[amsat-bb] Fox telemetry software question
JoAnne K9JKM
joanne.k9jkm at gmail.com
Sat Dec 22 14:19:56 UTC 2018
Good morning Ron,
> Ideally I guess would be a small package with Fox Telem running on
> Raspberry Pi like processor, tied to a SDRPlay receiver, on an omni
> antenna.
A pre-configured SD Card for the Raspberry Pi with the Raspbian operating
system and FoxTelem loaded is available in the AMSAT Store:
https://www.amsat.org/product/fox-in-a-box-raspberry-pi-sd-card/
Just insert the SD card in your Raspberry Pi and FoxTelem starts when you
boot up.
I run the Fox In A Box with an inexpensive $20 RTL-SDR dongle. It works but
I've discovered a better receiver like the SDR Play will give better
results. I'm using the pre-amp that used to be in the AMSAT Store - it was
just laying around anyways. My antenna is a spare 2 meter vertical.
> I have some work yet to do with the new Gpredict
> installation too, satellites need to be added.
GPredict will add satellites for you ...
>From the main screen select 'Edit --> Preferences'
Then from that 'GPredict Preferences :: General' screen select the 'TLE
Update' tab
The TLE sources default to Celestrak, etc. I changed my TLE source to AMSAT:
Make the TLE source http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt
on some GPredict versions you make the source:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/ and then make the file to
retrieve nasabare.txt
Check the option for 'Add new satellites to local database' box. You'll get
all of the recent satellites and every time a new satellite is added to the
Keps it will be added at your QTH when you update the Keps. Pick the new
satellite from the configuration view.
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73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat.org
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