[amsat-bb] Freq at satellite
Running 12.8.B after many months and now I cannot remember how to get the boxes under UPlink and DOWNline to show the frequency “AT THE SATELLITE”. I seem to remember seeing it in one of the boxes above the Earth window. Thanks for the help. ___ 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 - Freq at satellite
I left out one little detail... I have SatPC32 12.8.B running and I would like to change the freq display to show frequency at satellite. ___ 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 - Freq at satellite
John, I don't remember whether that is in 12.8B, but look at the Mode command. If it is not there, it is definitely in 12.8C, a free and easy update. 73s, Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of John / NS1Z Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 7:08 AM To: amsat-bb Subject: [amsat-bb] SATPC32 - Freq at satellite I left out one little detail... I have SatPC32 12.8.B running and I would like to change the freq display to show frequency at satellite. ___ 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 - Freq at satellite
John NS1Z, Click on MODE Then select radio button for Freq. at Satellite 73 Rolf NR0T Grid EN34 Amsat #38889 On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 7:07 AM, John / NS1Z ns1zj...@gmail.com wrote: I left out one little detail... I have SatPC32 12.8.B running and I would like to change the freq display to show frequency at satellite. ___ 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] G5500 el rotor
GM-has anyone had any experience installing the position potentiometer in the elevation rotor. Reason- they changed the type of pot, it no longer has that wire coming out the back, and the alignment key must be cut off to make it fit. I could spend may hours figuring this out but hoping the collective knowledge of this group has some good advice. I have the replacement pot, I could just send the basket case rotor to Yaesu. I'd like to try to avoid that. As always--thankyou 73 Bob W7LRD ___ 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] Lessons I learned the hard way
When I was a young engineer working for Motorola Communication Division in Chicago I recall a meeting where the engineers met with upper level management on the release to production of a UHF mobile radio. Each engineer had some additional tests they wanted to perform before it was released to production and out of our hands. After listening to our concerns for a fairly long time he said - If it was up to you engineers we would never release anything to production and we would have nothing to sell and we would not have any money to pay you with. Never forgot that. Any engineer worthy of his salt is never 100% sure about anything that is going into an environment they can not control. The problem comes in when there is suddenly more time to do additional testing and the time is used to try out fun exciting new things rather than the much less interesting and often boring testing and refining the existing product. I do hope the hard working FOX crew takes advantage of the time they have been given to make sure everything is right with the good work they have done rather than trying out some new fun interesting things that could wind up flying without adequate testing. We need something that works not necessarily the latest trendy technology gadget. I have seen this happen with unpleasant results in other non-AMSAT projects. In any event thanks to the Fox crew for their hard work. 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] FIREBIRD over Brazil
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/firebird.htm FIREBIRD FIREBIRD-A por PY4ZBZ em 12-05-2014 Em 12-05-2014 na orbita #2307 copiamos pela primeira vez o FIREBIRD-A. Em 437,405 MHz a 1... View on www.qsl.net Preview by Yahoo 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ GH70un ___ 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] FUNcube Warehouse Outage during Europe pass
I had to check some processing under high load and do a swap of the data processor during the pass. Apologies for any inconvenience. 73 Dave ___ 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] Update 12.8.B tp 12.8.C
I guess I am alittle blind. Have been to AMSAT UK, NA and DL – can’t seem to find 12.8.c upgrade program. Would someone send me the update URL? Thanks. ___ 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: Lessons I learned the hard way
A number of companies, in which upper management have been engineers, suffer from the fact that most engineers are not completely satisfied when products are released. When I went to work for the Collins Radio Company, right out of college at the new corporate headquarters in Richardson, Texas, Art Collins had a very bad habit of coming up with minor production changes to equipment being manufactured and insisting that these changes be made before the equipment shipped to the customer. Then, before all those changes had been made, he would come up with still other changes. This caused no equipment being shipped and, therefore, no income to the company. To get around Art's changes, every division had an Art project to keep him occupied and away from equipment that was really intended to ship to customers. The Art project items were never intended to ship. But, by keeping him away from the real production, equipment was being shipped and there was income to the company. Glen, K9STH Website: http://k9sth.com On Monday, May 12, 2014 11:57 AM, Thomas Doyle tomdoyle1...@gmail.com wrote: When I was a young engineer working for Motorola Communication Division in Chicago I recall a meeting where the engineers met with upper level management on the release to production of a UHF mobile radio. Each engineer had some additional tests they wanted to perform before it was released to production and out of our hands. After listening to our concerns for a fairly long time he said - If it was up to you engineers we would never release anything to production and we would have nothing to sell and we would not have any money to pay you with. Never forgot that. Any engineer worthy of his salt is never 100% sure about anything that is going into an environment they can not control. The problem comes in when there is suddenly more time to do additional testing and the time is used to try out fun exciting new things rather than the much less interesting and often boring testing and refining the existing product. I do hope the hard working FOX crew takes advantage of the time they have been given to make sure everything is right with the good work they have done rather than trying out some new fun interesting things that could wind up flying without adequate testing. We need something that works not necessarily the latest trendy technology gadget. I have seen this happen with unpleasant results in other non-AMSAT projects. In any event thanks to the Fox crew for their hard work. 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 ___ 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: Update 12.8.B tp 12.8.C
