Thanks for the quick reply I will keep trying. I have an IC-9700 using HRD radio control program, SATPC32, I haven't pulled the trigger on a good antenna or rotor yet until I can figure out the basics Bill N1WHA 73
I just use the SATPC32 program rather than HRD combined. You can set up cat control easy enough. There is a lot of help found in the AUX tab on SATPC32 that will tell you how to set up your Icom properly. Its found at the right hand side top of the tabs. There is a lot of info specific to your radio. It will work great once you suss it. At first I was the same. I sussed it once I read the auxiliary help files. Its worth it as its a good program and works well 👌
I'm wondering if you have either the optional collins or inrad filters installed in your FT847. I have the same radio ( new ham), my first base. I find your demo of satelite ops interesting. Thanks. I always wondered how people utilize the multiple outputs best though I see in another video it appears that you have a 2m and 70cm yagis on opposite sides of a Yaesu rotator.
MODE A is active these days on AO7. I have got success also on RS44 reaching england and france from canada lately ! hope to catch you on the birds ! I use to have a FT847 20 years ago, fatastic radio, made numerous contact with MIR, ISS, AO-10 at 39400km, meteor scatter and aurora propagation ! Great radio ! I now run the IC7300/9700 with Gpredict for windows, I have a G5500 with simple 4el VHF and 5el UHF in horizontal plane, will upgrade the antenna soon enough I hope... 73 VA2CST
Greetings Aleziss - VA2CST, thanks for the comment and info. Always a pleasure to hear from another satellite chaser. Great set up your side and sounds like you do really well, I have worked Canada and USA on the same birds as yourself so I am sure we can make a qso when the right pass occurs. I used G-Predict for a number of years and really liked it. I just recently started with SATPC32 which is also really cool software. The Ft-847 I have has been in my possession since 2005 and I have no plans to change it, I like it very much indeed. I could do with overhauling my satellite beams as well lol hopefully I will get around to it soon h.i. I will be listening out for your call and once again thank you for dropping me a comment. Best 73 and happy Satellite operations to you my friend. de Simon M0YKS
@@M0YKSHamRadio Hi Simon, wow you are good using satpc32... I don't recall having swear that much at a software... that thing got stuck in 1985 and in 2020 still look the same, horrible interface in my opinion but if it suits your need, that is what count ! I have a 13b2 13el VHF, M² 432-9WL 21el UHF and M² 23CM35 35el 1.2GHz in the attic... I just need to install the new tower, run the new coax cables and assemble all the antennas on the G5500... so yeah, nice project ahead but it got delayed another year because of the pandemic... so still running with the tiny antennas but we would sure be able to make contact through RS44 when we get the right pass between europe and america ! 73 de Claude VA2CST
@@Aleziss nice plan, it sounds cool hope you get it setup soon 👍. I'm still exploring the various different programs for aat tracking. I quite like gpridict and couple of others. I found SATPC32 easy to setup that's why I'm currently on with it lol. Can't wait to catch you on a decent pass it would be Great.have a nice weekend and thanks for the information. Best 73 de Simon M0YKS 👌
How do you pick the up link freq to use? do you just pick one a random within the bandwidth? thanks for the video. There is really not a lot of instructional vids on SSB birds. i have a dual 818 mobile setup and need all the help i can get. Im just getting started.
MØYKS - Ham Radio I understand that part. I’m just wondering how you pick which frequency to use in the bandwidth of the uplink frequency range? Is it just one at random or do you have a formula or something like that to help you pick which frequency to start calling CQ so you can find yourself on the downlink? Thanks
@@Olderbird I used to check the amsat site that I attached the link and there on the right is all the frequency lists. I then set the radio to the center of the bandwidth on both up and down. But if you click on the sat and highlight it the frequencies are displayed on the radar so you copy them and you will be right. I also find it handy to put uplink on cw and transmit a tone as it is easy to hear on the downlink then switch from cw up to the correct ssb up usually lsb but it will show it next to the frequency readout on the amsat tracking page
MØYKS - Ham Radio ok. That makes sense. Thanks for the tip. I am about to have 5 birds pass over in the next 90 minutes. I hope to make a contact 73..K5KDY EM32
Super!! Which camera are you running, quality is superb! Only suggestion for next video, is to run camera exposure in manual or have it auto exposed so that the FT-847 screen is readable. Cheers and 73 DE KK4MND
Will try a different angle next time. It's straight off my Samsung s10 phone nothing fancy but works well. I tried obs studio mic and webcam but suffered with rfi. The phone is much better lol
MØYKS - Ham Radio angle was perfect! If you tap the +/- icon you can adjust the brightness of your image by sliding along between -2 and +2. Drag the slider to the left when shooting in bright conditions to help prevent over exposure (where the image is too bright), or to the right in darker conditions to help prevent under exposure (where the image is too dark).
