Hi Dave,
I am really sorry to read about your generator issue, apparently
lighting induced! You've certainly had more than your share of technical
challenges lately. It sounds like this generator thing is going from bad
to worse! Good luck getting that sorted out. We need you back for
Tuesday nights and hopefully Wednesday too!
Most of my technical difficulties in recent times have been self
induced. Earlier this week I figured out a problem with my modified LNBs
for 10 GHz EME reception experiments, and then got automatic doppler
tracking working with my simple SDR and preferred software. Last night I
checked this out and it was working great. I had perfect Q65 decodes of
the DL0SHF beacon every time, and didn't have to retune at all. I did
have to run outside every five minutes to move the dish but that's
another story.
Earlier in the week when I set up a connected pair of virtual COM ports
for the doppler tracking, I didn't have the control box for the new
rotator on one of the towers powered up, causing Windows to not realize
something would be wanting to use COM5. Not realizing this, I used COM5
and COM6 for the virtual pair. Naturally I discovered my error when I
turned on that control box and started getting error messages. A smart
person would have just left this alone until after the upcoming EME
contest weekend which I have been working hard to prepare for, but not
me. I had to try to fix it at 0100 local time last night. That initiated
a three hour battle to get it working again, only to eventually discover
that the problem was as simple as forgetting to check "activate" after
configuring the new CAT port in the SDR software!
I am happy to report everything is working again and I am all set for
the wee hours Friday night, having somewhat shifted my bizarre sleep
schedule to better accommodate this activity.
73,
Paul N1BUG
FN55mf
On 9/15/22 07:55, David Olean wrote:
Hi Paul,
Don't feel bad. I always consider myself lucky if I make it down stairs
for breakfast. I missed 432 night too due to technical difficulties. I
spent the day monkeying with the generator and got nowhere. It was made
by CMD near Bangor and they do not return my calls. The documentation
on the machine is not complete, and, of course, the missing stuff is all
the speed control information where the problem is! I am at the point of
dis assembling it and tracing wires!!
Dave K1WHS
On 9/15/2022 7:13 AM, Paul N1BUG FN55mf wrote:
I blew it!! For some reason I was thinking this started at the same
hour as Tuesday night 222 activity. After listening for half an hour
and hearing nothing, I went away. What a bone-headed move on my part!
As a general rule this is going to be even harder for me to show up
for than 222, as it's well into my normal sleep period.
73,
Paul N1BUG
FN55mf
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