Les
Steve,N9IP gave a very good tutorial on how to set up. The one thing
that he said that took me a while to figure out was to make sure you get a
nice clean path to adjust your uplink. You see we are coming to the time of
year that the tree's are filling up with water and if your pointing at a
satellite through the tree's your down link might sound distorted to you,
but be just fine to every one else. So if you can, try to get as clean of a
path as you can to adjust. This is more noticeable on SSB birds than it is
on the FM birds.
73 John KC0BMF
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Les Rayburn <l...@highnoonfilm.com> wrote:
> I'm very new to satellite operation but have been having a blast for the
> past couple of weeks. Using an IC-910H with attic antennas that include a 7
> element 432 Arrow
> antenna with an SSB Electronics pre-amp mounted at the antenna. 1/2"
> hardline makes the 70' run from the attic to the shack in the garage. 2
> Meters shows a 6 element K1FO Yagi with an SSB Electronics pre-amp and 1/2"
> hardline.
>
> Rig is controlled by SATPC32 via the CI-V interface at 9600 baud.
>
> On SO-50, I have no problems with doppler correction as you would suspect.
> With the other birds, doppler is sometimes an issue. Sometimes I hear
> stations strongly but when I call them, I don't hear my own uplink and the
> other station obviously doesn't hear me either.
>
> On other passes, the difference is not so great, and I'll hear my own
> uplink, though usually slightly off frequency.
>
> I know its possible to adjust the uplink frequency in the software, and
> I've tried it during passes without much success. The translated help file
> from German isn't much
> assistance to me so far.
>
> Can someone on the list point me towards a better explanation on the web,
> or offer suggestions on how to correct the situation? Any help is greatly
> appreciated!
>
>
> --
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
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> Maylene, AL 35114
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