[amsat-bb] FoxTelem Program & RTL820T Dongles

[Hasan al-Basri]

I am using an SDR with SDR Console v 3.03
It permits every receiver to set its own squelch. I feed the audio of each
rx to the decoding program.

It sits overnight and gets TLM from AO-85/91/92 because I have 3 rx running
at the same time with the SDR Console software.

SDRC v3 is windows only.

73, N0AN
Hasan


On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 3:22 PM Burns Fisher <burns at fisher.cc> wrote:

> Doug,  Do you mean you are using a FunCube Dongle or something and having
> FoxTelem decode the RF (as opposed to feeding it audio).  You can turn off
> the audio entirely by clicking on tab on the input section (just above the
> audio/FFT display) that says "Silence Audio".  If that tab says "Monitor
> Audio" then it is already turned off.  You can also monitor the audio and
> have it squelch when there is no telemetry being decoded using a checkbox
> on the side (Squelch when no telemetry" or something like that).  If you
> mean to use this to listen to QSOs, remember that while you might be able
> to hear them sometimes, the ear is incredibly sensitive, so you might be
> squelching something you could actually hear and understand.
>
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 4:09 PM Doug Phelps via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > 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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> > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> > 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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