Hi Alan,
I'm not much of an expert on Predict, but I use it for driving my Az/El rotor assembly. The ALON/ALAT items are for satellites that are stabilized in their orientation towards Earth (such as AO-40), so you can predict how good the pass is going to be, signal-wise. My database entry for AO-40 is "0, 352" (without the quotes), as an example. I don't believe any of the current birds are so equipped.
I've never used the schedule items, but now that you bring it up, I wonder if AO-07 would qualify when it's in full sunlight?
Greg KO6TH
From: APBIDDLE@UNITED.NET To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:47:03 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] PREDICT for DOS configuration question
I have been looking at PREDICT for DOS, and have a question about configuring individual satellites. A typical entry looks like this:
AO-16 07530 No alat/alon Mode VU Transponder 145.850, 145.950 29.500, 29.400 No weekly schedule No orbital schedule end
That seems to imply that you can enter schedules, but none of the examples provided provide any format information. Can someone confirm this, and if so, give me a pointer to documentation, or even an example with weekly and orbital schedule shown? Also, if you have an alat/alon, do you just enter the numbers such as 0/0, or does it require something else on the line?
TNX,
Alan
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