[amsat-bb] Re: Was So50, now center of the passband

[Erich Eichmann]

Hi Drew and others,
if you want  SatPC32 to start off the center of the passband of an SSB/CW 
satellite do the following: Run the program choose  that satellite. Tune the 
radio to the start frequency you want - say 8 kHz above the center of the 
passband. Then click menu CAT > Change/Store Data File > RX/TX Freq. Data. 
>From the next program start the program will start at the new downlink and 
uplink frequencies.
73s, Erich, DK1TB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner at mindspring.com>
To: "B J" <va6bmj at gmail.com>; "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 8:50 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Was So50, now center of the passband


>
> Let me clarify a little. Previous to SatPC32 being the ubiquitous way to 
> operate the transponders, people tended to spread out much more on the 
> linear sats. CW was generally in the lower third to maybe middle, and 
> voice was often spread out over much more of the passband. Now...I love 
> Sat PC32, and I like full Doppler tuning, but just because the program 
> defaults to the middle of the passband doesn't mean everyone should 
> operate within 10 KHz of there.
>
> See 
> http://s139.photobucket.com/user/glasbrenner/media/radio/FO-29FDanotated.jpg.html?sort=3&o=13
>
> Spread out and use the VFO! There's no reason to pile up like sardines in 
> the middle. Maybe even (GASP) edit the doppler.sqf file to put you 
> elsewhere in the passband to fine tune things at the start of the pass? 
> Got a schedule, or operating from a rare grid? Let everyone know where to 
> look (i.e. 25 khz up from the middle) and save yourself and others some 
> QRM?
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: B J <va6bmj at gmail.com>
>>Sent: Sep 2, 2013 2:11 PM
>>To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>>Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: So50
>>
>>On 9/2/13, Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>> Or just work the transponders (not the FM repeaters) and avoid the lids.
>>> That normally means being somewhere other than the exact middle of the
>>> passband. I have a few stations that I will absolutely not work until 
>>> they
>>> clean up their operating style. Otherwise, I go out of my way to look 
>>> for
>>> new ops.
>>>
>>
>>If I happen to hear a QSO in progress when I'm checking for my
>>downlink on, say, FO-29, I move further up into the band and continue.
>> I might miss some potential contacts but I'm not in anyone's way.
>>
>>73s
>>
>>Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
>>
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