[DogParkList] Macdoppler questions re: pl on ts2000x

[myles landstein]

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>>>> Best new years to everyone !!

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>>>> I noticed a few things  and hope someone  might be able to point  

>>>> me  straight  in case i did  something   stupid on the simple   

>>>> stuff,   I must admit i am new  to  satellites  Hoping that   

>>>> someone might be running   MacDoppler  and  a  Ts2000

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>>>> First  a  simple  question :

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>>>>  my goal was  to try to work the new  setting on  ISS  :

>>>> "December 21-26 - we plan to support the Crossband repeater mode  

>>>> with a twist. Our intent is to configure the

>>>> radio for 145.99 MHz uplink including PL tone of 67.0 and 437.80  

>>>> MHz down."

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>>>> So  i put     into MD, a new entry called  special  ::


on  MacDoppler  pro menu i put   under  the  column  for  Uplink    
145.99   and  where it said  downlink  I put  437.800   i selected   
repeater  and under the tone  column i put  67

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>>>> did i do that  correctly or did i have  the freq.  reversed?

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> Here is my set up

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>>>> Radio   (common to both apples) TS2000x  latest  software (8119)  

>>>> confirmed  by front panel /keyspan as always  rig control  

>>>> selected  working ok

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>>>> Questions:

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>>>> A) On my  12'' g4 macbookpro /tiger:    when  i  have  the above   

>>>> set    i don't see  any pl settings on the radio display  (at  

>>>> all)  i tried  to reboot  and re enter  the above  ,   Do i  

>>>> need   something else    to get pl   to work?  I got  stuck  

>>>> here.....

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>>>> B) Now  i tried   my  15''  macbook pro intel/lepord:   when i  

>>>> had  the above  settings    i see    the little T   came on the  

>>>> radio (hmm)  ,   ok here is where i got stuck again,   so  i see   

>>>> the display  has a  left  and  right frequency readout

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>>>> it seems  the  RX   is on the 'left display'  and when i TX  

>>>> it's   on the  Right   display(did i get this  straight?) pretty  

>>>> sure  but wanted to do a sanity check being new to this am i  

>>>> correct so far?

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>>>> so when the T  comes  on  --   the  T  is on the  Left   

>>>> Display    I therefore   assume  it  is acting  as a  RX  pl    I  

>>>> further  presume   to actually  TX  the tone  the little T   

>>>> needs  to be on the  right display??

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> If that  is correct  than    either i didn't set something correct  

> or there is a  potential bug in the program   trying to  basically  

> figure  it all out    so i can  tx the  tone

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>>>> hope i am not  going  crazy,     but  very new  to all this  and  

>>>> was   rather  excited to see if i can't  maybe  work the ISS  .   

>>>> i have a  pretty  modest  set up  and  i hear  the ISS should  

>>>> come in easy""

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>>>> thanks all

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