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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Starting out on packet mode MM (MM)
2. Re: Yaesu FT-847 (Luc Leblanc)
3. Starting out on packet mode. (Allen Vinegar)
4. VO 52 Newbie Help Request (Callum Graham)
5. Re: Starting out on packet mode. (MM)
6. Re: VO 52 Newbie Help Request (Fred VE3FAL)
7. Re: VO 52 Newbie Help Request (Greg D.)
8. Re: VO 52 Newbie Help Request (Greg D.)
9. tnc2 help (Nick Pugh)
10. microwave swr on ebay (w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxxx
11. Re: tnc2 help (Alan)
12. help with wisp (Nick Pugh)
13. Re: VO 52 Newbie Help Request (Dave Guimont)
14. Re: Yaesu FT-847 (Sebastian)
15. Re: Yaesu FT-847 (Martin)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 12:31:50 -0800 (PST)
From: MM <ka1rrw@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Starting out on packet mode MM
To: Ciaran Morgan <ciaran@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>,
mike.kc9doa@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Cc: aMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <545317.88340.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Ciaran:
I posted several How to access ISS manuals on the MarexMg web page,
enjoy,
Miles wf1f
http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/howtouseiss.html
--- On Sun, 11/2/08, Mike Miller <mike.kc9doa@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> From: Mike Miller <mike.kc9doa@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Starting out on packet mode
> To: "Ciaran Morgan" <ciaran@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
> Cc: aMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
> Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 12:30 PM
> Hello Ciaran,
>
> You can use AGWpe as the soundcard modem. This site has an
> excellent "How-To":
> <http://kc2rlm.info/soundcardpacket/>
>
> There is another application that works with AGWpe to
> simplify
> APRS via ISS and that is UISS.
> <http://users.belgacom.net/hamradio/uiss.htm>
>
> Since you already have an interface, you could be up and
> running
> for the next pass.
>
> For the FT-857, I set menu 80 RF-GAIN/SQL to squelch and
> open
> the squelch for packet. I'm connected to the 6 pin data
> jack and
> use either mode FM or PKT. If you use PKT set menu 73 to
> 1200bps
> and adjust the audio input gain at menu 71 if needed. I
> turn DNR
> and DBF off for packet.
>
> For pass prediction I use Orbitron. It is a simple easy to
> use
> program.
> <http://www.stoff.pl/>
>
> 73
> Mike kc9doa
>
> On 2 Nov 2008 at 10:38, Ciaran Morgan wrote:
>
> > Hello folks,
> >
> > Being a relative "newbe" to the hobby, I am
> trying to find
> > information on using packet data with the likes of the
> ISS and
> > other AO satellites.
> >
> > My set up is fairly basic at the moment - FT857D using
> a US
> > Interface Navigator and running into a Watson W50
> co-linear that
> > is on the very top of my house (which is on a bit of a
> hill in
> > the area I live). I know most people
> suggest/recommend using a
> > TNC for packet but are there any software TNCs/systems
> (and
> > instructions on setting them up) around that I could
> pick up to
> > try out?
> >
> > I did hear the ISS on 145.825Mhz this morning as it
> went over
> > Europe (0840UTC ish.) which is a start..
> >
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Ciaran - M0XTD
>
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:10:49 -0500
From: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Yaesu FT-847
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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On 2 Nov 2008 at 12:40, Sebastian wrote:
Welcome in the club...
You probably get one of their first model where the CAT system cannot be read
by PC's he can only received commands from the PC. This
problem has been corrected on later model..
I just hope your HRD is working as up till now only FT-847 super control is
working. It's like when you buy the first model of a new car
model you are stuck with issues time to time on the first version...
>
> I hope someone can help me, as I would really like to use this rig on
> the satellites.
>
> 73 de W4AS
> Sebastian
> _______________________________________________
"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 16:25:18 -0500
From: "Allen Vinegar" <tokens@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Starting out on packet mode.
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <AD3FD2E000FF425FACBC8120F769B5B2@xxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
How can I start out on packet mode with the ISS using a TH-D7AG in a handheld
operation with an Arrow antenna?
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 22:20:53 +0000 (GMT)
From: Callum Graham <mm3ycg@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] VO 52 Newbie Help Request
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <179324.26752.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Hello all. I have just started out in SSB satellites and I have been unable to
have a QSO? through any yet. I can always find the downlink frequency but I
can never find the uplink frequency. Is there any particular or easy way of
tuning in the uplink frequency quick enough before the Doppler moves off
frequency on the downlink. I'm using a Yaesu FT847 with a collinear antenna.