Thanks for the tips, I will have a play around. Hopefully catch you on a pass soon! Thanks for a great evening I enjoyed the chat and ideas 💡. Enjoy your day and best 73 Simon M0YKS
Hi Simon, hope all is good with you, can you tell what are the antenna that you use for 144/430 I am gonna give it ago and your system seems to work well.
Hi Chris all good here thanks. Yes they are both X Yagi . One is 437 Oscar Sat 15 element. The other is Innovantenna 145 LFA 5 element. the Innovanttena website has a decent range of SAT antenna to check out. 73
have you tuned in to 3.840 or 3.908 its really active on those frequencies. There is a shortwave station in Monticello, Maine U.S. WBCQ 9.330 you can see how it comes in.
I've worked few USA stations using split quite a few times and yeah lol there sometimes is some crazy talk shows coming in from DX brodcast stations its very busy at times. Also a bit further up you will come across airport and Norwood marine weather as well as others. Endless swl fun with a decent receive antenna. Catch you later 73
No I don't bother with 11m anymore I had 30 years of fun on there. Passed the ham ticket and aint been back. A great way to progress i respect it but have plenty to work still on the ham bands.
Hi Simon hope you are well just called in to have a look at the birds with you pal nice job on video, listen out for the club on the birds G3RCM when we are back at the radio club we have the same g5500
Just a quick quick question. When the Satellite function is engaged, is it possible to receive an incoming signal to the Uplink band, or the reception is off?. Thank you for your time.
Hi Jay, I will be listening out for you buddy! Best 73 from IO93 and thanks for coming back with a comment I appreciate it 👍 have a great day. SIMON M0YKS
my only rig with ssb is ft817. i know duplex is better but how can i download (for chirp) or work out frequency pairs to store in memory to use these birds? i know its best to have 2 rigs, and that its a linear transponder or inverted and not channelised but im thinking 20 pairs in memory for each bird might do. i have lots of spare memories
Its not the kind of thing I would try its easy enough to follow the frequency change with the vfo. Two radios or a radio that operates across two bands is best cant really help you with that idea. 73 good luck
I've been working the FM birds since December. Was hoping the SSBs would be similar in operation but now I'm curious. For the FM sats I have a dual band Kenwood that I use. I keep both bands in VFO and tap them up or down as needed instead of channels. Figured programming a few channels for each would be difficult to remember and keep track of. I set the step size as small as possible (5KHz on my rig) and then tap each up or down as needed depending on the doppler. 73 - KC1OCA
I'm in the USA, N1WHA I am just trying to learn how to make contact with the satellites and I am going bald from pulling my hair out. I belong to Amsat and have tried to download the free software you show and can't seem to get it. It has been a very frustrating 2 weeks on this project
Hi William, sorry to hear your having a couple of issues. I downloaded the software here www.dk1tb.de/indexeng.htm I had a couple of issues at first as I had downloaded the wrong program which was solely for ISS and I wanted all the birds. It looked the same but did not control anything. I am not sure of what issues you have but once I downloaded the correct version its been happy days ever since. hope you get it sorted.
That’s was brilliant to watch you have a great set up
Thanks bud. next time I will hopefully talk to someone. Best 73
Love your vids keep them coming.
Thanks my friend. Stay safe and healthy 73
Great video, thanks for the explanation. 73 de OO4M
My pleasure and thank you. I am glad it is useful to you. 73 have fun
Thanks for the quick reply I will keep trying. I have an IC-9700 using HRD radio control program, SATPC32, I haven't pulled the trigger on a good antenna or rotor yet until I can figure out the basics
Bill N1WHA 73
I just use the SATPC32 program rather than HRD combined. You can set up cat control easy enough. There is a lot of help found in the AUX tab on SATPC32 that will tell you how to set up your Icom properly. Its found at the right hand side top of the tabs. There is a lot of info specific to your radio. It will work great once you suss it. At first I was the same. I sussed it once I read the auxiliary help files. Its worth it as its a good program and works well 👌
Fascinating video.
Thanks Ashley hope to hear you on the bands soon. 73 de M0YKS
I’m curious. What is the clicking sound in the background? Sounds like a CW key?
Yes you got it right. I'm using the key on the uplink frequency 👍
This is awesome I need one of these
I'm wondering if you have either the optional collins or inrad filters installed in your FT847. I have the same radio ( new ham), my first base. I find your demo of satelite ops interesting. Thanks. I always wondered how people utilize the multiple outputs best though I see in another video it appears that you have a 2m and 70cm yagis on opposite sides of a Yaesu rotator.
