Im getting back in to satellite after about 6 years being off. My ts-2000 used to work great but when i have tried it this time, every satellite is very weak and almost cants hear anything. To troubleshoot if it was my antenna system, i placed a new FT-991A on the antennas. I hear the satellites pretty well. im using satpc32. but the ft991a is a halfduplex radio and i can not hear my own signal. This means i cant calibrate it to the correct frequencies. I know people are using the ft991a. Does anyone have a way to calibrate the uplink or downlink using the satpc32?
antennas are 14 element 2 meter and a 11 element 70 cm antenna on az/el rotor and about 100 ft of the new messi low loss superflex cable.
Thanks, Tom Medlin W5KUB
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Check to make sure that the preamp on the TS-2000 is on.
James Duffey KK6MC Cedar Crest NM
On Nov 30, 2018, at 20:02, Tom Medlin Tom@w5kub.com wrote:
Im getting back in to satellite after about 6 years being off. My ts-2000 used to work great but when i have tried it this time, every satellite is very weak and almost cants hear anything. To troubleshoot if it was my antenna system, i placed a new FT-991A on the antennas. I hear the satellites pretty well. im using satpc32. but the ft991a is a halfduplex radio and i can not hear my own signal. This means i cant calibrate it to the correct frequencies. I know people are using the ft991a. Does anyone have a way to calibrate the uplink or downlink using the satpc32?
antennas are 14 element 2 meter and a 11 element 70 cm antenna on az/el rotor and about 100 ft of the new messi low loss superflex cable.
Thanks, Tom Medlin W5KUB
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Hi Tom, glad to hear when folks become radioactive again!
If turning on the preamp doesn’t solve the issue, I suggest resetting the rig, first a partial and then a full reset. Manual will give the magic key press combinations.
If resetting and making sure the preamp is ON doesn’t work, I’d be thinking something in the receive side has an issue. Time to debug or get professional help!
Mark N8MH
On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 10:32 PM Tom Medlin Tom@w5kub.com wrote:
Im getting back in to satellite after about 6 years being off. My ts-2000 used to work great but when i have tried it this time, every satellite is very weak and almost cants hear anything. To troubleshoot if it was my antenna system, i placed a new FT-991A on the antennas. I hear the satellites pretty well. im using satpc32. but the ft991a is a halfduplex radio and i can not hear my own signal. This means i cant calibrate it to the correct frequencies. I know people are using the ft991a. Does anyone have a way to calibrate the uplink or downlink using the satpc32?
antennas are 14 element 2 meter and a 11 element 70 cm antenna on az/el rotor and about 100 ft of the new messi low loss superflex cable.
Thanks, Tom Medlin W5KUB
Live ham radio show Amateur Radio Roundtable every Tues night at 8:00 PM central (0100 UTC Weds) on W5KUB.COM http://w5kub.com/ The show is also simulcast on international shortwave station WBCQ on 5130 Khz
Please check out our ham radio video broadcast page at http://w5kub.com and please join our W5KUB video facebook group at *https://www.facebook.com/groups/w5kub/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/w5kub/* _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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