SatPC32 will give you eclipse status in real time, or you can manually step through a pass. Use the WinListen program to get the parts of passes which are eclipsed. The column isn't marked, but there will be an "E" showing.
73s,
Alan WA4SCA
<-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike <Lemons <Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017 12:31 PM <To: Paul Stoetzer [email protected] <Cc: [email protected] <Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] When are the linear transponders turned on? < <Thanks Paul! You answered most of my questions. < <The only way that I have found to do pass predictions with SatPC32 is using <WinAos. I don not see a column for illuminated or not illuminated. < <73! < <On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 8:44 AM, Paul Stoetzer [email protected] wrote: < <> Except for AO-7, AO-73, EO-88, LO-87, and EO-79, all of the active linear <> transponder satellites, including FO-29. are available around the clock. <> <> SatPC32 will tell you if a satellite is eclipsed or not. Most other pass <> prediction software can tell you as well. <> <> The XW-2 satellites are all easy to work, though XW-2D has some digital <> noise in the center of the transponder that seems to make it more difficult <> than the others to work. <> <> 73, <> <> Paul, N8HM <> <> On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Mike Lemons [email protected] <wrote: <> <>> I know that AO-73 and EO-88 are on while in eclipse and AO-73 is usually <>> on <>> for the full weekend, UTC. <>> <>> I often can't hear the transponders 90 minutes after sunset, though. Is <>> there some kind of delay or are they still illuminated? Is there a pass <>> predictor software that tells you when they are illuminated? <>> <>> When is FO-29 on? <>> <>> What about the XW-2 series? (Nobody ever seems to talk about those <>> satellites. Are they difficult to work?) <>> <>> KI6ADN <>> 73 <>> _______________________________________________ <>> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum <available <>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. <>> Opinions expressed <>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of <>> AMSAT-NA. <>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite <program! <>> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb <>> <> <> <_______________________________________________ <Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions <expressed <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT- <NA. <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite <program! <Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb