[amsat-bb] SatPC32

2010-04-15 Thread Roger Swickis
Dear Folks, I am attempting to get myself back on the satellites and am having some problems with SatPC32. Although WinAOS gives me accurate satellite position data, SatPC32 does not. Furthermore satellite AOS/LOS data is different between the two programs, sometimes by a half an hour. I

[amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32

2010-04-15 Thread Mark L. Hammond
Hi Roger, Some things to remember and then check: nearly each program in SatPC32 requires you to enter your lat/long (or grid square and it will calculate lat/long) and desired time zone. Also, be sure that each program is referring to the same Keplarian data (also in the setup). So--when I

[amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32

2010-04-15 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Roger, As Mark said, it is probably either a QTH or a KEPS issue. Most likely QTH, since by default they look at the same keps. I keep ITrack around to break the tie whenever there is a discrepancy with other programs. That tells me where to look for the glitch. While not as detailed, the

[amsat-bb] Re: Circular polarisation question

2010-04-15 Thread i8cvs
- Original Message - From: Phil phil...@telstra.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 1:19 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Circular polarisation question Thank you for reading this. Ten years ago I built a pair of circular polarised aerials primarily for satellite use. The

[amsat-bb] Re: Circular polarisation question

2010-04-15 Thread i8cvs
- Original Message - From: Phil phil...@telstra.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 1:19 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Circular polarisation question Thank you for reading this. Ten years ago I built a pair of circular polarised aerials primarily for satellite use. The

[amsat-bb] Re: Arecibo

2010-04-15 Thread Edward Cole
At 08:23 AM 4/15/2010, Bob- W7LRD wrote: Hello Should I be so lucky as to connect with Arecib o this weekend, what is the proper protocol for a QSO? 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author.

[amsat-bb] Re: Arecibo

2010-04-15 Thread MM
FYI, If you leave near some Military locations in the USA You will have 50 watt PEP limitation. The satellite mode of 611 ERP only applies to 435-438mc and not the eme segment of 432 If you are out side of a military zone, then normal power rules apply. ยง97.313 Transmitter power standards.

[amsat-bb] 50 ohm antenna matcher

2010-04-15 Thread Dave Guimont
There was a request on here several days ago for a 50 ohm antenna matcher, and by the time I found the file, I accidentally deleted the request... An inexpensive homebrew one can be found here: http://cid-1973adc8c1d3207c.skydrive.live.com/summary.aspx?sa=140581470 See

[amsat-bb] Re: Most hams in space at one time??

2010-04-15 Thread tosca005
Well, I'm so busy at work that I have not been able to keep up with the news like I used to, but I seem to recall that the folks up there in space are kept awfully busy with scheduled activities, and that if that wasn't bad enough, they were talking about adding another EVA to fix a stuck valve

[amsat-bb] Arecibo, Sun Moon

2010-04-15 Thread Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL
I noticed the moon is fairly close to the sun in the sky. There may be some solar noise, but I don't know how much noise the sun generates at 432. KB7ADL ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA

[amsat-bb] Re: Arecibo and circular polarization using cheap yagis

2010-04-15 Thread Edward Cole
At 12:16 PM 4/15/2010, Douglas Quagliana wrote: I heard Arecibo would be using circular polarization, but I haven't heard if it will be left or right-handed circular polarization. I also heard that there's a way to do circular polarization with the popular cheap yagis. Apparently the details are

[amsat-bb] Re: usb to serial adapter woes

2010-04-15 Thread Larry Gerhardstein
Jim, et. al., Thanks for the advice. However, after installing the USA-49WG and driver install for Windows 7 with help from Tripp Lite technical support, my system still does the same thing. I plug the serial cables to both rotor and transceiver digital interfaces and then to the 49WG and