[amsat-bb] FoxTelem Program & RTL820T Dongles

[Doug Phelps]

Sorry for the dumb question but how do I turn on the squelch in Fox Telem?  I would need to do this both on Windows and Linux (PI 3B+).


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On Monday, December 10, 2018 5:01 PM, Hasan al-Basri <hbasri.schiers6 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Bob,
>
> I have done that successfully with both an SDRPlay RSP2 and a FunCube Pro +.
> Here is what I learned:
> You must run those FM rx with squelch on. In other words, set up each SDRC
> rx with FM Squelch , Narrow Filters (12 kHz is fine).
>
> When I tried to run them unsquelched I got no decodes. Once squelched, all
> decode fine if freq is clear (lots of junk on the downlink band from
> computer stuff)
>
> 73, N0AN
> Hasan
>
> On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 4:17 PM Bob KD7YZ kd7yz at denstarfarm.us wrote:
>
> > After reading the manual from FoxTelem, I decided to thy the 192KHz wide
> > suggestion they made ... the intent being to use SDR-Console/Satellite
> > and the RTL820T Dongle.
> > SDRC/Satellite is unable to auto-switch to the next in a list of Sats so
> > making a bandwidth big enough to take in the lower end of one to the
> > upper end of the others means, technically, 'set and forget' .
> > I never did understand though where the Find-Sat "switch" was. I was
> > hoping a strong signal somewhere in the bandwidth, which I could see was
> > wide enough to cover the 4, would be enough to make the FoxTelem
> > program seek out the Sat and decode it.
> > I'd hoped to be able to activate the programs overnight and collect from
> > 85 91 92 95 .
> > It didn't work out. Though in testing, I could visually see the
> > Telem/Signal come up.
> > So is anyone using this combo willing to give me some pointers?
> > Thanks
> > --
> > 73
> > Bob KD7YZ
> > AMSAT LM #901
> >
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