Hi Alan, BA1DU
The schedule HO-68 Jan 04-10 for linear transponder is no good for South of Europe because the elevation of the satellite is very low and the acquisition time is too short for Italy
If it is possible I suggest you to make a new schedule for the future with the HO-68 linear transponder ON all possible orbits for one week and the HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder ON all possible orbits for the following week.
I checked all possible orbits of HO-68 linear transponder suitable for Italy between Jan 04-10 but unfortunately only four orbits are possible with very low elevation and short time of operation.
In addition I found that the following orbit of your schedule is not covering Europe.
07 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 21:45...Turn On South Africa,Europe,Middle East Asia,NA,North Pole,North Asia 22:30...Turn Off
TANKS for your cooperation.
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Kung" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 6:11 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 Schedule Jan 04-10
03 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 16:35...Turn On India,Middle East Asia, Europe, NA 17:20...Turn Off
03 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 18:35...Turn On South Africa,Europe,NA,North Pole,North Asia 18:55...Turn Off
04 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 10:30...Turn On Australia,South Pole, New Zealand 10:55...Turn Off
04 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 13:11...Turn On Europe,NA,South America 13:45...Turn Off
04 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 16:20...Turn On India,Middle East Asia, Europe, NA 17:05...Turn Off
04 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 19:50...Turn On South Africa, NA,North Asia 20:35...Turn Off
05 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 10:20...Turn On South Pole, Australia,New Zealand,East Asia 10:50...Turn Off
05 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 13:50...Turn On South Pole, Australia,New Zealand,South Asia 14:02...Turn Off
05 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 16:05...Turn On India,Middle East Asia, Europe, NA 16:50...Turn Off
05 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 21:20...Turn On South Africa,Europe,NA,North Pole,North Asia 22:05...Turn Off
06 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 10:00...Turn On South Pole,Australia, New Zealand,North Asia, Europe,North Pole 10:45...Turn Off
06 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 11:45...Turn On South Pole, Australia,New Zealand,Est Asia, North Asia 12:20...Turn Off
06 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 16:10...Turn On Europe, North Asia,NA,North Pole,South America 16:35...Turn Off
06 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 19:15...Turn On South Africa,Middle East Asia,Europe,North Pole, NA,North Asia 20:00...Turn Off
07 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 11:52...Turn On South Asia,East Asia,North Asia 12:07...Turn Off
07 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 14:10...Turn On Europe,NA,North Pole,South America 14:40...Turn Off
07 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 18:55...Turn On South Africa,Europe,Middle East Asia,NA,North Pole,North Asia 19:40...Turn Off
07 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 21:45...Turn On South Africa,Europe,Middle East Asia,NA,North Pole,North Asia 22:30...Turn Off
08 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 11:36...Turn On South Asia,East Asia,North Asia 11:51...Turn Off
08 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 12:04...Turn On Europe,NA,North Africa,South America 12:44...Turn Off
08 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 18:40...Turn On South Africa,Middle East Asia,Europe,North Pole, NA,North Asia 19:25...Turn Off
08 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 22:35...Turn On North Africa,Europe,North Pole,NA,North Asia,East Asia,North Australia 23:20...Turn Off
09 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 10:55...Turn On South Pole,Australia,East Asia, North Asia, Europe,North Pole 11:35...Turn Off
09 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 11:40...Turn On North Asia,Europe,North Pole,NA,North Africa, South America,South Pole 12:20...Turn Off
09 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 16:45...Turn On India,Middle East Asia, Europe, NA 17:30...Turn Off
09 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 22:05...Turn On West Africa,East South America,Europe,NA, North Pole,North Asia 22:50...Turn Off
10 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 10:40...Turn On South Pole,Australia,New Zealand,East Asia,North Asia 11:15...Turn Off
10 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 11:20...Turn On North Asia,Europe,NA,South Africa,South America,South Pole 12:05...Turn Off
73 Alan Kung, BA1DU HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager www.camsat.cn
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