[amsat-bb] ISS HAM TV Downlink Active 2395Mhz

2014-07-22 Thread Daniel Cussen
HAM video Blank Transmission from the ISS was activated again today Tuesday July 22 at 9:55 UTC, which is 11:55 CEST. It will be switched off again on August 6th so make the most of the chance to receive and test equipment. The Ham Video transmitter will stay on in Configuration 4 till August 6:

[amsat-bb] To Flip or Not to Flip

2014-06-27 Thread Daniel Cussen
To Flip or Not to Flip Ok, my setup has flip capability. It also has azimuth of 1.5 turns (540 degrees), So flip is not essential for end stops as the rotator neither stops at North nor South The rotator controller software only works in WiSPDDE but this can use many different tracking software

Re: [amsat-bb] Obtaining G/T of the satellite Ground Station.

2014-06-05 Thread Daniel Cussen
The Software Orbitron, allows Sun tracking as an option, assuming your rotator system is compatable with this software. Rather than tracking a satellite you can change it to track the sun/moon, in the settings page It connects via WiSPDDE software to the rotator system. You then need a way of