From: Colin XSD <m0xsd@...>
Subject: Re: [aprsisce] Transatlantic Balloon attempt today
To: aprsisce@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 10:37 AM

 

I'm monitoring 144.390 just in case it appears this far North.


73,
Colin
M0XSD.


On 04/12/2012 14:29, Lynn W Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote:

 

Now we wait.  Hopefully there's some IGates switched over to 144.390 along the West coast of Europe and in the Azores.  The balloon was slowing as it went out of range, so it may be longer than anticipated.  Then again, it may never show up!

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32

On 12/4/2012 8:48 AM, Larry Overcast wrote:

Any update?  It looks like last tx was about 10 hours ago.

Larry Overcast

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 4, 2012, at 2:56 AM, MICHEL LUZERNE <micheluze@...> wrote:

 

Hello Dear firends
 
I am in RX 144.390 ARPS I am in S/E France heard somes trames by moment but can not decoded it.
I am also on track map but seems that the last update and last trames was 3h50UTC 04/12/2012 at 10:47 locale or 9:47UTC
There is a probleme?? See screenshot
 
73 F1ABL Michel

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To: aprsisce@yahoogroups.com
From: jakehecla@...
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 20:42:28 -0800
Subject: Re: [aprsisce] Transatlantic Balloon attempt today



It's been more than a half an hour since the last packet hit aprs.fi. Any news from our European compatriots tracking the thing?

2012/12/3 Steve Daniels <steve@...>

 

If it comes across further North and is picked up by UK stations then Dutch
stations monitoring would be good also.

Just sent the following to a lot of Stations in Western France

Please can you help, we are looking for stations in Western France to
monitor APRS on 144.390MHz for a balloon crossing the atlantic K6RPT-12, if
it makes the crossing it should be heard about 12:00UTC if your APRS Station
is not internet connected please send reports to myself. Thank you Steve

S'il vous plaît pouvez-vous aider, nous recherchons des stations de l'Ouest
France pour suivre APRS sur 144.390MHz pour un ballon de traverser
l'Atlantique K6RPT-12, si elle fait la traversée il doit être entendu parler
de 12:00 UTC si votre station APRS n'est pas connecté à Internet s'il vous
plaît envoyer des rapports à moi-même. Merci Steve

Steve Daniels
Amateur Radio Callsign G6UIM
Torbay Freecycle Owner
http://http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/torbay_freecycle

APRSISCE/32 Beta tester and WIKI editor http://aprsisce.wikidot.com

-----Original Message-----
From: aprsisce@yahoogroups.com [mailto:aprsisce@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf

Of PE1RDW
Sent: 03 December 2012 21:34
To: aprsisce@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [aprsisce] Transatlantic Balloon attempt today

On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:20:02 +0100, Steve Daniels
<steve@...> wrote:

> Well DSTAR is illegal in France because of the codec and the internet
> connection so it may well be they are not allowed
>
>
> Steve Daniels
>
> Amateur Radio Callsign G6UIM
>
> Torbay Freecycle Owner
>
> http://http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/torbay_freecycle
> <http://http:/uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/torbay_freecycle>
>
> APRSISCE/32 Beta tester and WIKI editor http://aprsisce.wikidot.com
>
I think they got permision for DStar a few months or so ago, not 100%
sure, but I don't see why an RX only igate would not be alowed in france.
nobody is likely to transmit on 144.390 anyway because it is just below
the beacon band

--
73 Andre PE1RDW

------------------------------------

Yahoo! Groups Links

From: Kurt Savegnago <ksaves2@...>
Subject: Re: [aprsisce] Transatlantic Balloon Off Morocco!!!
To: aprsisce@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 10:01 PM

 

