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Today's Topics:
1. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-06-26 05:00 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
2. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-06-26 05:00 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
3. Es'hail-2 transverter ready (Remco)
4. newsletter (sergio cejas)
5. M2, AMSAT and field Day (Jack Strother)
6. Yaesu G-5500 setup (Butch)
7. Re: Yaesu G-5500 setup (Bob- W7LRD)
8. Re: Yaesu G-5500 setup (Burns Fisher)
9. Re: Yaesu G-5500 setup (Mark D. Johns)
10. Re: Yaesu G-5500 setup (Greg)
11. FP/KV1J 3 - 17 July 2018 GN17 (Eric Williams)
12. Re: Yaesu G-5500 setup (Norm n3ykf)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 00:44:22 -0400
From: aj9n@???.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-06-26
05:00 UTC
Message-ID: <1643a682baa-c8f-245a9@?????????????.???.???????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-06-26 05:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium, Leverkusen, Germany, direct via DL?IL and
Schickhardt-Gymnasium, Herrenberg, Germany, direct via DL?SGH
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO
Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-06-27 10:32:19 UTC 62 deg
?
Pearl Technology STEM Academy, Peoria Heights, IL, direct via W9DWJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT (***)
Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-07-02 15:35:42 UTC 33 deg (***)
?
******************************************************************************
ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.?
ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.? Feel free to send
your reports to aj9n@?????.??? or aj9n@???.???.
?
Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8? MHz.
?
******************************************************************************
*
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All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
?
******************************************************************************
*
Several?of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and
not being able?to get in.? That has now been changed to?
http://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this?site.
****************************************************************************
Looking?for something new to do?? How about receiving DATV from the ISS???
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete?
details.? Look for the buttons indicating Ham?Video.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
http://www.ariss-eu.org/? ?
?
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight.? Contact Kerry at kbanke@?????????.???
****************************************************************************
ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:?
Francesco IK?WGF with 132
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 129
Gaston ON4WF with 123
Sergey RV3DR with 103
****************************************************************************
The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date
webpages?were removed and new ones have been added.? If there are additional
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.
Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed
time.
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and
time format? YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-06-26 05:00 UTC. ?(***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and?Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed?live.??
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
Total number?of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1232.
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1181.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is?47.
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Please?feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The?following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American?Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas
Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
QSL?information may be found at:??
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html?
ISS callsigns:? DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS,?RS?ISS
****************************************************************************
The successful school list has been updated as of 2018-06-20 04:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf
Listing?of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************
Exp. 55 on orbit
Drew Feustel
Oleg Artemyev
Ricky Arnold KE5DAU
?
Exp. 56 on orbit
Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT
Alexander Gerst KF5ONO
Sergei Propopev
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 00:45:29 -0400
From: aj9n@???.???
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-06-26
05:00 UTC
Message-ID: <1643a692fd5-c91-2b33c@?????????????.???.???????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-06-26 05:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium, Leverkusen, Germany, direct via DL?IL and
Schickhardt-Gymnasium, Herrenberg, Germany, direct via DL?SGH
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DP?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Gerst KF5ONO
Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-06-27 10:32:19 UTC 62 deg
?
Pearl Technology STEM Academy, Peoria Heights, IL, direct via W9DWJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT (***)
Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-07-02 15:35:42 UTC 33 deg (***)
?
******************************************************************************
ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.?
ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.? Feel free to send
your reports to aj9n@?????.??? or aj9n@???.???.
?
Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8? MHz.
?
******************************************************************************
*
?
All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
?
******************************************************************************
*
Several?of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and
not being able?to get in.? That has now been changed to?
http://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this?site.
****************************************************************************
Looking?for something new to do?? How about receiving DATV from the ISS???
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete?
details.? Look for the buttons indicating Ham?Video.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
http://www.ariss-eu.org/? ?
?
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight.? Contact Kerry at kbanke@?????????.???
****************************************************************************
ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:?
Francesco IK?WGF with 132
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 129
Gaston ON4WF with 123
Sergey RV3DR with 103
****************************************************************************
The?webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy.? Out of date
webpages?were removed and new ones have been added.? If there are additional
ARISS?websites I need to know about, please let me know.
Note, all times?are approximate.? It is recommended that you do your own
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed
time.
All dates and?times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and
time format? YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2018-06-26 05:00 UTC. ?(***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and?Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed?live.??
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
Total number?of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1232.
