[amsat-bb] Will you be my first...

Clayton Coleman kayakfishtx at gmail.com
Sat Sep 13 01:45:07 UTC 2014


Steve,

I have been making contacts on AO-73 the past two weeks with the same
setup.  I do have SatPC32 talking with HDSDR using Virtual Serial Ports
(VSP) just fine, but you will need to manually tune. It takes a little
practice.   Have fun!

73
Clayton
W5PFG
On Sep 12, 2014 8:22 PM, "Steve May" <steve.w5iem at gmail.com> wrote:

> The plan is to have a Yaesu 857 for the uplink and a laptop/Funcube Pro+
> for the downlink. I am still having issues with AO-73 and SatPC32, so I
> will be manually correcting for Doppler.
>
> Steve
> On Sep 12, 2014 9:19 PM, "Paul Stoetzer" <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:
>
> > I'll be there. A few others should be too.
> >
> > Keep in mind that the uplink frequencies are a bit off from what is
> > published. Will you be manually tuning for Doppler?
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Paul, N8HM
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Steve May <steve.w5iem at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> ...contact on AO-73?
> >>
> >> I think I have my station working, so I am going to try to work the pass
> >> around 3:27 UTC tonight. If anyone is on that would be great
> >>
> >> This will be my first attempt on anything other than SO-50, so it could
> be
> >> a little rocky.
> >>
> >> Steve, W5IEM
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