Like it says above.  Just came back!!!!                                 Kurt KC9LDH --- On Tue, 12/4/12, Colin XSD <m0xsd@...> wrote: From: Colin XSD <m0xsd@...> Subject: Re: [aprsisce] Transatlantic Balloon attempt today To: aprsisce@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 10:37 AM   I'm monitoring 144.390 just in case it appears this far North. 73, Colin M0XSD. On 04/12/2012 14:29, Lynn W Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote:   Now we wait.  Hopefully there's some IGates switched over to 144.390 along the West coast of Europe and in the Azores.  The balloon was slowing as it went out of range, so it may be longer than anticipated.  Then again, it may never show up! Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32 On 12/4/2012 8:48 AM, Larry Overcast wrote: Any update?  It looks like last tx was about 10 hours ago. Larry Overcast Sent from my iPhone On Dec 4, 2012, at 2:56 AM, MICHEL LUZERNE <micheluze@...> wrote:   Hello Dear firends   I am in RX 144.390 ARPS I am in S/E France heard somes trames by moment but can not decoded it. I am also on track map but seems that the last update and last trames was 3h50UTC 04/12/2012 at 10:47 locale or 9:47UTC There is a probleme?? See screenshot   73 F1ABL Michel To: aprsisce@yahoogroups.com From: jakehecla@... Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 20:42:28 -0800 Subject: Re: [aprsisce] Transatlantic Balloon attempt today It's been more than a half an hour since the last packet hit aprs.fi. Any news from our European compatriots tracking the thing? 2012/12/3 Steve Daniels <steve@...>   If it comes across further North and is picked up by UK stations then Dutch stations monitoring would be good also. Just sent the following to a lot of Stations in Western France Please can you help, we are looking for stations in Western France to monitor APRS on 144.390MHz for a balloon crossing the atlantic K6RPT-12, if it makes the crossing it should be heard about 12:00UTC if your APRS Station is not internet connected please send reports to myself. Thank you Steve S'il vous plaît pouvez-vous aider, nous recherchons des stations de l'Ouest France pour suivre APRS sur 144.390MHz pour un ballon de traverser l'Atlantique K6RPT-12, si elle fait la traversée il doit être entendu parler de 12:00 UTC si votre station APRS n'est pas connecté à Internet s'il vous plaît envoyer des rapports à moi-même. Merci Steve Steve Daniels Amateur Radio Callsign G6UIM Torbay Freecycle Owner http://http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/torbay_freecycle APRSISCE/32 Beta tester and WIKI editor http://aprsisce.wikidot.com -----Original Message----- From: aprsisce@yahoogroups.com [mailto:aprsisce@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of PE1RDW Sent: 03 December 2012 21:34 To: aprsisce@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [aprsisce] Transatlantic Balloon attempt today On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:20:02 +0100, Steve Daniels <steve@...> wrote: > Well DSTAR is illegal in France because of the codec and the internet > connection so it may well be they are not allowed > > > Steve Daniels > > Amateur Radio Callsign G6UIM > > Torbay Freecycle Owner > > http://http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/torbay_freecycle > <http://http:/uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/torbay_freecycle> > > APRSISCE/32 Beta tester and WIKI editor http://aprsisce.wikidot.com > I think they got permision for DStar a few months or so ago, not 100% sure, but I don't see why an RX only igate would not be alowed in france. nobody is likely to transmit on 144.390 anyway because it is just below the beacon band -- 73 Andre PE1RDW ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links

From: joseph cooksley <skiprokiwi@...>
Subject: Re: [aprsisce] Transatlantic Balloon Off Morocco!!!
To: "aprsisce@yahoogroups.com" <aprsisce@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 1:14 AM

 

I take it saw tooth track is caused by in complete data streams ????

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From: Kurt Savegnago <ksaves2@...>
To: aprsisce@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 5 December 2012 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: [aprsisce] Transatlantic Balloon Off Morocco!!!

 