Ive been searching everywhere but have not found out any answers yet.....any
help would be appreciated.! 73 de MM3YCG.
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 14:26:16 -0800 (PST)
From: MM <ka1rrw@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Starting out on packet mode.
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx Allen Vinegar <tokens@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <359317.43494.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
First, the bigger the antenna the greater the reliability.
If you are using QRP, then try during off-hours, Local time M-F 9am ? 3pm,
11 PM ? 5 AM, Weekends 11 PM ? 5 AM. All other times can be considered peak
hours, when it will be harder (not impossible) for a QRP station to access the
BBS or Unrproto on ISS.
http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/howtouseiss.html
--- On Sun, 11/2/08, Allen Vinegar <tokens@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> From: Allen Vinegar <tokens@xxxxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Starting out on packet mode.
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 4:25 PM
> How can I start out on packet mode with the ISS using a
> TH-D7AG in a handheld operation with an Arrow antenna?
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 17:27:56 -0500
From: "Fred VE3FAL" <flesnick@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VO 52 Newbie Help Request
To: "'Callum Graham'" <mm3ycg@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <1C075F14E1704AC2A3D8258A7F86D0A2@xxxxxxxxx>
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I did a google search today for a list of frequencies that I could enter
into both my 817 and 857 for AOS thru to LOS for AO-7....Not sure when I am
calling on a frequency where to listen for a call back....
I remember playing years ago when I first started radio with the Russian
sats on 10/15...I think RS11 and 12.......and finding the person calling you
when calling CQ....
Good luck, I need help as well..
Fred
VE3FAL
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Callum Graham
Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 5:21 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] VO 52 Newbie Help Request
Hello all. I have just started out in SSB satellites and I have been unable
to have a QSO? through any yet. I can always find the downlink frequency but
I can never find the uplink frequency. Is there any particular or easy way
of tuning in the uplink frequency quick enough before the Doppler moves off
frequency on the downlink. I'm using a Yaesu FT847 with a collinear antenna.
Ive been searching everywhere but have not found out any answers yet.....any
help would be appreciated.! 73 de MM3YCG.
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 15:04:28 -0800
From: "Greg D." <ko6th_greg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VO 52 Newbie Help Request
To: Fred VE3FAL <flesnick@xxxxxxx.xxx>, "'Callum Graham'"
<mm3ycg@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <BLU133-W517067F123B29273F9193A9220@xxx.xxx>
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What I do is to set my rig to where things would be without any Doppler shift,
then adjust the higher band (the uplink in this case) for Doppler, and it gets
me pretty close. Mid-band on VO-52's transponder is 435.250 LSB up, and
145.900 USB down; that's what you'd use when the satellite is exactly mid-way
in the pass, when it's relative velocity with respect to you is zero. But at
the beginning of a pass, it's moving rapidly towards you, so you need to
adjust. For 70cm, that's about 10 kHz, and because it's coming towards you,
you need to go LOWER in frequency to compensate for the upward shift due to
Doppler. So, I start out with my receive side at 145.900, and the transmit
side at 435.250, and it's pretty close. Send a few dits in CW mode, moving UP
to find zero-beat, and switch to LSB. On my Yaesu 736R I can then select the
Reverse Tracking satellite mode, and move around the passband looking for
someone else calling CQ, or just stay there any talk to myself for th!
e entire pass, like I did last night when nobody else seemed to be on :-(.
Once you find yourself, you will still need to compensate periodically (no,
make that continually) for Doppler. It's best to leave the lower band alone,
and just tune the upper band (the uplink for VO-52), unless you can computer
control both of them.
If I recall, for RS-10 I would set my downlink to mid-band on 10 meters, and
the same on the uplink, and then tune UP from there on the uplink until I
found myself. I know that seems to contradict what I just wrote above, but I
think it's partly because Doppler shift isn't as bad on 2 meters, and partly
because VO-52 has an inverting transponder, where RS-10 was non-inverting.
Anybody have the mathematics to support this?
