[amsat-bb] Re: Keps (MacDoppler)
Dino, Look at the kepler.dat file in the Finder. It resides in the MacDoppler data folder. You can look at the modified date in the Finder, or open the file in TextEdit... the date should show at the top of the opened document. The above instructions are for MacDopplerPro_X2.9.3. If you are using a different version, you could possibly find the kepler.dat file in another location. Bill N5AB On May 8, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Dino Papas wrote: Can another MacDoppler user verify that they were able/not able to download the Keps after this issue came up? I THINK mine did not but wasn’t paying enough attention to the voice announcement from MD that any data was actually updated. Dino KL0S ___ 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] Anyone using a Fox-Delta ST-1 (USB) with MacDoppler?
I'm thinking of retiring my Endeavour rotor control interface for something newer. Is anyone using a Fox-Delta ST-1 (USB) with MacDoppler on an iMac? I know that MacDoppler and the ST-1 are supposed to support the EasyCom protocol, but I'd like to know if anyone out there is actually using this combination. thanks, Bill N5AB ___ 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: Revisiting LOTW satellite requirements
Tom, Here's the link. Scroll down a bit for Sat specifics... http://www.arrl.org/files/file/LoTW%2520Instructions/N5JB.pdf N5AB On Apr 19, 2011, at 6:48 PM, Tom Workman wrote: I've decided to give Logbook of the World (LOTW) another try. I keep losing my passwords and have to start over. Maybe I'll write them down this time :-) When I tried uploading a couple of my satellite QSOs as a test LOTW says that the MODE field is invalid. I had entered SAT. I know this has been discussed in recent months here but I couldn't find that discusssion in looking at the archives. Would someone put me on the right track as to what fields are required for a satellite QSO to be considered valid by LOTW? Thanks. Tom - KØTW ___ 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: Subject: Re: Verticals Such on SSB Birds
Sand it to shiny copper and lay on some paste flux. Even then, you'll need a lot of heat. Make sure the solder flows on, and not just globs on. I have not built a Moxon but I have dealt with soldering heavy wire. Let us know how they work out for you, after they're up. Bill N5AB On Apr 16, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Richard Lawn wrote: I too am always looking for ideas as I get older and know downsizing is sooner rather than later forcing me to move and shed my M2 rotatable pair. I've been slowly working on building double Moxon's for 440 and 2 meters both using #6 copper wire and trying to measure very carefully. Another list serve participant suggested I tried these as they have worked well for him and better than other stationary antennas he has tried. Next up for me when I have time is to try your Quadrifilars and I have another article or two on construction suggestions. My one big question is how did you get the #6 wire to solder? I use a gun and inevitably the joint breaks. What's your secret? Torch? Rick W2JAZ ___ 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: LOTW format
Pete, as I understand it, there are two important lines in the .adi file which must be included for LOTW to recognize it as a sat contact... examples are shown below: Propagation Mode: PROP_MODE:3SAT Satellite Name: SAT_NAME:4AO-7 I've found that some logging software does _not_ have these two items available as fill in boxes, although I believe you can edit the .adi file manually to add these lines. See the link below for all the details. I hope I read your question correctly and this will be helpful to you. http://www.arrl.org/files/file/LoTW%2520Instructions/N5JB.pdf Bill N5AB On Jan 12, 2011, at 10:54 AM, Peter Portanova wrote: Hello, I don't use LOTW for Satellite logging, however I logged quite a few contacts, thank you, during HRU, Sunday. I would like to upload the file to LoTW however I would like to know the exact header for the adi files so the SAT contacts will be properly added to LoTW and eQSL, thank you. 73- Pete WB2OQQ www.massapequanyweather.com http://www.qrz.com/db/WB2OQQ? ___ Sent via amsat...@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...@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: M-Squared Eggbeater woes
