Peter (MM9SQL)

OscarWatch Tracker v1.0.0 is live! 🛰️ ➡️ Major FlexRadio SmartSDR overhaul ➡️ Expanded HF satellite support: IC-7300, IC-706 series, & FT-817/818 on AO-07 Mode A ➡️ Refreshed Upcoming Passes interface Download: github.com/magicbug/Oscar…

@_wa1jay_ Temp bodges always turn out to last year's

Antenna takedown day, my temporary platform which I used for more than 2 years is going to get replaced?I'm surprised my antenna hasn't fallen over.🤣

@flo_0_ @Andreas_Norway Do you carry spare cable sets?

Roving causes heavy wear on the satellite gear. Power cord was fixed Tnx to @Andreas_Norway. N connector will get some surgery with the pocketknife. That should hold for the last few grids. #amsat #hamradio #gridhopper

@lambdaprog Not sure I see that perhaps I've fed the algorithm better.

Is it me or X is becoming another Instagram-like sh*thole?

@VE7PTN I was hoping you was going to say that, yes easy path for me if you have a clear horizon. Looking forward to it

@mm9sql Both. You should be in footprint for RS-44 when I have decent horizons.

I am starting a two-week satellite rove to northern BC, Yukon and Northwest Territories on Aug 11, hitting a bunch of rare grids. I will post passes on hams.at with as much notice as possible. See my QRZ page for more. @GridMasterHeat @GridChasers @GridMasterMap

@manxmatty @pe0sat Also because my code isn't signed it's a bit of a pig to install

@manxmatty @pe0sat Macs pretty well catered for with macdoppler

@mm9sql @pe0sat Interesting seeing more Linux users than MACOS !

I always find the download stats interesting for OscarWatch tracker, this is for 1.0, but as you can see, Windows outnumbers everything. Yet you constantly hear that there needs to be stuff for Linux, obviously, this version is only 24 hours old but still interesting.

@manxmatty I know it a few running it on pis with good success, I'm loving Oscarwatch it's what I've always wanted

@mm9sql Was running Raspberry Pi4 for contest logging in the van for a while- low power consumption on leisure battery, upgraded to 2 x 100aH LiFePo4 batteries and now run mini PC. Quite like playing with other OS when time allows - enjoying Oscarwatch !

@StevenD52396942 @pe1chl think you are misunderstanding my point: things are often requested for Linux, but that doesn't match what I see in downloads.

@mm9sql @pe1chl I could probably list a dozen ham radio applications that are just available on windows. It's also worth noting that most hams are a bit older and don't like change.

@pe1chl @StevenD52396942 Exactly Rob

@StevenD52396942 @mm9sql Well, the equivalent of "old amateur radio software" is well available in the repositories of Linux distrubutions. Also that old software would run well under wine. No need to stick to Windows just for that.

@pe0sat I totally get why people choose different operating systems, just thought stats was interesting

@mm9sql I have run all Windows version from 1988 until Windows 10 and now MS has really p... me off, totally switched to Unix (Linux, BSD and MacOS)

@dtabor @KE9AJ Oh dear, body's just that messed up that I haven't been able too. Ebike maybe the answer but ferls wrong ha

Pete’s @mm9sql latest OscarWatch update has my portable Icom 706mkII/FT-818 combination working great! Now I’ll have a more compact traveling - portable set up rather than dragging my heavy FT 847 everywhere!

@uhf_satcom Just general component failure? Maybe new lnb time

For some reason my Ku LNB for QO100 has moved a few hundred Hz, its locked to an external reference. Originally it was referenced by 25.7884615384MHz but now its had a retune to 25.7884605128MHz moving it 400Hz at 10GHz, very odd! Its been running since QO100 launch!

@W8LR_ham @KE9AJ Just make sure to buy CAT control cables with FTDI chipsets

@KE9AJ @mm9sql Any drivers i need to install on the mkii

@g7soz @CarstenGrn1 Agreed, i think if its post 2025 and doesn't have ethernet its rather piss poor

@CarstenGrn1 Excellent! All radio kit should be networked!

Just rolled out a DXChrono Desktop release that fixes an issue in which the aurora overlay doesn't always display. desktop.dxchrono.com