Like it says above.  Just came back!!!!                                 Kurt KC9LDH --- On Tue, 12/4/12, Colin XSD <m0xsd@...> wrote: From: Colin XSD <m0xsd@...> Subject: Re: [aprsisce] Transatlantic Balloon attempt today To: aprsisce@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 10:37 AM   I'm monitoring 144.390 just in case it appears this far North. 73, Colin M0XSD. On 04/12/2012 14:29, Lynn W Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote:   Now we wait.  Hopefully there's some IGates switched over to 144.390 along the West coast of Europe and in the Azores.  The balloon was slowing as it went out of range, so it may be longer than anticipated.  Then again, it may never show up! Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32 On 12/4/2012 8:48 AM, Larry Overcast wrote: Any update?  It looks like last tx was about 10 hours ago. Larry Overcast Sent from my iPhone On Dec 4, 2012, at 2:56 AM, MICHEL LUZERNE <micheluze@...> wrote:   Hello Dear firends   I am in RX 144.390 ARPS I am in S/E France heard somes trames by moment but can not decoded it. I am also on track map but seems that the last update and last trames was 3h50UTC 04/12/2012 at 10:47 locale or 9:47UTC There is a probleme?? See screenshot   73 F1ABL Michel To: aprsisce@yahoogroups.com From: jakehecla@... Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 20:42:28 -0800 Subject: Re: [aprsisce] Transatlantic Balloon attempt today It's been more than a half an hour since the last packet hit aprs.fi. Any news from our European compatriots tracking the thing? 2012/12/3 Steve Daniels <steve@...>   If it comes across further North and is picked up by UK stations then Dutch stations monitoring would be good also. Just sent the following to a lot of Stations in Western France Please can you help, we are looking for stations in Western France to monitor APRS on 144.390MHz for a balloon crossing the atlantic K6RPT-12, if it makes the crossing it should be heard about 12:00UTC if your APRS Station is not internet connected please send reports to myself. Thank you Steve S'il vous plaît pouvez-vous aider, nous recherchons des stations de l'Ouest France pour suivre APRS sur 144.390MHz pour un ballon de traverser l'Atlantique K6RPT-12, si elle fait la traversée il doit être entendu parler de 12:00 UTC si votre station APRS n'est pas connecté à Internet s'il vous plaît envoyer des rapports à moi-même. Merci Steve Steve Daniels Amateur Radio Callsign G6UIM Torbay Freecycle Owner http://http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/torbay_freecycle APRSISCE/32 Beta tester and WIKI editor http://aprsisce.wikidot.com -----Original Message----- From: aprsisce@yahoogroups.com [mailto:aprsisce@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of PE1RDW Sent: 03 December 2012 21:34 To: aprsisce@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [aprsisce] Transatlantic Balloon attempt today On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:20:02 +0100, Steve Daniels <steve@...> wrote: > Well DSTAR is illegal in France because of the codec and the internet > connection so it may well be they are not allowed > > > Steve Daniels > > Amateur Radio Callsign G6UIM > > Torbay Freecycle Owner > > http://http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/torbay_freecycle > <http://http:/uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/torbay_freecycle> > > APRSISCE/32 Beta tester and WIKI editor http://aprsisce.wikidot.com > I think they got permision for DStar a few months or so ago, not 100% sure, but I don't see why an RX only igate would not be alowed in france. nobody is likely to transmit on 144.390 anyway because it is just below the beacon band -- 73 Andre PE1RDW ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links

 

I have APRSIS32 running under a 1.2.12 version of WINE in an older Linux box.

Still works and upgrades APRSIS32 just fine. I've switched to Vbox running under Linux and loaded XP into it. I haven't tried it yet but I suspect '32 would run well there too. I'd like to be able to "legacy" run UI-View because I like the option of realtime trackin/logging and playback when I need it.

I don't know if the latest version of 1.4 version of WINE will work with APRSIS32. Some of the .Net Framework versions last I tried wouldn't load into the "newer" Wine versions hence I wasn't able to use them with some of my apps. I just stuck with 1.2.12 and Vbox. If anyone wants me to, I can repost the instruction file that addresses loading the Net Framework in the 1.2.X versions of WINE for use in Linux boxes. I made it as simple as possible so a neophyte (ie. me) could do it. Took me two years to figure it out as I am not a software person.

Kurt KC9LDH

--- On Wed, 12/5/12, jandgandjochem <vk2jng@...> wrote:

From: jandgandjochem <vk2jng@...>
Subject: [aprsisce] APRSIS32 running under WINE
To: aprsisce@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 3:03 PM

 

Hi all,

With the help of this website: http://www.davidbaumgold.com/tutorials/wine-mac/
All credit to David Baumgold, the owner of the site.

I got APRSIS32 running nicely under WINE on my MacBook pro.

The thing I do not know how to get going is my Keyspan USB to serial converter so that I can hookup my D710.

I have the Mac drivers for the Keyspan installed on my Mac (not under WINE) and the Keyspan converter is working fine when I use a terminal program to talk to my D710 in packet mode.

However, I don't know how to get the Keyspan converter working for APRSIS32 when running under WINE.

