[amsat-bb] Voice Telem for ARISSAT1

2011-08-15 Thread Michael Wolthuis
Was able to grab telemetry off last pass over EN73. MET 60 I8U? +44deg C Cpanl +30deg C Bat Volt 35.85V ??? -16mA MET 63 Same stats except voltage was ­8mA There was an additional voice telem, but was not able to pull it out at 1deg off LOS. Heard secret word, but was in spin when I heard it I

[amsat-bb] Re: Extra, Extra, Read All About It - AMSAT Online Store

2011-06-08 Thread Michael Wolthuis
Is anyone else having issues reaching www.amsat.org today? I get a Server could not be found error. traceroute shows it dying at: muir-720-nodem-core-720-10ge.ucsd.edu (132.239.255.249) 75.596 ms 75.123 ms 75.068 ms Mike kb8zgl On 6/8/11 11:54 AM, "Bruce" wrote: >Hot off the presses, y

[amsat-bb] Re: amsat satellites in use

2010-10-11 Thread Michael Wolthuis
N.Mhadinejad, The Unitrac works well with Nova and a g-5500 for my setup. I really like Nova. Software for it is here: http://unitrac.webhop.org/ Good info here: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/lamontd/ A station using Unitrac: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=7&ved=0CDMQFjAG&url=http

[amsat-bb] College night on the Sats?

2010-06-10 Thread Michael Wolthuis
Can anyone give me more details or where I can find info on College night on the Sats for June? Did I already miss it or is it tonight? I want to activate W8MSU (Michigan State University) for several sat passes. Thanks, Mike kb8zgl ___ Sent via amsat

[amsat-bb] KC0YBM - Chris please contact me

2010-04-07 Thread Michael Wolthuis
Chris (KC0YBM), If you read the BB please contact me at ³kb8zgl at kb8zgl.net² as your email is not listed on your QRZ page and I haven¹t found it through any other ham websites or searches on Google. Thanks, sorry for the bandwidth all, Mike kb8zgl __

[amsat-bb] Re: How to correctly log multiple grids?

2010-03-17 Thread Michael Wolthuis
If you don't separate them the electronic uploads (ie. EQSL and LoTW) think they are duplicates and will not allow upload. At least that is what I have experienced since asking the question. Mike Wolthuis kb8zgl On 3/17/10 10:04 AM, "John P. Toscano" wrote: > David - KG4ZLB wrote: >> Two ent

[amsat-bb] Recommended TNC

2010-02-02 Thread Michael Wolthuis
Can anyone point me to the recommended TNC for adding to an FT-847 for digital satellite work? Are there special modifications needed? What connector does it use on the FT-847? Thanks, Mike kb8zgl ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed ar

[amsat-bb] Graphical display of states worked or something similar?

2010-01-21 Thread Michael Wolthuis
Been having lots of fun with new rooftop sat antennas. What I would like to do is attempt to work all states via AO-51, but I am struggling with a good layout to keep myself motivated. Does anyone know of a logging program I could display on a flat screen specific to sats? Here is my thought: A

[amsat-bb] Uni_trac 2000 question?

2009-11-25 Thread Michael Wolthuis
Thanks to many helpful suggestions and support from the AMSat-BB list I was able to get the Uni_Trac 2000 working with Nova DDE and with Yaesu g-5500 and FT-847.Thank-you. I have one problem remaining. My uni_trac window for some reason is always lagging behind the tracking that Nova is d

[amsat-bb] Uni_trac 2000 sat files

2009-11-16 Thread Michael Wolthuis
Can anyone who is running a Uni_Trac 2000 or 2003 zip me up your .sat files and send them to me by chance? My directory seems to be missing these and I can¹t get it to create even one for an example. I¹m working on it, but the easy solution would be if someone can send me the files they use. Tha

[amsat-bb] Polarity Switching box

2009-07-14 Thread Michael Wolthuis
I know I could make my own, but I was just wondering if someone makes a box that can be easily connected to the polarity switches on a set of UHF/VHF KLM antennas? I have the red/black leads run down to my shack on some simple Cat5e, but was hoping for a nice box that would look good sitting with

[amsat-bb] Re: IC-1271A available

2009-05-27 Thread Michael Wolthuis
It may be of interest that this will very shortly be a computer controllable radio (by week's end). Piexx (who makes the IC-271 and -471 control boards) has made one for the 1271 now based on my radio which is there to figure it out. So if you want to do 1.2ghz with computer control, I would cont