George, I re-read your email and realized you were asking how the *fiberglass rod* connects to the balun case. The manual shows the balun case/support rod as one item, so I don't know how the rod is secured. My guess is that it's a force-fit into the delrin ring at the top of the balun. I can send you a scan of the manual, or some pictures of my eggbeater if that would help. The loops are secured with Allen screws at their bottom. They take a 3/32 Allen wrench to tighten them (I just checked this on my Eggbeater). You might want to make sure there's no ice in the hex hole, or the wrench won't get a good bite. Let me know if you need a copy of the manual and I'll email it. Bill N5AB On Dec 17, 2010, at 2:16 PM, George Henry wrote: From the ground, I can see that the fiberglass support rod for the loops on my 2-meter M2 Eggbeater has separated from the center housing, and the loops are now bobbing around in the wind. Before I even *think* about climbing up there to fix it or put something else in its place in the middle of a Chicago winter, can anyone provide any details on how the rod attaches to the housing? (photographs would be even better) It's been up there a while, and my memory of the construction has faded George, KA3HSW ___ Sent via amsat...@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...@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: M-Squared Eggbeater woes
George, The loops are secured with Allen screws at their bottom. They take a 3/32 Allen wrench to tighten them (I just checked this on my Eggbeater). You might want to make sure there's no ice in the hex hole, or the wrench won't get a good bite. Let me know if you need a copy of the manual and I'll email it. Bill N5AB On Dec 17, 2010, at 2:16 PM, George Henry wrote: From the ground, I can see that the fiberglass support rod for the loops on my 2-meter M2 Eggbeater has separated from the center housing, and the loops are now bobbing around in the wind. Before I even *think* about climbing up there to fix it or put something else in its place in the middle of a Chicago winter, can anyone provide any details on how the rod attaches to the housing? (photographs would be even better) It's been up there a while, and my memory of the construction has faded George, KA3HSW ___ Sent via amsat...@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...@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: SO-67
Jerry, I don't have an FT-60, I have an FT-50 and use what the owners manual calls VFO Duplex Mode. This allows one VFO to be on the xmit frequency and the other VFO to be on the receive frequency. I looked at the online owners manual for your FT-60 and did not see the VFO Duplex option mentioned, so you might want to set up memories for SO-67. Here is a link to K6LCS's page showing how he set memories for AO-51 on an FT-60: http://homepage.mac.com/clintbradford/.Public/satbr3.pdf Note that the freqs/tone shown for AO-51 are not correct for SO-67. You will have to plug in the correct frequencies yourself (don't forget the tone). Note that there are a number of freqs plugged into the memory locations to allow for Doppler. All that being said, I have not actually attempted operation through SO-67 (just listened). I just thought the information here might help get you started. Bill N5AB On Nov 15, 2009, at 6:40 AM, Jerry Felts wrote: How do I set my FT-60R up for SO-67?? Its only one freq isn't it? -- Jerry - NR5A - South Dakota http://nr5asstuff.blogspot.com/ http://nr5abeaconblog.blogspot.com/ ___ Sent via amsat...@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...@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] MIR sound clip
Here's a MIR clip I recorder years ago, using a cassette recorder with vox, hooked to a Radio Shack scanner. The file is named 8-25-99, but I'm not sure when the recording happened. http://web.mac.com/mrbillmac/Site/MIR_sound_file.html The file plays okay from the web page, on a Mac... haven't tried it on a PC yet. Bill Howell N5AB ___ Sent via amsat...@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: rotator questions
Joseph, Check out this page: http://www.thecompassstore.com/decvar.html# There's a link on that page to plug in your Zip code and figure declination, or you can use the handy map on the main page. For Austin, the magic number is 4 degrees. If I recall correctly (it's been a few years), I set the rotor control box to North, went up on the roof and rotated the *mast* until the ants pointed to magnetic north (using a compass). Note that the compass will read inaccurately if held near a metal mast. Then I rotated the mast a bit more so the ants were pointing about 4 degrees *West of magnetic North*. That's the way I remember doing it. Bill N5AB On Aug 12, 2009, at 10:28 AM, Joseph Armbruster wrote: Hey everyone at the amtat-bb! I spent a good portion of the day sick in bed yesterday and only naturally got to thinking about quite a few things. I figured i'd pop on here and start asking questions. Here's