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1181.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is?47.
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Please?feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The?following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American?Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas
Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
QSL?information may be found at:??
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html?
ISS callsigns:? DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS,?RS?ISS
****************************************************************************
The successful school list has been updated as of 2018-06-20 04:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
Frequency? chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler? correction? as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf
Listing?of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS?contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
****************************************************************************
Exp. 55 on orbit
Drew Feustel
Oleg Artemyev
Ricky Arnold KE5DAU
?
Exp. 56 on orbit
Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT
Alexander Gerst KF5ONO
Sergei Propopev
****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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?
?
?
?
?
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:41:53 +0200
From: Remco <pa3fym@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Es'hail-2 transverter ready
Message-ID: <3510545.Ck40boDGzr@???????>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
I built my second Es'hail-2 transverter with easy available
building blocks and junk box / flea market components.
I consider the future (narrow band) transponder as a 'normal' amateur band
(with latency) and therefore will operate 'simplex'.
This means the LO frequencies are switched by the PTT (TX-enable).
Picture: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgZGilPWsAAWSQh.jpg:large
Some technical details:
RX / TX LO: ADF4351, programmed by an ATTiny13a
TX mixer: HMC213
RX mixer: home brew with ADE-1 + J310
HPA: surplus ex-UMTS module (P-1 dB @???? MHz = 10W)
IF RX / TX: 432 MHz (or something else)
Dish feed: 6t 2.4 GHz LHCP helix and 10 GHz LNB 'peek a booing' through the
helix
73, Remco PA3FYM
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 22:47:56 -0300
From: sergio cejas <lu2fsc@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] newsletter
Message-ID:
<CAA83XFppr8nkr02txH9Hh=tVYghofQxdffQ=z0WkY96eLYyBJA@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
please include me in the amsat newsletter
Thank you very much .
Sergio -LU2FSC-
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:21:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jack Strother <strotherbj@???????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] M2, AMSAT and field Day
Message-ID: <785901248.98831.1530019300103@???????.???????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
To the Folks at M2 Antenna Systems and the AMSAT Hierarchy.
I ordered a Leo Pack from the AMSAT Booth,(Thank You for the Support), while
at the Dayton / Xenia Ham Fest.
It show up, at my home, about 2 weeks later.
I built the array, in about 6 hours or so, the antennas went together really
well.
Then took another 8 hours or so to get my Field Day setup built, in the
garage, Rotators and tripod.
With a Comet Analyzer I swept each antenna assembly and found the to be
exactly where they needed to be for LEO work.
A week later I set everything up for field day. (Pix attached).
I wanted to let you and everyone else know just how impressive this system is.
It was either an AO-91 or an AO-92 pass over the western side of California,
about between 2 and 3:30 am I was able to hit the satellite, make a contact
actually 2; 1 in CA another in AZ, from the airport located Elkhart Indiana.
The elevation on the shown on the AZ controller(LVB Tracker) reflected 10 to
14 degrees and the airport is about elevation is about 780' asl.
This was my first Field Day and my First, actual satellite operation.
I have been an Enthusiast, since I rejoined the amateur radio community, and
have had no real contacts, until Field Day.
I can now refer to myself as an real satellite operator, Yeah!
I appreciate the M2 folks support of the AMSAT group, and I appreciate the
AMSAT folks in their efforts to keep Amateur Radio in Space alive.
All the Best!
KD9ERA
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:12:25 -0400
From: Butch <occamrazr@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 setup
Message-ID: <47C5474C-8070-40BC-95BB-8BB0E501711C@?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
I have no operating experience with satellites.
I am installing this G-5500 az-el rotator on a satellite ground station and
I am using SatPC32 tracking software and an ERC interface. Everything is
operational, so far...
I am trying to decide whether to use 0 to 360 degrees or 0 to 420 degrees on
the azimuth rotator.
The station is located in Eastern TN, USA. The 0 to 420 uses all available
rotation but then the meter readings are not as useful. Are there any
preferences on this?
From a practical, operating point of view, should the azimuth mid point or
home position have the antenna pointed North or South? Or some other
direction?
Thanks for your input.
Butch K8KO
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:46:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd@???????.???>
To: Butch via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>, Butch
<occamrazr@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 setup
Message-ID: <1863852990.40934.1530046004545@???????.???????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Hi Butch
I checked with Mr. Murphy and he suggests keep it small 360 degrees. I have
followed Mr. Murphy's advice and no trouble in over 15 years. North is my
stop on the rotor.
73 Bob W7LRD
> On June 26, 2018 at 1:12 PM Butch via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
>
> I have no operating experience with satellites.
>
> I am installing this G-5500 az-el rotator on a satellite ground station
and I am using SatPC32 tracking software and an ERC interface. Everything is
operational, so far...
>
> I am trying to decide whether to use 0 to 360 degrees or 0 to 420 degrees
on the azimuth rotator.
> The station is located in Eastern TN, USA. The 0 to 420 uses all available
rotation but then the meter readings are not as useful. Are there any
preferences on this?
>
> From a practical, operating point of view, should the azimuth mid point or
home position have the antenna pointed North or South? Or some other
direction?
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> Butch K8KO
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
------------------------------
Message: 8
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:30:23 -0400
From: Burns Fisher <burns@??????.??>
To: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd@???????.???>
Cc: Butch via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 setup
Message-ID:
<CABX7KxWj6P5QKS-UUTxU4-htmL+YGuH1V=5Lo8h544UAfaSMgA@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
I've used 420 with SatPC32. It's fine. The other possibility is to use
"flip". That is allow an altitude of 180 which essentially puts your stop
S instead of N. MacDoppler understand this, and pretty sure SatPC32 does
also.
On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 4:46 PM, Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd@???????.???> wrote:
> Hi Butch
> I checked with Mr. Murphy and he suggests keep it small 360 degrees. I
> have followed Mr. Murphy's advice and no trouble in over 15 years. North is
> my stop on the rotor.
> 73 Bob W7LRD
>
> > On June 26, 2018 at 1:12 PM Butch via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I have no operating experience with satellites.
> >
> > I am installing this G-5500 az-el rotator on a satellite ground station
> and I am using SatPC32 tracking software and an ERC interface. Everything
> is operational, so far...
> >
> > I am trying to decide whether to use 0 to 360 degrees or 0 to 420
> degrees on the azimuth rotator.
> > The station is located in Eastern TN, USA. The 0 to 420 uses all
> available rotation but then the meter readings are not as useful. Are there
> any preferences on this?
> >
> > From a practical, operating point of view, should the azimuth mid point
> or home position have the antenna pointed North or South? Or some other
> direction?
> >
> > Thanks for your input.
> >
> > Butch K8KO
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions expressed
> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:43:19 -0500
From: "Mark D. Johns" <mjohns+K0JM@??????.???>
To: occamrazr@?????.???
Cc: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 setup
Message-ID:
<CAHKCqnDN=CT5meg3DFrZx2FhH146VxTu=8FijDRaaYentOy-Dg@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
360 + 90 = 450. Not 420. Use all of it if you can, but SatPC32 will seldom
go the whole extra 90 degrees. As noted by others, the ability to do the
back flip, 180 degrees of elevation, is usually of more utility.
North or south stop is religion, not science (though I'm sure someone has
done the math to prove me wrong on that). Your preference. I use a north
stop, even though I'm located fairly far north.
--
Mark D. Johns
K?JM / M?GZO / ex-9H3DJ / ex-K?MDJ
Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd
-----------------------------------------------
"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit,
you would stay out and your dog would go in."
---Mark Twain
On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 3:12 PM Butch via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
> I have no operating experience with satellites.
>
> I am installing this G-5500 az-el rotator on a satellite ground station
> and I am using SatPC32 tracking software and an ERC interface. Everything
> is operational, so far...
>
> I am trying to decide whether to use 0 to 360 degrees or 0 to 420 degrees
> on the azimuth rotator.
> The station is located in Eastern TN, USA. The 0 to 420 uses all
> available rotation but then the meter readings are not as useful. Are
> there any preferences on this?
>
> From a practical, operating point of view, should the azimuth mid point or
> home position have the antenna pointed North or South? Or some other
> direction?
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> Butch K8KO
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:57:17 -0400
From: Greg <almetco@???????.???>
To: k0jm@?????.???
Cc: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 setup
Message-ID: <1F72BEAD-7378-48DA-81C7-DC679F780511@???????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Ditto on the 360 here in FN00. If I recall, (set me straight if I?m
thinking Nova) SatPC32 has a 1 minute before AOS. So usually, it will swing
180 to get oriented anyway before AOS.