www.dk1tb.de 73 Rolf NR0T Amsat #38889 On May 12, 2014 6:07 PM, John / NS1Z ns1zj...@gmail.com wrote: I guess I am alittle blind. Have been to AMSAT UK, NA and DL – can’t seem to find 12.8.c upgrade program. Would someone send me the update URL? Thanks. ___ 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: Update 12.8.B tp 12.8.C
John, It's right here http://www.dk1tb.de/downloadeng.htm Dave-KB1PVH On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 6:32 PM, John / NS1Z ns1zj...@gmail.com wrote: I guess I am alittle blind. Have been to AMSAT UK, NA and DL – can’t seem to find 12.8.c upgrade program. Would someone send me the update URL? Thanks. ___ 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: Lessons I learned the hard way
Good story, Glen ...the days when American industry actually 'made things' Must have been a fun place to work 73, Ted K7TRK -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Glen Zook Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 3:49 PM To: Thomas Doyle; AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Lessons I learned the hard way A number of companies, in which upper management have been engineers, suffer from the fact that most engineers are not completely satisfied when products are released. When I went to work for the Collins Radio Company, right out of college at the new corporate headquarters in Richardson, Texas, Art Collins had a very bad habit of coming up with minor production changes to equipment being manufactured and insisting that these changes be made before the equipment shipped to the customer. Then, before all those changes had been made, he would come up with still other changes. This caused no equipment being shipped and, therefore, no income to the company. To get around Art's changes, every division had an Art project to keep him occupied and away from equipment that was really intended to ship to customers. The Art project items were never intended to ship. But, by keeping him away from the real production, equipment was being shipped and there was income to the company. Glen, K9STH Website: http://k9sth.com On Monday, May 12, 2014 11:57 AM, Thomas Doyle tomdoyle1...@gmail.com wrote: When I was a young engineer working for Motorola Communication Division in Chicago I recall a meeting where the engineers met with upper level management on the release to production of a UHF mobile radio. Each engineer had some additional tests they wanted to perform before it was released to production and out of our hands. After listening to our concerns for a fairly long time he said - If it was up to you engineers we would never release anything to production and we would have nothing to sell and we would not have any money to pay you with. Never forgot that. Any engineer worthy of his salt is never 100% sure about anything that is going into an environment they can not control. The problem comes in when there is suddenly more time to do additional testing and the time is used to try out fun exciting new things rather than the much less interesting and often boring testing and refining the existing product. I do hope the hard working FOX crew takes advantage of the time they have been given to make sure everything is right with the good work they have done rather than trying out some new fun interesting things that could wind up flying without adequate testing. We need something that works not necessarily the latest trendy technology gadget. I have seen this happen with unpleasant results in other non-AMSAT projects. In any event thanks to the Fox crew for their hard work. 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 ___ 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: Update 12.8.B tp 12.8.C
http://www.dk1tb.de/indexeng.htm On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:32 PM, John / NS1Z ns1zj...@gmail.com wrote: I guess I am alittle blind. Have been to AMSAT UK, NA and DL – can’t seem to find 12.8.c upgrade program. Would someone send me the update URL? Thanks. ___ 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] DMARC bounces
Ever sinds yahoo.com has changed their DMARC setting to p=reject a lot of mailing list including this one have been having problems. In short the setting yahoo.com changed causes a lot of mail servers to send a bounce message when they recieve an email from a yahoo.com user trough a mailing list. This in return results in not only lost messages but also mailing list putting users on hold for the bounce message thinking the email adress is nolonger able to recieve the emails. A quick fix for this is to stop using yahoo.com email adresses to send messages on mailing list like this one that use mailman. 73 de Andre PE1RDW ___ 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: FOX News
John AG9D wrote: The way I read it was that with Tonys passing and the appointment of new team leadership, it gives additional time to check and double check. The launch delay has no connection with Tony's passing, it is due to the US Government juggling the launch sequence of the primary payloads. W9KE Tom Doyle wrote: The problem comes in when there is suddenly more time to do additional testing and the time is used to try out fun exciting new things rather than the much less interesting and often boring testing and refining the existing product. I do hope the hard working FOX crew takes advantage of the time they have been given to make sure everything is right with the good work they have done rather than trying out some new fun interesting things that could wind up flying without adequate testing. The first order of business for the FOX team is to deliver the first satellite to the launch authority on time. It is way too late to be making any substantial changes to the FOX-1 satellite unless testing uncovers a serious design flaw. There will be time for new, fun and interesting things on the next satellite in the series. The overall intention is to build and launch an ongoing series of FOX satellites any time a launch slot becomes available, with each one being a little better, more fun and interesting, than the previous one. 73, Dan Schultz N8FGV ___ 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: DMARC bounces