Can someone shine some light on this which would be very much appreciated.

Thanks
Gerard VK2JNG

From: Rob Giuliano <kb8rco@...>
Subject: Re: [aprsisce] APRSIS32 running under WINE
To: "aprsisce@yahoogroups.com" <aprsisce@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 10:03 PM

 

> I don't know if the latest version of 1.4 version of WINE will work with

> APRSIS32. Some of the .Net Framework versions last I tried would load into

> the "newer" Wine versions hence

Yes, it does.  See previous post.

Robert Giuliano
KB8RCO

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Nice Robert,

  I'll have to try it again but for some of my apps, If I didn't get the following WINE installation to complete, some of my other apps wouldn't run.  APRSIS32 is good you note and doesn't need all these gyrations.  Here's the instructions in case someone wants to take a look.  The application in question was a solid propellant simulation program but when I completed the install, other Windows programs I couldn't get to run under the "stock" 1.3.12 now run.
-----------------------------------------------

These instructions pertain to a Slackware Linux installation but may be applicable to other versions or at least suggest to the user the general procedure. I do all of the install from a plain terminal window in X-windows (KDE for me) from my /home/ksaves user directory and you have to have an active internet connection at the time you do the WINE configurations. Also if something gets screwed up one can delete the /.wine directory and start over.

First step I do is build and install WINE from a user account. I don't know how the situation will be for one who uses a binary package.
I basically go to the wine directory and use the command /tools/wineinstall and go have lunch.

Once WINE is installed the cabextract utility needs to be installed from a root account or the sudo command I believe would be used in another distribution. The code can be downloaded here:
http://www.cabextract.org.uk/. I use the ./configure, make and make install commands in Slack to get that achieved or perhaps a binary library can be installed for a particular users Linux version.

The next step and subsequent steps make use of the winetricks utility. This makes the modification of the WINE configuration so much easier for a script kitty to do. It can be had from here:
http://winezeug.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/winetricks.
This is supposed to be the latest version. More information is available at the wiki here:
http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks

One simply left clicks and saves link as in whatever directory they want and I'd use the user account home directory. Change the file permission to make it executable. To run the program type ./winetricks. I have winetricks in my user account directory ksaves and the /.wine directory is also located there.

This next step pertains to my Slackware system. When I tried to install
corefonts using ./winetricks an error code tells me to remove the Samyak-Orinya TTF fonts.
That was a pain but I figured out as /root, the TTF file in question is in /usr/share/fonts/TTF. It is labelled Samyak-Malayam.ttf so just delete it. There is no Orinya anywhere I can find. The next step is in the same directory, /usr/share/fonts/TTF, there are two files, fonts.dir and fonts.scale. I had to take a text editor and delete the reference to Samyak-Malyam in both of these files. Linux runs fine without them and winetricks and the modification will not progress without these changes. This font deletion might be peculiar to just Slackware and might not be a problem on other Linux versions. When I did the next step, ./winetricks and tried to install corefonts, it gave me an error code to delete Samyak-Orinya fonts. There is no Orinya as far as I can tell but when I just deleted the offending font, I still got the error code. Took me months to figure out I had to delete the mention of the Samyak-Malayam fonts in the fonts.dir and fonts.scale files! There is probably an archaic command to get the system to regenerate those two files but I don't know it.

So once that was done do ./winetricks and select corefonts from the choices. Again, we are working in the user account directory which for me was /home/ksaves on this Slack 13.1 system.

Now for other versions of Linux I'd say try ./winetricks corefonts right off the bat. If you don't get the error code, you don't have to go through all the rigamarole I went through that took months for me to figure out. If you get the error code, you won't hurt anything and you can remove the offending fonts like described above and just go ahead and run the ./winetricks command again. It will tell you when you have success.

Next step is easy. Just do ./winetricks fontfix. That goes in like a snap.

Now we get into installing the MS Net Framework and here is where ./winetricks helps out again. Do ./winetricks dotnet11 and follow the instructions like it's a Windows machine. I do tell it NOT to email MS about my installation as I'm paranoid and testy.:-)
Next ./winetricks dotnet20 and again follow the instructions for the install the MS provides.

