[Moon-net] Moon tracker for SPID ROTOR

[Iban Cardona]

I'm using the Alfaspid RAS to track spaceprobes at 8.4ghz and to listen EME 
at 1296 and 10ghz, and I'm losintg pulses too.

If I calibrate the rotator peaking the signal from a source as the sun, and 
start to tracking it, the rotator works well, it don't lost pulses. But If I 
move the rotator manually using the arrow keys and make the or four travels, 
it start to lost a lot of pulses pulses;using the rs232 port if I change the 
obect to track and have to do a long path to track a new object, it lost 
pulses too. Running it at 18v / 20v is true that is losintg less pulses, but 
it continues losting.

I'm a bit boered abut it, because in every session that I use the rotator I 
have to calibrate the system, and it is a trouble in the nights when the 
moon not is available, or the times that dont have the sun or moon over the 
horizon to calibrate.

If I dont get a solution for this,  probably I will mount absolute encoders 
and F1EHN board, or a digital inclinometer/compass, like this: 
http://www.oceanserver-store.com/os3axdico2.html

This firmware is for the RAS? Or only for the RAK?

Thanks!

73, Iban
eb3frn



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "F1TE" <f1te at f1te.org>
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Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Moon-net] Moon tracker for SPID ROTOR


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Anderson GM4JJJ" <david at gm4jjj.co.uk>
> To: "Moon-Net" <moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 11:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [Moon-net] Moon tracker for SPID ROTOR
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>>
>> Just to clarify, I'm not associated with Spid other than as the UK
>> agent, but have been involved in testing various revisions of their
>> firmware with my own tracking software
>>
>
> The same thing for me Dave.
> No interest other than technical and also a great friendship with the SPID
> agent in France, Michel F5FLN!
>
> 73, Lucien F1TE
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