Thanks, I learned a lot.
That's great to hear. Well done Mike. 73 de Simon M0YKS
Thanks for posting.
My pleasure thanks for watching
MODE A is active these days on AO7. I have got success also on RS44 reaching england and france from canada lately ! hope to catch you on the birds ! I use to have a FT847 20 years ago, fatastic radio, made numerous contact with MIR, ISS, AO-10 at 39400km, meteor scatter and aurora propagation ! Great radio ! I now run the IC7300/9700 with Gpredict for windows, I have a G5500 with simple 4el VHF and 5el UHF in horizontal plane, will upgrade the antenna soon enough I hope... 73 VA2CST
Greetings Aleziss - VA2CST, thanks for the comment and info. Always a pleasure to hear from another satellite chaser. Great set up your side and sounds like you do really well, I have worked Canada and USA on the same birds as yourself so I am sure we can make a qso when the right pass occurs. I used G-Predict for a number of years and really liked it. I just recently started with SATPC32 which is also really cool software. The Ft-847 I have has been in my possession since 2005 and I have no plans to change it, I like it very much indeed. I could do with overhauling my satellite beams as well lol hopefully I will get around to it soon h.i.
I will be listening out for your call and once again thank you for dropping me a comment. Best 73 and happy Satellite operations to you my friend.
de Simon M0YKS
@@M0YKSHamRadio Hi Simon, wow you are good using satpc32... I don't recall having swear that much at a software... that thing got stuck in 1985 and in 2020 still look the same, horrible interface in my opinion but if it suits your need, that is what count ! I have a 13b2 13el VHF, M² 432-9WL 21el UHF and M² 23CM35 35el 1.2GHz in the attic... I just need to install the new tower, run the new coax cables and assemble all the antennas on the G5500... so yeah, nice project ahead but it got delayed another year because of the pandemic... so still running with the tiny antennas but we would sure be able to make contact through RS44 when we get the right pass between europe and america ! 73 de Claude VA2CST
@@Aleziss nice plan, it sounds cool hope you get it setup soon 👍. I'm still exploring the various different programs for aat tracking. I quite like gpridict and couple of others. I found SATPC32 easy to setup that's why I'm currently on with it lol.
Can't wait to catch you on a decent pass it would be Great.have a nice weekend and thanks for the information. Best 73 de Simon M0YKS 👌
How do you pick the up link freq to use? do you just pick one a random within the bandwidth? thanks for the video. There is really not a lot of instructional vids on SSB birds. i have a dual 818 mobile setup and need all the help i can get. Im just getting started.
Check out the amsat satellite tracking page it tells you the real-time up and down frequency as well as USB and LSB amsat.org.ar/pass.htm#Top
MØYKS - Ham Radio I understand that part. I’m just wondering how you pick which frequency to use in the bandwidth of the uplink frequency range? Is it just one at random or do you have a formula or something like that to help you pick which frequency to start calling CQ so you can find yourself on the downlink? Thanks
@@Olderbird I used to check the amsat site that I attached the link and there on the right is all the frequency lists. I then set the radio to the center of the bandwidth on both up and down. But if you click on the sat and highlight it the frequencies are displayed on the radar so you copy them and you will be right. I also find it handy to put uplink on cw and transmit a tone as it is easy to hear on the downlink then switch from cw up to the correct ssb up usually lsb but it will show it next to the frequency readout on the amsat tracking page
MØYKS - Ham Radio ok. That makes sense. Thanks for the tip. I am about to have 5 birds pass over in the next 90 minutes. I hope to make a contact 73..K5KDY EM32
@@Olderbird have fun and good luck. got hf on and also waiting for another pass this side 73
Super!! Which camera are you running, quality is superb! Only suggestion for next video, is to run camera exposure in manual or have it auto exposed so that the FT-847 screen is readable. Cheers and 73 DE KK4MND
Will try a different angle next time. It's straight off my Samsung s10 phone nothing fancy but works well. I tried obs studio mic and webcam but suffered with rfi. The phone is much better lol
MØYKS - Ham Radio angle was perfect! If you tap the +/- icon you can adjust the brightness of your image by sliding along between -2 and +2.
Drag the slider to the left when shooting in bright conditions to help prevent over exposure (where the image is too bright), or to the right in darker conditions to help prevent under exposure (where the image is too dark).
