Re: [amsat-bb] SAT_EXPLORER

["Mark L. Hammond" <mlhammond@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jim,

Regarding #1 below:  will SAT_EXPLORER interface with (i.e., "feed") WispDDE?  If so, that will provide the necessary com port signals to run your VFOs..

http://www.laboratoriomederos.com/CX6DD/wispdde/




73,

Mark N8MH





At 07:36 PM 8/4/2005 +0100, Jim Heck wrote:
>Hi All,
>
> I use SAT_EXPLORER to predict when sats are going to be in view. Its great, simple and easy to use. I want to do 2 things with it, however, and I would be grateful for any advice
>
>1. It controls my az/el rotator perfectly through my LVB Tracker, but it wont control my radio (FT-847). It does do all the doppler calculations, and the help file describes in detail about its DDE server, but I need to know how I hook this up to the rig. I guess I need another bit of software??
>
>2. By default, it wont track (control the Az/El rotator) when a sat comes into view. You have to hit the 'track' button. Does anyone know how to make it track sats as they come over the horizon with no human intervention??
>
>Grateful for any advice
>
>73
>Jim G3WGM
>
>
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