some background information on my sat experience; my rig consists of a TH-F6A (handheld, not full-duplex) and an arrow antenna. I have been successfull at manually trakcing the ISS and AO-51, but I have been unsuccessful at making a contact. I went out to field day (in Oviedo Florida) and was able to check out the rig the LMARS club uses. This got me wondering about sat tracking software, the internals and what definition of North that is used. I'm familiar with the IGRF (from my day job as a GIS guy) and was wondering if any of these apps use the IGRF for calculating magnetic declination: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/IAGA/vmod/igrf.html I've thought about creating my own rotator and started wondering about the configuration used. When you buy a rotator and put it out in the yard, i'm guessing you have to orient the base 'correctly'. How is the base of a rotator usually aligned? Do you get a compass out and use local magnetic north (without compensating for the declination from the IGRF). I'm still in learning mode and very new to the world of sat, so if these are really dumb questions, my apologies! I am open to any reading materials you can suggest on the matter. Joseph Armrbuster, KJ4JIO ___ Sent via amsat...@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...@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: controller and Rotator help
Myles, My antennas/rotor are disassembled right now, as we are trying to sell the house. When it was all together, I used an older version of MacDoppler Pro, a Mac G4 tower with a serial card, and an Endeavour Auto Tracker ( http://endeavour-usa.com/ autotracker.htm ) driving a Yaesu 5400 rotor. The system worked FB. Had I to do it over, I might not choose the Endeavour interface unit. It requires a serial port on the Mac, and I'm not sure if a serial-to USB converter would work right with it (an Imac, for instance, has no provision for a serial card). MacDoppler is an excellent program with great support. The 5400 was purchased used and has been up on my roof for a number of years with no problems. A friend of mine (who may not subscribe to this list) is using a Mac, MacDoppler and a Yaesu 5400. I will email him and see what he is using for an interface unit (I think his Mac is USB-only), and let you know. Bill Howell N5AB On Jul 4, 2009, at 8:12 PM, myles landstein wrote: Since no one has replied thought I might give it another try, while perhaps not many are familiar with MacDoppler software, I hope some would be with the hardware and wouldn't mind offering some help? thanks happy 4th On Jul 3, 2009, at 4:47 PM, myles landstein wrote: Hoping to get some real world advice from those that are using MacDoppler and a compatible Rotor /Controller set up as this will be my first time getting a rotator and controller. I wanted to solicit some advice on two fronts, the rotor controller basically for ease of use with MacDoppler and rotor reliability. My first thoughts were towards a Yaesu 5500 and maybe the PrimeTec controller or maybe the LVB tracker as it's less costly. I read a few reviews but not much was out there in general but especially on the PrimeTec... Anyone using the PrimeTec? What are you using as a controller? would appreciate any comparisons pro's cons tips tricks you might have My biggest concern really is the Rotator. I am in a situation such that after installation, getting back to the roof for repairs would be rather difficult. So i am trying to identify the 'best' small/moderate sized rotator (az/el) as possible /practical. Will be turning a small M2 2m and 440 circular pol beam Not really sure how reliable the 5500 is for long term use. so if there was a 'better' more reliable and or longer lasting rotor out there i'd strongly consider it The only thing I thought of as a alternative was the AlphaSpid but comparing reviews I seem to come out about the same between it and the 5500 -hoping some real world responses might help me break the 'tie' Since this is all new stuff and I am not finding the usual quality 'google' results /reviews (PrimeTec) I would greatly appreciate any help or experience /advice on this from someone that went down this road already and willing to share some first hand info on what they use. thanks very much grateful for any advice. Going to Dayton '10 It will get better with more support! Myles D Landstein N2EHG myles.landst...@gmail.com Myles Landstein myles.landst...@gmail.com please note my new email address dti will soon be eliminated , gmail is my new home update your dir ___ Sent via amsat...@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...@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
