Since my son graduated from RIT last May, he may lose the hosting of the program on the rit.edu site at any time. Just in case, I am now hosting the program at http://home.earthlink.net/~ka3hsw/ao27/ as well.
Enjoy!!!
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" amsat-bb@wd9ewk.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:58 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ao27.org possible schedule error?
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Do you have the AO-27 Satellite Scheduler program available from:
http://www.cs.rit.edu/~cjh9783/programs/satsched.php
It requires the Java Runtime Environment on your computer, and there are versions that will run on any OS with Java or one specifically for Windows (still needs Java installed). This will get you closer to the schedule on the satellite, keeping in mind the statement on http://www.ao27.org/ that the onboard clock is fast by 0.7 seconds/day from when the last schedule was put into effect (currently, from 8 March 2008).
Comparing the program with the web site, it appears there is a discrepancy of around 7 minutes (not accounting for onboard clock issues). If you can get the program to determine the onboard schedule instead of using the web site, that would probably be a good thing. Or use your program to determine approximately when AO-27 crosses 29 degrees North, to get an approximate idea when the satellite's repeater should be available.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK