[amsat-bb] SATPC32 plays nicely now

[James Luhn]

As suggested by several here on the AMSAT mailing list, I removed the 
USB adapter in my LVB Tracker and inserted a MAX232 chip into the 
appropriate socket.  I am using a Utek UT-880 USB to serial adapter with 
a Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 running XP Professional. It appears that 
everything is working now with no lockup failures. Before these changes, 
I simply could not track a complete satellite pass without the program 
stopping.   I have been tracking the moon for hours with no problems 
noted.   Now to test this arrangement with my Mac!  Before making this 
change, MacDoppler worked perfectly.  I hope it will continue.  My next 
step is to fine tune the control of my IC-910 using SATPC32.

As they say, "I was all dressed up with no place to go" late last night 
on FO-29.  My LVB Tracker was working great with SATPC32,  I had my 
IC-910 running about 20 watts, I could hear myself 59 on the downlink, 
there simply was no one on. Oh well, there will be many more orbits in 
which to play.

73,
-james
W5AOO
......getting more and more excited about Dayton!!!!