[amsat-bb] All ARISSat-1 Keps
Amsateers! I was interested in obtaining a complete set of ARISSat-1 Keps for analysis. I requested them from the AFSPC and received permission to place them in the public domain. See my blog for the complete list here: http://libjoe.blogspot.com/2012/02/all-arissat-1-keplerian-elements.html Joseph Armbruster KJ4JIO ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] GPS Time observation
I have an old GPS unit, a Magellan explorist 210. It's fairly accurate determining position. After it has acquired about eight to ten satellites the position error averages between 20 to 35 feet. Now the question, the other day I was looking at one of the information pages the unit can display and on it, it gives the time in UTC. Just for fun I thought I would see how close the time was to WWV. I was surprised to see the unit was between one to four seconds off over various tests compared to WWV. IS this typical of all GPS units or do some display the time of day more accurately? KB7ADL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] FW: New version - Masat Ground station Client software
All, FYI , New version of the telemetry decoding application for MASAT-1 is available at http://cubesat.bme.hu/en/foldi-allomas/kliens-szoftver/ 73 Nitin [VU3TYG] From: zeme...@gmail.com [mailto:zeme...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Tibor Mezei Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 6:03 AM To: Nitin Muttin [VU3TYG] Subject: Re: Masat Ground station Client software Dear Nitin, the newest version of the MASAT-1 client software is available on our website: http://cubesat.bme.hu/en/foldi-allomas/kliens-szoftver/ Regards, Tibor Mezei 2012/1/31 Nitin Muttin [VU3TYG] vu3...@amsatindia.org: Thanks Tibor for the update. -- Regards Nitin [VU3TYG] Secretary, AMSAT India vu3...@amsatindia.org www.amsatindia.org - Original Message From: Tibor Mezei me...@cubesat.bme.hu To: vu3...@amsatindia.org vu3...@amsatindia.org Subject: Re: Masat Ground station Client software Date: 29/01/12 22:53 Hello,thank you for your interest. The disabled functions are used by our own ground station.They are not necessary for the reception of MASAT-1.The recommended sample rates are the multiples of baud rate (like 43750 Hz). The baud rate is 625, which can be found at our website: http://cubesat.bme.hu/en/foldi-allomas/radioamatoroknek/There will be a new version of the MASAT-1#39;s Ground Station Client Software this week. The update is recommended, since it will contain a number of improvements and fixes.If you find any problem with it please send me a report.Best regards,Tibor Mezei2012/1/29 Nitin Muttin lt;vu3...@amsatindia.orggt; ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation
Check outhttp://gpsinformation.net/main/gpstime.htm The short answer is, the internal GPS clock for position is very accurate or it could not make to calculations needed as to where you are at, but there are many factors that might delay what time it gives to you on a display panel or through a serial cable. 73 Kevin WA6FWF On 2/2/2012 7:28 AM, Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL wrote: I have an old GPS unit, a Magellan explorist 210. It's fairly accurate determining position. After it has acquired about eight to ten satellites the position error averages between 20 to 35 feet. Now the question, the other day I was looking at one of the information pages the unit can display and on it, it gives the time in UTC. Just for fun I thought I would see how close the time was to WWV. I was surprised to see the unit was between one to four seconds off over various tests compared to WWV. IS this typical of all GPS units or do some display the time of day more accurately? KB7ADL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation
I'm not sure about GPS,but I have noticed that the clock on our cable box is off by up to 4 seconds at times.Customer service was not aware or concerned when I let them know. -Original Message- From: Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:28 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] GPS Time observation I have an old GPS unit, a Magellan explorist 210. It's fairly accurate determining position. After it has acquired about eight to ten satellites the position error averages between 20 to 35 feet. Now the question, the other day I was looking at one of the information pages the unit can display and on it, it gives the time in UTC. Just for fun I thought I would see how close the time was to WWV. I was surprised to see the unit was between one to four seconds off over various tests compared to WWV. IS this typical of all GPS units or do some display the time of day more accurately? KB7ADL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] InstantTrack and windows 7
Hi folks, just updated one of my computers to windows 7. Does InstantTrack work with this version of windows?. Have no problem on my other computers using windows XP. Any help appreciated . 73 de VE6ITV Scott ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation
