] 18:15 UTC AO-07 will be 3deg elev over Spain, great sole over USA Message-ID: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
I will be waiting USA stations, GL
Juan Antonio EA4CYQ
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Message: 14 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:24:05 -0200 From: Gustavo Nicolau [email protected] To: [email protected], [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 Message-ID: <CAGHu4f-yQyE0MHPoi2hiN+d=NzCsmhbL7igcGp= [email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
good window to SA 20:02 utc. 73
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