Greg KO6TH
----------------------------------------
> From: flesnick@xxxxxxx.xxx
> To: mm3ycg@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 17:27:56 -0500
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VO 52 Newbie Help Request
>
> I did a google search today for a list of frequencies that I could enter
> into both my 817 and 857 for AOS thru to LOS for AO-7....Not sure when I am
> calling on a frequency where to listen for a call back....
> I remember playing years ago when I first started radio with the Russian
> sats on 10/15...I think RS11 and 12.......and finding the person calling you
> when calling CQ....
>
>
> Good luck, I need help as well..
>
> Fred
> VE3FAL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
> Behalf Of Callum Graham
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 5:21 PM
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: [amsat-bb] VO 52 Newbie Help Request
>
> Hello all. I have just started out in SSB satellites and I have been unable
> to have a QSO through any yet. I can always find the downlink frequency but
> I can never find the uplink frequency. Is there any particular or easy way
> of tuning in the uplink frequency quick enough before the Doppler moves off
> frequency on the downlink. I'm using a Yaesu FT847 with a collinear antenna.
> Ive been searching everywhere but have not found out any answers yet.....any
> help would be appreciated.! 73 de MM3YCG.
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>
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 15:14:50 -0800
From: "Greg D." <ko6th_greg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VO 52 Newbie Help Request
To: Fred VE3FAL <flesnick@xxxxxxx.xxx>, "'Callum Graham'"
<mm3ycg@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <BLU133-W18F83C349B7FB7B9169550A9220@xxx.xxx>
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Make that "I'd start at 145.900 on the downlink and 435.240 on the uplink"...
Sorry for typing too fast.
Greg KO6TH
----------------------------------------
> From: ko6th_greg@xxxxxxx.xxx
> To: flesnick@xxxxxxx.xxxx mm3ycg@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 15:04:28 -0800
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VO 52 Newbie Help Request
>
>
> What I do is to set my rig to where things would be without any Doppler
shift, then adjust the higher band (the uplink in this case) for Doppler, and
it gets me pretty close. Mid-band on VO-52's transponder is 435.250 LSB up,
and 145.900 USB down; that's what you'd use when the satellite is exactly mid-
way in the pass, when it's relative velocity with respect to you is zero. But
at the beginning of a pass, it's moving rapidly towards you, so you need to
adjust. For 70cm, that's about 10 kHz, and because it's coming towards you,
you need to go LOWER in frequency to compensate for the upward shift due to
Doppler. So, I start out with my receive side at 145.900, and the transmit
side at 435.250, and it's pretty close. Send a few dits in CW mode, moving UP
to find zero-beat, and switch to LSB. On my Yaesu 736R I can then select the
Reverse Tracking satellite mode, and move around the passband looking for
someone else calling CQ, or just stay there any talk to myself for !
th!
> e entire pass, like I did last night when nobody else seemed to be on :-(.
>
> Once you find yourself, you will still need to compensate periodically (no,
make that continually) for Doppler. It's best to leave the lower band alone,
and just tune the upper band (the uplink for VO-52), unless you can computer
control both of them.
>
> If I recall, for RS-10 I would set my downlink to mid-band on 10 meters, and
the same on the uplink, and then tune UP from there on the uplink until I
found myself. I know that seems to contradict what I just wrote above, but I
think it's partly because Doppler shift isn't as bad on 2 meters, and partly
because VO-52 has an inverting transponder, where RS-10 was non-inverting.
>
> Anybody have the mathematics to support this?
>
> Greg KO6TH
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
>> From: flesnick@xxxxxxx.xxx
>> To: mm3ycg@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
>> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 17:27:56 -0500
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VO 52 Newbie Help Request
>>
>> I did a google search today for a list of frequencies that I could enter
>> into both my 817 and 857 for AOS thru to LOS for AO-7....Not sure when I am
>> calling on a frequency where to listen for a call back....
>> I remember playing years ago when I first started radio with the Russian
>> sats on 10/15...I think RS11 and 12.......and finding the person calling
you
>> when calling CQ....
>>
>>
>> Good luck, I need help as well..
>>
>> Fred
>> VE3FAL
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
>> Behalf Of Callum Graham
>> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 5:21 PM
>> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] VO 52 Newbie Help Request
>>
>> Hello all. I have just started out in SSB satellites and I have been unable
>> to have a QSO through any yet. I can always find the downlink frequency
but
>> I can never find the uplink frequency. Is there any particular or easy way
>> of tuning in the uplink frequency quick enough before the Doppler moves off
>> frequency on the downlink. I'm using a Yaesu FT847 with a collinear
antenna.