You will find that most handheld GPS receivers sold for casual use have a displayed time error that varies from 0 to 4 seconds. The receiver software was designed with an emphasis on computing position and performing other tasks, such as routing, more than on displaying time. Hence the presentation of time is some times delayed. If time is of higher importance, then a specialized GPS timing receiver is needed. Look for one that outputs a 1PPS (one pulse per second) signal and comes with timing software. John WA4WDL -- From: George and Cheryl Abbott ka1...@cox.net Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 11:57 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org; Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL vlfis...@mcn.net Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation I'm not sure about GPS,but I have noticed that the clock on our cable box is off by up to 4 seconds at times.Customer service was not aware or concerned when I let them know. -Original Message- From: Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:28 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] GPS Time observation I have an old GPS unit, a Magellan explorist 210. It's fairly accurate determining position. After it has acquired about eight to ten satellites the position error averages between 20 to 35 feet. Now the question, the other day I was looking at one of the information pages the unit can display and on it, it gives the time in UTC. Just for fun I thought I would see how close the time was to WWV. I was surprised to see the unit was between one to four seconds off over various tests compared to WWV. IS this typical of all GPS units or do some display the time of day more accurately? KB7ADL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] SatPC32 rotor question
I had this question posted to me, and I can't seem to figure out if it is possible. .I want my rotator to stop at about 85 Deg elevation and not go to 90 , 100 , 110 etc etc but to rotate on its asmith by 180 deg and then start to drop elevation from 85 Deg.. I know that the rotor interface unit, ERC can be limited via it's service tool software, but I wasn't sure how SatPC32 would react to the interface unit limiting it. Dave - KB1PVH ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: InstantTrack and windows 7
yes, download a program called dosbox. you can then run the old dos programs. http://www.dosbox.com/ 73...bruce On 2/2/2012 11:10 AM, Scott Smith wrote: Hi folks, just updated one of my computers to windows 7. Does InstantTrack work with this version of windows?. Have no problem on my other computers using windows XP. Any help appreciated . 73 de VE6ITV Scott ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: InstantTrack and windows 7
Scott, No problem, unless you want to run it in full screen or graphics mode. WIN7 does not fully support DOS programs in full screen mode. However, there are a couple of ways around that. You can run it in a virtual XP machine. I have WIN7 Pro, and it is a free download. However, there is a simpler method. There is a program called DOSBox which is intended to run really old legacy games. It works perfectly with ITrack, and makes a much smaller footprint on your machine. http://www.dosbox.com/ Even though I have the virtual XP machine, I prefer to use the DOSbox version. With a little obvious tweaking of the configuration, it will come up as before. 73s, Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Scott Smith Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 11:11 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack and windows 7 Hi folks, just updated one of my computers to windows 7. Does InstantTrack work with this version of windows?. Have no problem on my other computers using windows XP. Any help appreciated . 73 de VE6ITV Scott ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32 rotor question
I'll take a shot at this: You can, by SatPC32 settings, limit the movement to 90 deg elevation. That will prevent what many of us call 180 flip mode or some variant. Now to limit to 85 deg?? I bet if you use a setting of either time interval (increase it...) or Position change (increase it) you'll end skipping most of the 85-90 operations, most of the time... Is it absolute? Probably not. Now, if the controller is configured to only go to 85 deg, I suspect it would ignore any values above 85...so just rely on the hardware/controller and not SatPC32. Best I can offer up... 73, Mark N8MH On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH kb1...@gmail.com wrote: I had this question posted to me, and I can't seem to figure out if it is possible. .I want my rotator to stop at about 85 Deg elevation and not go to 90 , 100 , 110 etc etc but to rotate on its asmith by 180 deg and then start to drop elevation from 85 Deg.. I know that the rotor interface unit, ERC can be limited via it's service tool software, but I wasn't sure how SatPC32 would react to the interface unit limiting it. Dave - KB1PVH ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation
