[amsat-bb] SatPC32 questions, Part 1

[w4upd]

To expand on my last comment, it looks like you can put in at least 12 
groups. That adds up to a lot of satellites.

Reid, W4UPD
Amsat: 17002


On 6/23/2017 9:16 AM, David Rush wrote:
> Mark:
>
> SatPC32 is a very powerful program, but many aspects of it are not at 
> all intuitive or easy to decipher.  I'll try my best to answer your 
> questions.  I'm still working out some kinks in my own setup, but I've 
> learned a bit about it in the process.
>
> As far as I know yes, you're limited to satellites A-L regardless of 
> registration.
>
> I think the up/down arrows to the right of the frequencies must be for 
> downlink correction (thus it doesn't change the uplink).
>
> Turning on V+ means that tuning the radio will feed those freqs back 
> to SatPC32, rather than just SatPC32 to the radio.  If you're tuning 
> the radio's VFO but the computer keeps changing the radio back, then 
> you need to turn V+ on.
>
> To save your corrected freqs to Doppler.SQL, open the CAT menu and hit 
> "Change/Store Dataf File", then save either the uplink correction or 
> the frequencies, or both.  It's my understanding that you want to find 
> the right uplink correction and store that instead of the downlink 
> correction (although that's a bit more complicated when using a single 
> 817).
>
> Once you have the uplink calibrated, you can tune around the passband 
> either by turning on V+ and using the radio's knob, or use the arrow 
> keys (and numeric keypad) on the computer's keyboard.
>
> With a single 817, it sets the rig into split mode where it uses VFO A 
> for receive and VFO B for transmit.  It cannot tune a VFO that's not 
> being displayed, so in order to tune the transmit it's got to switch 
> from A (receive VFO) to B (transmit VFO), make the tuning adjustment, 
> then switch back to A.  Yes, it's very annoying.  There's also 
> (small?) risk of transmitting on the receive VFO, which could toast an 
> external preamp if you have one installed.  I solved this problem by 
> using TWO 817s.
>
> 73, David, ky7dr
>
>
> On /20170621/ 21:48, Mark Lunday wrote:
>> I have a fully registered version, but I am still limited to 12 
>> satellites?
>>
>> When I click on the "V" on the left and make it "V+" so that I can 
>> correct the uplink and downlink frequencies, I try to change the 
>> frequency using the up and down arrows under the 20, 100, 500, 1k and 
>> 5k labels.  But it only changes the downlink.  Why?
>>
>> Once I can hear my downlink and I toggle the "V" back to "V-" then 
>> how do I save the corrected frequencies to Doppler.SQF
>>
>> What if I want to use SatPC32 to tune around the passband and look 
>> for other stations?  What are the steps for that?
>>
>> I want the Countdown window to attach to the right.  It does that on 
>> one computer, but attaches to the left on another.
>>
>> I am using my FT817, and have the CAT working.  When listening to 
>> FO-29, I try to tune the VFO but it keeps putting me back on the 
>> frequency shown in SatPC32.
>>
>> Another weird behavior...in CAT control mode, it keeps jumping 
>> between uplink and downlink frequencies.  How do I stop this? Is that 
>> the special FT817 configuration I need to use?
>>
>>
>> Mark Lunday, WD4ELG
>> Greensboro, NC  FM06be
>> wd4elg at arrl.net
>> http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
>> SKCC #16439  FISTS #17972
>>
>>
>>
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