Greg
N3MVF
On Jun 26, 2018, at 5:43 PM, Mark D. Johns <mjohns+K0JM@??????.???> wrote:
360 + 90 = 450. Not 420. Use all of it if you can, but SatPC32 will seldom
go the whole extra 90 degrees. As noted by others, the ability to do the
back flip, 180 degrees of elevation, is usually of more utility.
North or south stop is religion, not science (though I'm sure someone has
done the math to prove me wrong on that). Your preference. I use a north
stop, even though I'm located fairly far north.
--
Mark D. Johns
K?JM / M?GZO / ex-9H3DJ / ex-K?MDJ
Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd
-----------------------------------------------
"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit,
you would stay out and your dog would go in."
---Mark Twain
On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 3:12 PM Butch via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
> I have no operating experience with satellites.
>
> I am installing this G-5500 az-el rotator on a satellite ground station
> and I am using SatPC32 tracking software and an ERC interface. Everything
> is operational, so far...
>
> I am trying to decide whether to use 0 to 360 degrees or 0 to 420 degrees
> on the azimuth rotator.
> The station is located in Eastern TN, USA. The 0 to 420 uses all
> available rotation but then the meter readings are not as useful. Are
> there any preferences on this?
>
> From a practical, operating point of view, should the azimuth mid point or
> home position have the antenna pointed North or South? Or some other
> direction?
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> Butch K8KO
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
_______________________________________________
Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
------------------------------
Message: 11
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 18:13:17 -0400
From: "Eric Williams" <kv1j@???????.???>
To: <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FP/KV1J 3 - 17 July 2018 GN17
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I will be active on the Sats from the French island of Miquelon
from 3 July through 17 July as FP/KV1J. This will be my 12th
trip to the island. I mostly operate the low bands and 6 meters.
When the WX is good, I try to get outside and work the linear birds.
Occasionally I will also be on the FM birds.
I use a pair of FT-817s and an Arrow antenna.
Most of the time I will be grid GN17. If I am on the main island of
St Pierre or if I borrow a car a drive to Langlade, I will be GN16.
I have limited internet. My email is kv1j (at) arrl.net (not the email
I am sending this from).
More information at: http://www.kv1j.com/fp/July18.html
73 Eric KV1J FP/KV1J
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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 18:34:05 -0400
From: Norm n3ykf <normanlizeth@?????.???>
To: Greg <almetco@???????.???>
Cc: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5500 setup
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Center of rotation is 225. (450/2) When making rotator loop (control
cables and coax), center the rotator before creating it.
Have a blast. This is a great niche of ham radio.
Norm n3ykf
On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 5:57 PM, Greg <almetco@???????.???> wrote:
> Ditto on the 360 here in FN00. If I recall, (set me straight if I?m
thinking Nova) SatPC32 has a 1 minute before AOS. So usually, it will swing
180 to get oriented anyway before AOS.
>
> Greg
> N3MVF
>
>
> On Jun 26, 2018, at 5:43 PM, Mark D. Johns <mjohns+K0JM@??????.???> wrote:
>
> 360 + 90 = 450. Not 420. Use all of it if you can, but SatPC32 will seldom
> go the whole extra 90 degrees. As noted by others, the ability to do the
> back flip, 180 degrees of elevation, is usually of more utility.
>
> North or south stop is religion, not science (though I'm sure someone has
> done the math to prove me wrong on that). Your preference. I use a north
> stop, even though I'm located fairly far north.
> --
> Mark D. Johns
> K?JM / M?GZO / ex-9H3DJ / ex-K?MDJ
> Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd
> -----------------------------------------------
> "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit,
> you would stay out and your dog would go in."
> ---Mark Twain
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 3:12 PM Butch via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
> wrote:
>
>> I have no operating experience with satellites.
>>
>> I am installing this G-5500 az-el rotator on a satellite ground station
>> and I am using SatPC32 tracking software and an ERC interface. Everything
>> is operational, so far...
>>
>> I am trying to decide whether to use 0 to 360 degrees or 0 to 420 degrees
>> on the azimuth rotator.
>> The station is located in Eastern TN, USA. The 0 to 420 uses all
>> available rotation but then the meter readings are not as useful. Are
>> there any preferences on this?
>>
>> From a practical, operating point of view, should the azimuth mid point or
>> home position have the antenna pointed North or South? Or some other
>> direction?
>>
>> Thanks for your input.
>>
>> Butch K8KO
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