>> Ive been searching everywhere but have not found out any answers
yet.....any
>> help would be appreciated.! 73 de MM3YCG.
>> _______________________________________________
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>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
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>>
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 17:30:31 -0600
From: "Nick Pugh" <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] tnc2 help
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <004201c93d42$ff6c8e10$fe45aa30$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
What is the command to get a MFJ 12174 out of kiss mode?
Thanks
nick
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:46:06 +0000
From: w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] microwave swr on ebay
To: PNWVHFS@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx (NW VHF), AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx (AMSAT-BB)
Message-ID:
<110220082346.28745.490E3BBE00065BA80000704922165279660B9D04C999@xxxxxxx
.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain
Hello
This may be of interest to some of you. I am trying to clear out some surplus
stuff from the cluttered ham shack.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110305700991&ssPageNam
e=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=001
--
73 Bob W7LRD
AMSAT member 28498
Seattle
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 17:51:14 -0600
From: "Alan" <ve4yz@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: tnc2 help
To: "'Nick Pugh'" <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <3E524C650AB64D1F95E2351963227D33@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
In an terminal program on the port that your MFJ is on, use the ALT and 3
keypad number keys
alt192 alt255 alt192
If this problem is a regular occurrence, look for a file on the internet
called SETKISS.EXE and you can then run it in a batch file to turn kiss on
or off.
If you can't locate it on the web, let me know and I'm email you a ZIP file
with the executable, sample bat file and configuration files to set the port
number and baudrate need to poke these 3 characters at the TNC.
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Nick Pugh
Sent: November 2, 2008 5:31 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] tnc2 help
What is the command to get a MFJ 12174 out of kiss mode?
Thanks
nick
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 18:00:44 -0600
From: "Nick Pugh" <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] help with wisp
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <006b01c93d47$37f909d0$a7eb1d70$@xxx>
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Hard drive failure and starting over with wisp and xp
1 st problem error msg can not create a directory c:wisp/ao-16 [P]
2 nd problem kep database not getting written in wisp directory or any where
3 rd problem unable to install rotator drive
4 th problem gsc unable to associate a satellite
Thanks for your help
nick
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:22:44 -0800
From: Dave Guimont <dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VO 52 Newbie Help Request
To: Callum Graham <mm3ycg@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID:
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>Hello all. I have just started out in SSB
>satellites and I have been unable to have a
>QSO? through any yet. I can always find the
>downlink frequency but I can never find the
>uplink frequency. Is there any particular or
>easy way of tuning in the uplink frequency quick
>enough before the Doppler moves off frequency on
>the downlink. I'm using a Yaesu FT847 with a
>collinear antenna. Ive been searching everywhere
>but have not found out any answers yet.....any help would be appreciated.!
Hi Callum,
The following may help you out...It pertains to
FO-29, so you can practice there...
I devised this in 1986 to work FO-12 when we
only had separate radios....But the frequencies
are identical to FO-29...it can be worked with
very low power, and it has lots of bandwidth...
I call them my "no ditters"...
Go to:
http://home.san.rr.com/doguimont/uploads
and take a look at noditter.zip
It is possible to duplicate it from the pics, but
if you send me an sase, 9" x 12" for one ounce of
postage, I'll send you one printed, and simply a
matter of cutting it out. I'll include the
correct size sewing snap for assembly, they are hard to find...
I had a bunch of them printed, but can only find one at this time..
And you could devise one for VO52 with a little effort..
Let me know and I'll send you my address...
73, Dave, WB6LLO
dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx
Disagree: I learn....
Pulling for P3E...
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Message: 14
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 08:56:21 -0500
From: Sebastian <w4as@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Yaesu FT-847
To: AMSAT BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <2DB9D78B-1ECE-4A00-ADDE-990B23A3D9E0@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
Wow, that was easy. I am eternally grateful! It works now. Not an
intuitive way of programming (IMHO); the documentation states "there
are 2 combo boxes in the upper left side of the menu. The upper one
contains the parameters that have to be set (Model, Baud rate), the
lower one contains the settings available for the selected parameter".
I read that, and read it again, and I thought it was referring to a
different version of SATPC32, since that description was not clear to
me, but your explanation was a lot easier to understand. I guess it
was just a long day, of putting back up my satellite antennas,
installing new preamps, the radio, etc. Must have made me dizzy doing
all of that in one day!
