Dear friends selenology today 27 was published now, three articles and more It is released at http://digilander.libero.it/glrgroup/ Issues: Compositional study...
Thanks to you John.For any questions about selenology today i am hereCiao from Rome (with snow!)Raffaello ... Da: john_bunyan@... Data: 10/02/2012 21.17 A:...
Can someone please give me some info on the use of the obervation log? What I want to do is have it automatically keep a list of all the sats I observe in a...
Thanks for the reply. The manual doesn't seem to give a step-by-step procedure for using the observation log, such as "Click on Observation Log and here's what...
Hello, I am new to the group. I'm interested in tracking the International Space Station. I am a retired electrical engineer and part of an international...
Hi Art, Rather than reinvent, why not just purchase a good automated telescope and then just add and align the yagi antenna to the scope (the same way that one...
I think you really need to contact and talk to this guy :- http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/EM400.html Watch the small video at the bottom of his tracking in...
I think that this sounds like a perfect opportunity for an educational activity for students to hand track with an "arrow" antenna. . . Sorry, couldn't resist....
Yeah, a 10K EM-400 with custom circuitry to aim a yagi :) On the cheap it can be done with a Meade DS series alt-az scope. I'm pretty sure I saw a video on YT...
No problem, Marlin, All comments are invited. Sometimes we need a refreshing outlook on the subject. We've been working on this project for over 2 years now...
Good point Ray, I am looking into that. My problem is that I don't know what is commercially available yet. I'm just starting to review options so I have a lot...
You might want to try the Meade LS6 or 8. You might have to gut the optical tube to get the load weight down. Then use a finder scope for the visual. I have...
... Subject: [satellitetracker] Tracking the International Space Station ... Radio amateurs would use a computer controlled az/el mount. Probably not hand...
P Son, Yes, I know about the Yaesu model G5500 and companion computer interface using the AMSAT SatPC32 software. That is definitely an option at an overall...
Art, do you really need tracking ability to get a usable signal? I've found with ISS that packet uplink/downlinks can be easily had during a favourable pass on...
Yes, tracking is definitely a necessity at 2.4GHz. This is a wide bandwidth signal, it's not narrow band CW or FM. The signal will be digital television on...
A few things come to mind in reading through this discussion. One of them was the polarization which you covered with the loop antenna. Another is the length...
... Any Meade Autostar based mount can track satellites without Satellitetracker. But you still need the computer to download the latest elements to the...
Having used Satellite Tracker a few things come to mind for you use. 1. S.T. was written quite awhile ago. It is officially unsupported. It has only had a...
Art I have not used it for this purpose but the SiTech controller and software now supports satellite tracking, uses servo drives. I leave it to you to assess...
Hello, during my research on eventual impact flash carried out on February 27 at 19:34:18.360 UT from my site (Rome) i have recorded a rapid transit of a...
Thanks Len, I'm not familiar with that product so some reading is in order. My concern without digesting the detail is that it may take a custom mount design...
Thanks Scott, I'll try the Yagi antenna first. It is a 6 foot long loop yagi weighing about 5 pounds with center mounting. I don't know the characteristics of ...
Thanks for the input Leo, I was not aware the ISS changes course that drastically and am sure no one else did either. Or, if they did, no one mentioned it to...
Thanks Ron, Someone else also mentioned the Meade LS6 mount. I need to investigate that. I think our biggest problem will be how to train someone without ...
