[amsat-bb] Re: FunCube Dashboard under Wine?

2013-11-17 Thread David Giles
Hi Greg, I've installed it on a virtual box running XP and it appears to work ok. Haven't tried it using wine. 73 de David VK5DG On 17/11/13 13:54, Greg D wrote: Hi all, Before I try, does anyone know if the new FunCube Dashboard software will run on Linux under Wine? Except under

[amsat-bb] Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32?

2013-05-18 Thread David Giles
Hello Philip, I use SatPC32 using VMWARE. The XP OS is running as a guest on my Linux PC. Serial ports for radio/antenna work but there is no driver for a parallel port. It might take a bit of effort to set up but I can run just about anything using Windows as just another process under

[amsat-bb] Re: RS-39 Chibis heard

2012-01-24 Thread David Giles
Hello All, Also just heard RS-39 over VK at 04:36 UTC. Didn't collect much telemetry as I caught it half way through the pass. Good strong signal. 73 de David VK5DG On 25/01/12 15:00, Nitin Muttin wrote: All, Heard the RS-39 CW telemetry during the 4:14 UTC pass over India. Recording can

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-40 range record ??

2011-03-22 Thread David Giles
Hello John and everyone else. According to the logbook that contact was around 2.5 degrees elevation which is very close to my horizon. My best distance would probably be a contact with EI4HT. Another feature of AO-40 which may or may not be relevant to your talk Pete, was the variety of

[amsat-bb] Re: I'd like your shack ideas

2010-10-10 Thread David Giles
Hello All, Thankyou to those who replied. It looks like I will be getting a footswitch as well as experimenting with mics and layout in general. Looking forward to it. 73 de David VK5DG ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those

[amsat-bb] I'd like your shack ideas

2010-10-07 Thread David Giles
Hello All, The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter as I complete my shack renovations. Soon I will be at the all important stage of figuring out the best way to locate radios, computers, logbooks etc. This brings to mind a couple of questions. 1) Apart from the extra rotator

[amsat-bb] For W4UPD only

2010-06-16 Thread David Giles
Hello Reid, I've tried three times to reply to your emails but they keep bouncing. Thanks for the file, just what I wanted. 73 de David VK5DG ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now

[amsat-bb] TS-711/811 help

2010-06-15 Thread David Giles
Hello All, I've just acquired a TS-811 but alas it does not have the IF-10A computer interface. I've downloaded the manual and have all the chips, eprom programmer, spare eproms etc. to build my own. What I don't have is the contents of the 2732 extension eprom. If anyone has a hexdump of

[amsat-bb] AO-7 70cm CW beacon

2010-03-14 Thread David Giles
Hello All, Just heard AO-7's 70cm CW beacon sending valid telemetry (2010/03/14 07:25 UTC). Entering the data below into the spreadsheet gives a beacon power output of 338mW. All else seems nominal. 73 de David VK5DG HI HI 100 172 177 177 273 201 210 254 370 311 344 347 431 440 441 441 531

[amsat-bb] AO-7 beacon

2010-01-01 Thread David Giles
Hello and happy new year, I've just been listening to AO-7. The 10m beacon was off and I couldn't raise a signal through the transponder. But I did hear the 70cm beacon and it was only transmitting a constant carrier (no RTTY or CW this time). Any of the old hands know what would cause this?

[amsat-bb] RS-22 heard

2009-12-21 Thread David Giles
Hello All, Just heard RS-22's CW beacon. Unfortunately it was at the end of the pass so I didn't get a full frame of telemetry. 73 de David VK5DG ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member?

[amsat-bb] RS-22 telemetry

2009-12-21 Thread David Giles
Hello All, Just heard RS-22's CW telemetry for 2009/12/22 00:30 UTC. RS22 UBS - 139 137 on board voltage/10v IBS - 20 20 on board current mA USUN- 146 0 solar cell voltage ISUN- 78 0 solar cell current mA ITXA-

[amsat-bb] re UO-11 heard

2009-11-25 Thread David Giles
Hello All, Just to confirm Ray Hoad's message, just heard UO-11 buzzing away over the west half of VK at 2009/11/26 0003 UTC. 73 de David VK5DG ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join

[amsat-bb] Anusat in trouble

2009-10-02 Thread David Giles
Hello All, Just found this article on the web. Looks like we may miss out on using the amateur payload. As I type the carrier beacon on 137.4MHz is coming through as strong as other times I have heard it. 73 de David VK5DG http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/anusat-almost-dead-space-664

[amsat-bb] RS-38 or RS-28?

2009-09-26 Thread David Giles
Hello All, I'm a bit confused over RS-38 or RS-28. I heard the CW beacon on 435.265 as found by Mike Rupprecht, but did not decode it at the time. Are we looking at two different satellites? A previous report suggested 435.365 and Andy Thomas' report had 435.440 and 435.490. Would these be

[amsat-bb] FO-29

2009-08-24 Thread David Giles
Hello All FO-29 silent over VK. Looks to be in full sunlight for the entire pass to me. Perhaps its got too hot. 73 de David VK5DG ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to

[amsat-bb] Re: Keps

2009-08-04 Thread David Giles
Hello All, Its also a pity they can't all agree on the same satellite: NORAD number 22825 AMSAT keps: AO-27 Space-track:KITSAT-B (KO-25) Celestrak: EYESAT-1 (AO-27) NORAD number 22826 AMSAT keps: IO-26 Space-track:POSAT-1 (PO-28) Celestrak: ITAMSAT (IO-26) NORAD