Lastly do ./winetricks dotnet30 and this one will give you some instructions and once it gets started doing the install, the progress screen disappears! I found it minimized in the lower right of my toolbar and clicked on it to bring it back so I could monitor the progress.

O.K. Now to install some more simple files with ./winetricks.
Do ./winetricks msscript, ./winetricks vcrun2005 and ./winetricks wsh56.

Now we'll do some housework so the /dev/ttyUSB"X" ports will be redirected to com ports. One simply goes to the /.wine/dosedevices directory and do this command:
ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 com1 and additional commands ln -s /dev/ttyUSB1 com2 and so on if one wants more ports.

This next step might not be needed for Burnsim but it's addition to the setup allowed me to run the APRS tracking program APRSIS32 program under WINE in my Slack environment. It's pretty easy to do.
Go to:
http://wiki.jswindle.com/index.php/Wine_Registry#Serial_Com_Port

Scroll down to Serial Com Port and you will see these three choices:
#1
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\hardware\devicemap\serialcomm]
"COM2"="COM2"
"COM1"="COM1"
#2
[HARDWARE\\DEVICEMAP\\SERIALCOMM] 1131331688
"COM1"="COM1"
"COM2"="COM2"
#3
[Hardware\\Devicemap\\Serialcomm] 1231984861 @=""
"Serial0"="COM1"
"Serial1"="COM2"
"Serial2"="COM3"
"Serial3"="COM4"
"Serial4"="COM5"
"Serial5"="COM6"
"Serial6"="COM7"
"Serial7"="COM8"
"Serial8"="COM9"
I've tried #2 and #3 successfully. Didn't try #1 but it might work too. What I did was cut the statement of choice above out and used a text editor to paste it into the /.wine system.reg file. Beginning or end I don't think it matters. Again, this might not be necessary for Burnsim but made the difference with APRSIS32. It also might have made it possible for me to run the MCP-4A programming software for the Kenwood D72A radio as long as the D72A was connected to com1 (/dev/ttyUSB0) It runs albeit a bit slow on an older laptop.

The last step could probably have been done up above in the timeframe but it was the last thing I discovered. I got Burnsim to register properly but it WOULDN'T DRAW THE GRAPHS!! I ran Burnsim from a terminal and when one does that, all the WINE status statements run in the background and I can watch what's going on with WINE while Burnsim in running. Said something about gdiplus not working or something to the effect. Well gdiplus is in winetricks and I did
./winetricks gdiplus and the graphing started working just great!!!

I haven't done any file exporting yet but at least one can run Burnsim
in a Linux system. Rocksim 9 will run with this configuration as I was using a simplier WINE configuration to get it going quite some time ago. Rocksim 7.X.X will run with a stock WINE installation from the get go without any modifications. I generally lift the stock directories off a Windows machine with Rocksim and get it to work.
Please note, none of this will allow one to pirate the software unless they've stolen passwords or registration files so don't think of it as a way to open software up for full use. They will have done all this work for nothing.

Part of my issue with Burnsim is the stock WINE install kept giving me
an Active X error in the registration process. I stumbled into the remedy with an online Google search. Got that taken care of and then the graphs wouldn't draw. Got the graph thing solved in a week or so.

One last thing when I am trying to connect to a device from a user account Slackware sometimes doesn't give me access to the USB port.
In that case I run the sudo chmod 777 /dev/ttyUSB0 (or whatever number) AFTER I have the device plugged in. Again that doesn't apply to Burnsim but in case one tries other programs with attached peripherals.

                     Kurt KC9LDH
I did this about 18 months ago and WINE has progressed quite a bit since then.  If just a neophyte and wanting to run in a Linux box, I'd try building a 1.4.X version from scratch or use a precompiled binary and see if a program in question runs.  If not, one can monkey with this above with my voluminous instruction.
Oh, FT817 Commander will run with this but not Ham Radio Deluxe.
One other alternative would be to blow all this off and load a Windows OS with Vbox.  Quite a bit of stuff will run under there pretty well.
An XP system runs faster in my older laptop under Vbox, in linux, than a native "same speed" hard drive running XP.  I can't figure that out.  True, I'm not doing fancy-dancy games but the native XP system is slower with a similar software configuration.

Sorry as I went OT a bit as none of this will help a Mac person.   AKS