Interesting question, Vince...am sure someone on here will be able to answer it. I know at one time the civilian population was restricted from the most accurate location, and as I also remember the military accuracy was within a centimeter if several observations were taken...Nice to see your smiling face on here, my friend... Anyone? 73 Dave I have an old GPS unit, a Magellan explorist 210. It's fairly accurate determining position. After it has acquired about eight to ten satellites the position error averages between 20 to 35 feet. Now the question, the other day I was looking at one of the information pages the unit can display and on it, it gives the time in UTC. Just for fun I thought I would see how close the time was to WWV. I was surprised to see the unit was between one to four seconds off over various tests compared to WWV. IS this typical of all GPS units or do some display the time of day more accurately? KB7ADL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb 73, Dave, WB6LLO dguim...@san.rr.com Disagree: I learn Pulling for P3E... ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation
Well the most likely explanation would seem to be related to your GPS display routine. If you are getting accurate position information the timing from the satellites must be within a few nanoseconds. The satellite time currently differs from UTC by plus 15 seconds because UTC is retarded by one leap second on a regular basis but the satellite time is not altered. The satellites broadcast this offset from UTC but only every 12.5 minutes. It is not unusual for a GPS display to have a relatively low priority compared to the intensive position calculations and give a time display that differs by a second or two from UTC. 73 Alan ZL2BX -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Dave Guimont Sent: Thursday, 2 February 2012 18:29 To: Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation Interesting question, Vince...am sure someone on here will be able to answer it. I know at one time the civilian population was restricted from the most accurate location, and as I also remember the military accuracy was within a centimeter if several observations were taken...Nice to see your smiling face on here, my friend... Anyone? 73 Dave I have an old GPS unit, a Magellan explorist 210. It's fairly accurate determining position. After it has acquired about eight to ten satellites the position error averages between 20 to 35 feet. Now the question, the other day I was looking at one of the information pages the unit can display and on it, it gives the time in UTC. Just for fun I thought I would see how close the time was to WWV. I was surprised to see the unit was between one to four seconds off over various tests compared to WWV. IS this typical of all GPS units or do some display the time of day more accurately? KB7ADL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb 73, Dave, WB6LLO dguim...@san.rr.com Disagree: I learn Pulling for P3E... ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation
I think this has something to do with GPS Time vs Earth Time. IIRC, GPS time doesn't take into account the Leap Seconds that have been added to Earth time since the first GPS satellites have been launched. I think some of the newer receivers can compensate for this, but I'm not sure. It's been about 14 years since I last worked in the GPS industry, and I'm a bit rusty on all the new stuff! 73, Jim KQ6EA On 02/02/2012 04:57 PM, George and Cheryl Abbott wrote: I'm not sure about GPS,but I have noticed that the clock on our cable box is off by up to 4 seconds at times.Customer service was not aware or concerned when I let them know. -Original Message- From: Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:28 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] GPS Time observation I have an old GPS unit, a Magellan explorist 210. It's fairly accurate determining position. After it has acquired about eight to ten satellites the position error averages between 20 to 35 feet. Now the question, the other day I was looking at one of the information pages the unit can display and on it, it gives the time in UTC. Just for fun I thought I would see how close the time was to WWV. I was surprised to see the unit was between one to four seconds off over various tests compared to WWV. IS this typical of all GPS units or do some display the time of day more accurately? KB7ADL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation
