Starting out on packet mode
Hello folks,
Being a relative "newbe" to the hobby, I am trying to find information on using packet data with the likes of the ISS and other AO satellites.
My set up is fairly basic at the moment - FT857D using a US Interface Navigator and running into a Watson W50 co-linear that is on the very top of my house (which is on a bit of a hill in the area I live). I know most people suggest/recommend using a TNC for packet but are there any software TNCs/systems (and instructions on setting them up) around that I could pick up to try out?
I did hear the ISS on 145.825Mhz this morning as it went over Europe (0840UTC ish.) which is a start..
73
Ciaran - M0XTD
Hello Ciaran,
Being a relative "newbe" to the hobby, I am trying to find information on using packet data with the likes of the ISS and other AO satellites.
I have a packet "quick setup guide" at: http://home.comcast.net/~k9jkm/ARISS_Packet_How_To/
This discusses contacting ISS with an external hardware TNC. Hopefully others can point you toward the tips and tricks of sound card packet setups.
The web page at http://www.ariss.net/ provides a convenient ISS packet log so you can review activity. http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi is a similar log for PCSAT (NO-44) but its been a couple of weeks since we got a brap from that bird.
-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM [email protected]
JoAnne...did you make the page up? That is truly one of the best "initials" on any subject that I have read...clear and to the point...well done.
I hope that you teach or do something else where that skill is on display daily.
Robert WB5MZO
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 10:36:42 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Starting out on packet mode
Hello Ciaran,
Being a relative "newbe" to the hobby, I am trying to find information on using packet data with the likes of the ISS and other AO satellites.
I have a packet "quick setup guide" at: http://home.comcast.net/~k9jkm/ARISS_Packet_How_To/
This discusses contacting ISS with an external hardware TNC. Hopefully others can point you toward the tips and tricks of sound card packet setups.
The web page at http://www.ariss.net/ provides a convenient ISS packet log so you can review activity. http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi is a similar log for PCSAT (NO-44) but its been a couple of weeks since we got a brap from that bird.
-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM [email protected]
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Hello Ciaran,
You can use AGWpe as the soundcard modem. This site has an excellent "How-To": http://kc2rlm.info/soundcardpacket/
There is another application that works with AGWpe to simplify APRS via ISS and that is UISS. http://users.belgacom.net/hamradio/uiss.htm
Since you already have an interface, you could be up and running for the next pass.
For the FT-857, I set menu 80 RF-GAIN/SQL to squelch and open the squelch for packet. I'm connected to the 6 pin data jack and use either mode FM or PKT. If you use PKT set menu 73 to 1200bps and adjust the audio input gain at menu 71 if needed. I turn DNR and DBF off for packet.
For pass prediction I use Orbitron. It is a simple easy to use program. http://www.stoff.pl/
73 Mike kc9doa
On 2 Nov 2008 at 10:38, Ciaran Morgan wrote:
Hello folks,
Being a relative "newbe" to the hobby, I am trying to find information on using packet data with the likes of the ISS and other AO satellites.
My set up is fairly basic at the moment - FT857D using a US Interface Navigator and running into a Watson W50 co-linear that is on the very top of my house (which is on a bit of a hill in the area I live). I know most people suggest/recommend using a TNC for packet but are there any software TNCs/systems (and instructions on setting them up) around that I could pick up to try out?
I did hear the ISS on 145.825Mhz this morning as it went over Europe (0840UTC ish.) which is a start..
73
Ciaran - M0XTD
Ciaran:
I posted several How to access ISS manuals on the MarexMg web page, enjoy, Miles wf1f
http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/howtouseiss.html
--- On Sun, 11/2/08, Mike Miller [email protected] wrote:
From: Mike Miller [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Starting out on packet mode To: "Ciaran Morgan" [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 12:30 PM Hello Ciaran,
You can use AGWpe as the soundcard modem. This site has an excellent "How-To": http://kc2rlm.info/soundcardpacket/
There is another application that works with AGWpe to simplify APRS via ISS and that is UISS. http://users.belgacom.net/hamradio/uiss.htm
Since you already have an interface, you could be up and running for the next pass.
For the FT-857, I set menu 80 RF-GAIN/SQL to squelch and open the squelch for packet. I'm connected to the 6 pin data jack and use either mode FM or PKT. If you use PKT set menu 73 to 1200bps and adjust the audio input gain at menu 71 if needed. I turn DNR and DBF off for packet.
For pass prediction I use Orbitron. It is a simple easy to use program. http://www.stoff.pl/
73 Mike kc9doa
On 2 Nov 2008 at 10:38, Ciaran Morgan wrote:
Hello folks,
Being a relative "newbe" to the hobby, I am
trying to find
information on using packet data with the likes of the
ISS and
other AO satellites.
My set up is fairly basic at the moment - FT857D using
a US
Interface Navigator and running into a Watson W50
co-linear that
is on the very top of my house (which is on a bit of a
hill in
the area I live). I know most people
suggest/recommend using a
TNC for packet but are there any software TNCs/systems
(and
instructions on setting them up) around that I could
pick up to
try out?
I did hear the ISS on 145.825Mhz this morning as it
went over
Europe (0840UTC ish.) which is a start..
73
Ciaran - M0XTD
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