Thanks for the tips, I will have a play around. Hopefully catch you on a pass soon! Thanks for a great evening I enjoyed the chat and ideas 💡. Enjoy your day and best 73
Simon M0YKS
Hi Simon, hope all is good with you, can you tell what are the antenna that you use for 144/430 I am gonna give it ago and your system seems to work well.
Hi Chris all good here thanks. Yes they are both X Yagi . One is 437 Oscar Sat 15 element. The other is Innovantenna 145 LFA 5 element. the Innovanttena website has a decent range of SAT antenna to check out. 73
Great thanks buddy, hope to make a QSO with you soon sometime, do you have a regular frequency you stick to on any particular bands??
@@M0YKSHamRadio
Hi. This AMSAT page, how do you make it full screen as for me its just a little 4" square box in the top left hand corner of my screen
Hi Neil there is a small triangle at the top right hand side. Click that for full screen.
@@M0YKSHamRadio Hiya, oh thankyou very much. Neil M0CJM
have you tuned in to 3.840 or 3.908 its really active on those frequencies. There is a shortwave station in Monticello, Maine U.S. WBCQ 9.330 you can see how it comes in.
I've worked few USA stations using split quite a few times and yeah lol there sometimes is some crazy talk shows coming in from DX brodcast stations its very busy at times. Also a bit further up you will come across airport and Norwood marine weather as well as others. Endless swl fun with a decent receive antenna. Catch you later 73
@@M0YKSHamRadio do you ever go on 11 meters CB band when the skip is running 38 LSB 27.385
No I don't bother with 11m anymore I had 30 years of fun on there. Passed the ham ticket and aint been back. A great way to progress i respect it but have plenty to work still on the ham bands.
Hi Simon hope you are well just called in to have a look at the birds with you pal nice job on video, listen out for the club on the birds G3RCM when we are back at the radio club we have the same g5500
Hi Steve, will do buddy, hope you get back soon as poss. In the meantime 73! good dx.
@@M0YKSHamRadio Hi Simon i have been very busy but hoping to get back on the Birds and chat again stay safe Pal chat soon
Just a quick quick question. When the Satellite function is engaged, is it possible to receive an incoming signal to the Uplink band, or the reception is off?. Thank you for your time.
Hi buddy the uplink is muted. you don't hear any RX from anyone else works well, had mine 15 years and still good on the SAT bands.
@@M0YKSHamRadio Thank you 73 de SV1SLB
Hope to work you one day on a trans Atlantic pass. 73 from em77
Hi Jay, I will be listening out for you buddy! Best 73 from IO93 and thanks for coming back with a comment I appreciate it 👍 have a great day.
SIMON M0YKS
Where can I get one of the radios ?
my only rig with ssb is ft817. i know duplex is better but how can i download (for chirp) or work out frequency pairs to store in memory to use these birds? i know its best to have 2 rigs, and that its a linear transponder or inverted and not channelised but im thinking 20 pairs in memory for each bird might do. i have lots of spare memories
Its not the kind of thing I would try its easy enough to follow the frequency change with the vfo. Two radios or a radio that operates across two bands is best cant really help you with that idea. 73 good luck
I've been working the FM birds since December. Was hoping the SSBs would be similar in operation but now I'm curious. For the FM sats I have a dual band Kenwood that I use. I keep both bands in VFO and tap them up or down as needed instead of channels. Figured programming a few channels for each would be difficult to remember and keep track of. I set the step size as small as possible (5KHz on my rig) and then tap each up or down as needed depending on the doppler. 73 - KC1OCA
Yes I would suggest that's the best way forward in that situation. Thsnks for sharing your experience 73
I'm in the USA, N1WHA I am just trying to learn how to make contact with the satellites and I am going bald from pulling my hair out. I belong to Amsat and have tried to download the free software you show and can't seem to get it. It has been a very frustrating 2 weeks on this project
Hi William, sorry to hear your having a couple of issues. I downloaded the software here www.dk1tb.de/indexeng.htm
I had a couple of issues at first as I had downloaded the wrong program which was solely for ISS and I wanted all the birds. It looked the same but did not control anything. I am not sure of what issues you have but once I downloaded the correct version its been happy days ever since. hope you get it sorted.
interesting Simon nice to see somebody so interesting in the hobby, thanks for putting the film on mike M1KEY
Thanks Mike thats a great call sign you have!
My radio scanner doesn't have ssb can I still listen to satellites
The fm ones only
Tks 73 PP5 RC
Your welcome 😉 best 73 Simon M0YKS
Very nice 👍...📻🤠 Following 73
Thanks Alex 73 M0YKS
Thank you, nice vid.
Your very welcome 73 thank you for passing by my channel 🖐👽👍