The difference between GPS time and UTC is adjusted as necessary. The adjustments come in the form of leap seconds and are added when needed at the end of June or December. The difference between GPS time and UTC is currently 15 seconds. There will be a leap second added this coming June 30. What is being seen is the casual user GPS receiver software does not put a high priority on time display. John WA4WDL -- From: Jim Jerzycke kq...@verizon.net Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 3:18 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation I think this has something to do with GPS Time vs Earth Time. IIRC, GPS time doesn't take into account the Leap Seconds that have been added to Earth time since the first GPS satellites have been launched. I think some of the newer receivers can compensate for this, but I'm not sure. It's been about 14 years since I last worked in the GPS industry, and I'm a bit rusty on all the new stuff! 73, Jim KQ6EA On 02/02/2012 04:57 PM, George and Cheryl Abbott wrote: I'm not sure about GPS,but I have noticed that the clock on our cable box is off by up to 4 seconds at times.Customer service was not aware or concerned when I let them know. -Original Message- From: Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:28 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] GPS Time observation I have an old GPS unit, a Magellan explorist 210. It's fairly accurate determining position. After it has acquired about eight to ten satellites the position error averages between 20 to 35 feet. Now the question, the other day I was looking at one of the information pages the unit can display and on it, it gives the time in UTC. Just for fun I thought I would see how close the time was to WWV. I was surprised to see the unit was between one to four seconds off over various tests compared to WWV. IS this typical of all GPS units or do some display the time of day more accurately? KB7ADL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation
Ahhh, yes. UTC. That's what I meant by Earth Time. Need...more...coffee... 73, Jim On 02/02/2012 08:44 PM, jmfranke wrote: The difference between GPS time and UTC is adjusted as necessary. The adjustments come in the form of leap seconds and are added when needed at the end of June or December. The difference between GPS time and UTC is currently 15 seconds. There will be a leap second added this coming June 30. What is being seen is the casual user GPS receiver software does not put a high priority on time display. John WA4WDL -- From: Jim Jerzycke kq...@verizon.net Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 3:18 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation I think this has something to do with GPS Time vs Earth Time. IIRC, GPS time doesn't take into account the Leap Seconds that have been added to Earth time since the first GPS satellites have been launched. I think some of the newer receivers can compensate for this, but I'm not sure. It's been about 14 years since I last worked in the GPS industry, and I'm a bit rusty on all the new stuff! 73, Jim KQ6EA On 02/02/2012 04:57 PM, George and Cheryl Abbott wrote: I'm not sure about GPS,but I have noticed that the clock on our cable box is off by up to 4 seconds at times.Customer service was not aware or concerned when I let them know. -Original Message- From: Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:28 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] GPS Time observation I have an old GPS unit, a Magellan explorist 210. It's fairly accurate determining position. After it has acquired about eight to ten satellites the position error averages between 20 to 35 feet. Now the question, the other day I was looking at one of the information pages the unit can display and on it, it gives the time in UTC. Just for fun I thought I would see how close the time was to WWV. I was surprised to see the unit was between one to four seconds off over various tests compared to WWV. IS this typical of all GPS units or do some display the time of day more accurately? KB7ADL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] HudsonValleySatcomGroupNetTonight@8PMOnEcholink N2EYH-L OR MtBeacon Repeater 146.970pl100
Please join us for the Net tonight Feb 02 on Echolink N2EYH-L @ 8PM.All the cool people will be there.73 de WA2AQH Garty/KC2DTQ Tom ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] re instanttrack and windows 7
Thanks to Bruce and Alan i now have InstantTrack working on my windows 7 computer appreciate the help guys have a great day. 73 de VE6ITV Scott ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: InstantTrack and windows 7
At 04:39 AM 2/3/2012, Bruce wrote: yes, download a program called dosbox. you can then run the old dos programs. http://www.dosbox.com/ That's the one I was trying to think of. :) 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation
At 10:28 AM 2/2/2012 -0800, Dave Guimont dguim...@san.rr.com wrote: Interesting question, Vince...am sure someone on here will be able to answer it. I know at one time the civilian population was restricted from the most accurate location, and as I also remember the military accuracy was within a centimeter if several observations were taken...Nice to see your smiling face on here, my friend... Anyone? 73 Dave Hello again my friend, Nice to see you around too. I used the military units when I was in the army. The units could be loaded with crypto to remove the selective availability skew. That was back in the 90's. 73 KB7ADL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation
