Thanks for the plug for my son's little program, Alan... I'm a very proud Papa! (It's even "plugged" on the AO-27 site itself!)
It is just as accurate as the AO-27 web site's own output (I just ran them side-by-side last night), and has the advantage of running on your PC/Mac/Linux box (it's in Java, so it's platform-independent) wherever you are without the need for an active internet connection, as long as the TOPR and EPOCH files are up-to-date (and they don't change all that often). You just need to have the Java runtime environment installed on your particular flavor of computer, and run the Update function from the File menu the first time you run it.
The 24-hour "look ahead" is quite handy for determining which passes will be active for your location: just compare the Analogue mode times with the visible passes for your QTH (in UTC, of course).
73
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan P. Biddle" APBIDDLE@UNITED.NET To: sraas@optonline.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:02 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-27 need a little asstiance
Steve,
There is a very nice scheduling program to be found at: http://www.cs.rit.edu/~cjh9783/programs/satsched.php
I have not a user of AO-27, yet, so cannot confirm where it is accurate, as it depends on getting an update file from the AO-27 site. Perhaps someone who is knowledgeable can comment on whether it is current?
Alan WA4SCA