[amsat-bb] CHIBIS-M

2012-02-02 Thread David Hopkins
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 expre

[amsat-bb] Fw: New version - Masat Ground station Client software

2012-02-02 Thread Nitin Muttin
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.

[amsat-bb] USB Rotor Controller - $17.40

2012-02-02 Thread Thomas Doyle
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!

[amsat-bb] Re: InstantTrack and windows 7

2012-02-02 Thread Mark L. Hammond
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.

[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation

2012-02-02 Thread Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL
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 le

[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation

2012-02-02 Thread Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL
At 11:57 AM 2/2/2012 -0500, "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. Well the clock on my VCR constantly flashes 12:00. ;-)

[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation

2012-02-02 Thread Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL
At 10:28 AM 2/2/2012 -0800, Dave Guimont 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 se

[amsat-bb] Re: InstantTrack and windows 7

2012-02-02 Thread Tony Langdon
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.

[amsat-bb] re instanttrack and windows 7

2012-02-02 Thread Scott Smith
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 no

[amsat-bb] HudsonValleySatcomGroupNetTonight@8PMOnEcholink N2EYH-L OR MtBeacon Repeater 146.970pl100

2012-02-02 Thread cotejaune2
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 t

[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation

2012-02-02 Thread Jim Jerzycke
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

[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation

2012-02-02 Thread jmfranke
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. Wh

[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation

2012-02-02 Thread Jim Jerzycke
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

[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation

2012-02-02 Thread Alan Cresswell
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

[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation

2012-02-02 Thread Dave Guimont
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

[amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32 rotor question

2012-02-02 Thread Mark L. Hammond
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) yo

[amsat-bb] Re: InstantTrack and windows 7

2012-02-02 Thread Alan P. Biddle
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

[amsat-bb] Re: InstantTrack and windows 7

2012-02-02 Thread Bruce
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 c

[amsat-bb] SatPC32 rotor question

2012-02-02 Thread Dave Webb KB1PVH
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 u

[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation

2012-02-02 Thread jmfranke
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 presentat

[amsat-bb] InstantTrack and windows 7

2012-02-02 Thread Scott Smith
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

[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation

2012-02-02 Thread George and Cheryl Abbott
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.or

[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation

2012-02-02 Thread WA6FWF
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 thr

[amsat-bb] FW: New version - Masat Ground station Client software

2012-02-02 Thread Nitin Muttin
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 Mutt

[amsat-bb] GPS Time observation

2012-02-02 Thread Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL
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 dis

[amsat-bb] All ARISSat-1 Keps

2012-02-02 Thread Joseph Armbruster
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 J