[amsat-bb] Well I've finally joined the 21st century.

[Tucker McGuire]

Floyd,

There only has to be an operator present at the control point. In this case
he is controlling the rig with his phone, therefore it is the control point.

73,
Tucker
W4FS/VE9FS

On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 10:39 PM, Floyd Rodgers <kc5qbc at swbell.net> wrote:

> Note: not trying to play ham cop. Isn't there supposed to be a control
> operator present at the radio? What happens when the rig or computer has an
> issue and locks up during transmit?
>
>     On Friday, August 3, 2018 9:19 PM, John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>  If you download teamviewer on the shack computer and on your smartphone,
> you can run FT8 or whatever else digital program remotely using your
> cellphone.  It is pretty neat to be making FT8 QSOs while walking around
> the mall or sitting in a doctor's office.  If you have the right rig and
> right rig control software you can also do CW and SSB, although you might
> be limited to canned messages.  I picked up a few new band and/or mode
> countries this year so far doing that.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
> On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 2:12 AM, Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I fully support the recommendation for ISS Detector Pro + the amateur
> > package. Well worth the money.
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 9:37 PM John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > ISS Detector Pro is the main app I use now. I like it because I can
> > > select just the sats I want to see via filters, and at a glance I can
> > > open it up and see what sats are coming in range in the next few
> > > hours, or days.
> > >
> > > We have a page on apps to use to track sats on the following wiki:
> > >
> > > http://sats.wikidot.com/what-apps-can-i-use-to-track-satellites
> > >
> > > 73, John Brier KG4AKV
> > >
> > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 5:35 PM, Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL <vlfiscus at mcn.net
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > > My 12 year old flip-phone went SK on me. I wanted
> > > > another flip phone but they told me they would have
> > > > to special order one. HA, so now I have an android
> > > > smart phone. still trying to learn it.
> > > >
> > > > Just wondering, what apps are the favorites out there?
> > > >
> > > > Saw heavens above, Some PSK, SSTV, and RTTY apps. A neat
> > > > looking audio spectrum analyzer app.
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone hooked up an SDR receiver to a smart phone? I
> > > > think that is something I would like to try as everything is
> > > > so portable, and I'd like to stay away from any app with ads.
> > > >
> > > > 73
> > > > KB7ADL
> > > >
> > > >
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> > Don KB2YSI
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