And Nate, thanks but I'm aware of how to change the baud rate on the
radio, the problem was with the software.
And Luc, I don't know what club you are talking about; I don't feel
that I'm stuck with a radio with problems. Mine was sold to the
original owner on December 2002, so I don't think it's one of the
early ones. As far as HRD, it works fine with my 847, but I can't get
the latest satellite 'test' version (1901) to see either my Kenwood
TS-2000 or Yaesu FT-847.
73 de W4AS
Sebastian
On Nov 2, 2008, at 1:14 PM, Erich Eichmann wrote:
> Hello Sebastian,
> to set the CAT baudrate in SatPC32 click on the control right of the
> word "Model" in the upper one of the 2 combo boxes in the SatPC32
> menu "Radio Setup". In the list that opens select "Baudrate" and in
> the lower combo box select the baudrate (57600 work fine). Save the
> settings and restart the program.
>
> 73s, Erich, DK1TB
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sebastian" <w4as@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> To: "AMSAT BB" <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>; <ham-radio-
> deluxe@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>; <FT847@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> Cc: "WZ4I - Mark Harrison" <wz4i@xxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 6:40 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu FT-847
>
>
>> I recently acquired a Yaesu FT-847 for use primarily with satellites.
>> Previously I used a Kenwood TS-2000, but decided to go with the 847
>> due to the 2000's known birdies on the output of some of the FM
>> satellites.
>>
>> I use Ham Radio Deluxe, but used SATPC32 on the Kenwood. I had no
>> problems at all with the SSB birds on the Kenwood & SATPC32.
>> However,
>> with the Yaesu FT-847, I find that SATPC32 will no longer 'see' the
>> radio. It won't place the radio into satellite mode, and it won't
>> change the frequencies depending on the satellites I click from the
>> 'shortcuts' on the bottom right.
>>
>> I have doubled-checked the wiring on the RS-232 cable, 5 for ground,
>> and 2 & 3 crossed (null modem cable). I'm sure it's not the cable,
>> since Ham Radio Deluxe can see and control the radio's frequency.
>>
>> I'm wondering if there is a problem with either the radio, or if
>> there
>> is something that I need to do in SATPC32 in order to change over to
>> the Yaesu. Obviously under Setup, Radio Setup, I have selected
>> Yaesu,
>> Model FT-847, Com port 1, and CAT delay of 20. However, I don't see
>> anywhere to tell the program what the baud rate of the radio is. I
>> have tried 4800, 9600 and 57600 with the same lack of success. I see
>> there is a file called yaesupar.sqf in the directory of SATPC32,
>> however I can't find anything in the documentation about what, if
>> anything, needs to be entered in that file.
>>
>> I should also note a couple of other things. On the rig's menu
>> item #
>> 41, for X RPT which is cross repeat, I can't change it from OFF, it's
>> stuck there, no matter what I do. I wonder if that has anything to
>> do
>> with the problem.
>>
>> In addition in Ham Radio Deluxe, if I use the new HRD Sat Track
>> program, which is a beta release, I can't connect to the radio using
>> the IP server. It briefly displays FT-847, and then it immediately
>> goes away. However, if I use Digital Master 780, which is used for
>> digital modes, it can control the radio without any problems, so I
>> think I have narrowed it down to a problem with SATPC32.
>>
>> I hope someone can help me, as I would really like to use this rig on
>> the satellites.
>>
>> 73 de W4AS
>> Sebastian
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Message: 15
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:49:28 +0100
From: "Martin" <tmm@xxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Yaesu FT-847
To: "Sebastian" <w4as@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, "AMSAT BB" <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi
Sebastian wrote:
> I should also note a couple of other things. On the rig's menu item #
> 41, for X RPT which is cross repeat, I can't change it from OFF, it's
> stuck there, no matter what I do. I wonder if that has anything to do
> with the problem.
That option is only configurable when the rig is in SAT-mode. I.e. both the
main and subreceiver is active, for use as a X-BAND-RPT.
Then you can set either the ENC or DCS-coding for opening your repeater.
I have used that setting on my own 847 for testing purposes only. (Not
allowed to have unlicensed repeaters in my area)
Hope the info was usefull.
Regards and 73
Martin, OZ1TMM
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