[Elecraft] Transverter & Satellite work questions?

[Steve Muncy]

I can't imagine this would be too hard using conventional satellite 
tracking software. MacDopplerPro provides  tracking control for 
separate transmitters and receivers, and quite some time ago I used the 
receive  tracking on MacDoppler Pro to track  receive  on 10 m using 
the K2 without any problems. I can't see that using the transverters 
would make any difference.

I'm not in a position to try this however. Sadly, I have only one K2 
and since I've got an IC-910H satellite transceiver, I'm unlikely to 
purchase the  transverters and another K2 (sorry, Eric and Wayne....I 
feel like a traitor!)


On Wednesday, May 7, 2003, at 23:50 US/Central, Jack Brindle wrote:

> OK, let me throw some folks into a tizzy. I believe this can actually 
> be done. I understand the main requirements to have two K2's to 
> operate side-by-side each with its own transverter on separate bands 
> and have them track in frequency for doppler effects. Setting up the 
> radios shouldn't be too difficult to do, you just need to practice 
> standard dual-operation techniques to make sure the radios don't 
> adversely effect each other (desense, etc). Tracking shouldn't be a 
> big problem, it just takes some software on a computer (PC, Mac, or 
> ???) with two serial ports to issue VFO commands (DN, UP, FA or FB 
> commands) to set the frequency on each radio as to coordinate for 
> doppler shift. Shouldn't be too bad, and you don't even need a KRC2 to 
> do it.
>
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