At 11:57 AM 2/2/2012 -0500, George and Cheryl Abbott ka1...@cox.net wrote: I'm not sure about GPS,but I have noticed that the clock on our cable box is off by up to 4 seconds at times.Customer service was not aware or concerned when I let them know. Well the clock on my VCR constantly flashes 12:00. ;-) KB7ADL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation
At 03:44 PM 2/2/2012 -0500, you wrote: The difference between GPS time and UTC is adjusted as necessary. The adjustments come in the form of leap seconds and are added when needed at the end of June or December. The difference between GPS time and UTC is currently 15 seconds. There will be a leap second added this coming June 30. What is being seen is the casual user GPS receiver software does not put a high priority on time display. John WA4WDL -- From: Jim Jerzycke kq...@verizon.net Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 3:18 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation I think this has something to do with GPS Time vs Earth Time. IIRC, GPS time doesn't take into account the Leap Seconds that have been added to Earth time since the first GPS satellites have been launched. I think some of the newer receivers can compensate for this, but I'm not sure. It's been about 14 years since I last worked in the GPS industry, and I'm a bit rusty on all the new stuff! 73, Jim KQ6EA On 02/02/2012 04:57 PM, George and Cheryl Abbott wrote: I'm not sure about GPS,but I have noticed that the clock on our cable box is off by up to 4 seconds at times.Customer service was not aware or concerned when I let them know. Thanks everyone for educating me on GPS. I wasn't concerned that it didn't display the exact time, but I was kind of curious as to why it didn't. 73 KB7ADL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: InstantTrack and windows 7
One of the really impressive things I've been able to do with the virtual WinXP under Win7---running old DOS programs that use hardware comm ports 1 or 2 with TNCs! It works wonderfully. (Seems like I tried it with DOSBOX without any luck...) Mark N8MH At 11:42 AM 2/2/2012 -0600, Alan P. Biddle wrote: Scott, No problem, unless you want to run it in full screen or graphics mode. WIN7 does not fully support DOS programs in full screen mode. However, there are a couple of ways around that. You can run it in a virtual XP machine. I have WIN7 Pro, and it is a free download. However, there is a simpler method. There is a program called DOSBox which is intended to run really old legacy games. It works perfectly with ITrack, and makes a much smaller footprint on your machine. http://www.dosbox.com/ Even though I have the virtual XP machine, I prefer to use the DOSbox version. With a little obvious tweaking of the configuration, it will come up as before. 73s, Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Scott Smith Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 11:11 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack and windows 7 Hi folks, just updated one of my computers to windows 7. Does InstantTrack work with this version of windows?. Have no problem on my other computers using windows XP. Any help appreciated . 73 de VE6ITV Scott ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] USB Rotor Controller - $17.40
Someone might find this interesting. http://www.tomdoyle.org/CheapRotorController/ 73 W9KE Tom Doyle ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Fw: New version - Masat Ground station Client software
The new verion has a bug and the below error is shown the bat file is executed. Unable to access jar file2010-gndcclient-java3.jar Java needs to be started manually, double click on the jar file or runjava -jar GNDClient.jar. The final version will be available next week from the MASAT Team. Regards Nitin [VU3TYG] - Original Message From: Tibor Mezei me...@cubesat.bme.hu To: vu3...@amsatindia.org vu3...@amsatindia.org Subject: Re: Masat Ground station Client software Date: 01/02/12 19:41 Hello,Sorry, we forget to update the bat, and sh file-s.So you have to double click on the jar file or runjava -jar GNDClient.jarWe collect the bugs to release the final version next week. Thanks for your report. Regards, Tibor MezeiAm 2. Februar 2012 17:06 schrieb Nitin Muttin lt;vu3...@amsatindia.orggt;: Hello Tibor, I installed the new version but the software does not execute, attached is the error. I am using Winxp with service pack 3. 73 Nitin [VU3TYG] -Original Message- From: zeme...@gmail.com [mailto:zeme...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Tibor Mezei Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 6:03 AM To: Nitin Muttin [VU3TYG] Subject: Re: Masat Ground station Client software Dear Nitin, the newest version of the MASAT-1 client software is available on our website: http://cubesat.bme.hu/en/foldi-allomas/kliens-szoftver/ Regards, Tibor ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] CHIBIS-M
Gentlemen, Anyone heard CHIBIS-M at all today? I have listened on three pass today, but heard nothing. David David G. Hopkins (VK4ZF) CAPALABA QLD AUSTRALIA 27.32.38S 153.12.03E QG62OL Skype :- davhop ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
