On Jul 19, 2023, at 10:22 PM, Edmund Thompson <Edmundthompson@...> wrote:

?It was my pleasure Dave. You're too generous. Figuring it out for the both of us!?

Ham radio is about helping each other.?

Now I know how to use SatPC32 to work with the IC-9700 and the homebrew EasyComm mini satellite antenna controller too!

RS-44 is currently easiest, with up to15 minute passes, but once I would have leaned to CAS-4A/B, or XW-4... but I fear they are now weak and failing.

Oh by the way, RTFM ! ?

Eddie, AE4TQ?

On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 20:58, Eric Howell

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Outstanding Eddie!!!!!

Eric Howell

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On Jul 19, 2023, at 8:46 PM, Joe Schippert via groups.io <joe_schippert@...> wrote:

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Great progress, and a good accomplishment for any ham!

Thanks for sharing, and thanks for encouraging the rest of us to get on the Satellites. ?

Eddie, I’ve got you on speed dial and will be calling one of these days. I need a rig, and to to re-read your presentation first!

?73, Joe ?AJ2Y?

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On Jul 19, 2023, at 20:32, KE4UW Dave <mossdj@...> wrote:

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Thanks to the hard work by Eddie figuring out how SAT32PC works, and the really hard work by Eddie to jam enough of that information between my ears, I successfully made a few contacts via the RS-44 satellite this afternoon.? Wow, FINALLY!

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I managed one contact on July 3, but only through the exemplary skills and extraordinary patience of K0JM Mark in Minneapolis.? He stuck with me as I wandered around in frequency, at least long enough to complete the QSO.? But it was rather embarrassing showing the world I still didn’t know how to do this properly.? Since then Eddie gave me more remedial instruction, and today was much more successful.?

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If you need someone to teach you how to do this, Eddie is your man.? Patient, persistent, and will/can actually thoroughly RTFM.

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I know I got it right today.? After some additional help from Eddie I managed to upload the QSOs to LOTW, and damned if all five weren’t already confirmed.? I guess satellite ops are pretty good at uploading to LOTW.?

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Eddie, thanks a million.? I don’t think I’m 100 percent there yet, so don’t throw away all your crib notes.? But it was a heck of an afternoon.? ?

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Dave UW

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