The problem is actually a bit larger than just yahoo addresses, it seems to be any domain that yahoo actually hosts. It seems the problem is caused by the listserver not sending emails as itself, but instead it sends email as the user that sent the email, but from a different server than the original sender. That is what yahoo servers detect and reject based on my reading of their info at http://postmaster.yahoo.com/errors/postmaster-28.html ___ 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: DMARC bounces
Thanks for the note, Andre. Unfortunately, the various options we have at our disposal to deal with the new policies at Gmail, AOL and Yahoo are somewhat problematic. See http://wiki.list.org/display/DEV/DMARC -Joe KM1P ___ 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 and auto select
I have been playing around with my USB Dongle and attempting to get a automated weather satellite operation automated, I see there is the option to allow for automatic satellite selection, But for some reason I can not get it to function, I still have to manually click on the satellite listing at the bottom right of screen to get my software to switch to that sat. Here is a run down of all software I am trying to use. SDR Sharp DDE Tracking client installed and operational Sat PC32 v 12.8b WXtoImg ver 2.10.11 Ultimately I would like to have satpc32 setup with just the 3 operational weather satellites, and have the software track the satellite as it comes into view with out any or much intervention on my part. But as it stands now I still have to manually select the sat as it comes over head. even though I have auto select check marked and multiple satellites also... If you have done this I would love to hear from you on or off the lest... Regards, Marc Tessier - VE3TES ___ 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: [Bod] FOX News
Barry mentioned (originally in his March/April Apogee View column in the AMSAT Journal and later relayed via an AMSAT News Service bulletin) that: ... it also means that we have more time to complete and test the spacecraft prior to delivery to SRI. In the overall scheme of things, it allows AMSAT to have greater confidence in the delivery of a thoroughly tested spacecraft by taking more time to allow for unforeseen contingencies and to do the ground testing. Clint seems worried and sent a divisive opinion that: You mean we were going to launch a project that was NOT already thoroughly tested? ... but this paragraph plainly states that AMSAT might not have been able to provide a stable satellite to the launch site on time anyway. It states that AMSAT might not be as confident with a 2014 launch as they will be for a 2015 launch. What was written states that the satellite is not ready for a 2014 launch. Nowhere in the NRO discussion of candidate payloads scheduling for GRACE/L-55 or the ULTRASAT/AFSPC-5 missions did Barry suggest we cannot finish building or testing to be ready. Rather, having more time means more opportunities for testing rather than simply placing the satellite on the shelf. One AMSAT member noted about getting ready for first-flight on a new aircraft, We ran tests until the engines lit up and they rolled down the runway. It is in this spirit that Barry's observation needs to be understood. It is important to note: Fox-1 is actually manifested on a launch as Barry states. We are not hoping to find a rocket for Fox-1. We are already chosen. This seats AMSAT as a member of the launch team with the other payloads. This is why AMSAT receives specific launch scheduling information. AMSAT Vice President Engineering, Jerry Buxton, N0JY is our representative and receives direct input from the USAF and NASA regarding flight schedules and vehicle requirements. This information has been shared with AMSAT members when key facts are firmed up. This also means that the launch cost for Fox-1 will be paid for by NASA once we deliver the satellite by the stipulated deadline. Keeping our members and supporters in the loop with verifiable dates and data is the spirit in which this information is shared. Unfortunately some envision an opportunity to scheme an attack by not including the complete context of the discussion. In the aerospace industry key milestones to ensure delivery of stable systems that meet design requirements are documented in the form of design reviews and flight readiness reviews. AMSAT is following the same review process. The launch schedule changes by the National Reconnaissance Office - Office of Space Launch means that we have new dates that we have to meet their review and integration requirements. This has been shared openly with our members and supporters. AMSAT VP-Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY will be a speaker at the AMSAT Forum at this weekend's Hamvention and will discuss the status of Fox-1, the engineering timeline, launch schedule, and provide some thoughts on the development of the Fox-2 class satellites. The AMSAT Forum is scheduled to take place in Forum Room 5 on Saturday from 1115-1330. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9...@amsat.org Editor, AMSAT Journal ___ 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: FOX News
I did not mean to be hostile, JoAnne. I was just alarmed when I saw the statement ... ... it also means that we have more time to complete and test the spacecraft prior to delivery ... ... and read it literally. The wording is such that an English major would see it as describing an incomplete, not-thoroughly tested project was being discussed. I think we have to agree that the wording of that statement is, well, subject to different interpretations - and could/should have been better edited. Clint ___ 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
