HO-68 Scheduled OnTime / Visibility by GridSquare Cross Reference tool
There must be a better way (than the way I am currently doing it) - to find out when the following two parameters are true: 1. HO-68 is ON 2. HO-68 is visible from my QTH (allowing for some minimum radio horizon)
Is there some tool out there?
My observation is that usually - when I have a nice high pass (elevation > 15-20 deg) over my QTH - USA - East Coast - HO-68 is in one of it's scheduled off times. Not a complaint -- I'm just trying to figure out how to better coordinate with the HO-68 schedule.
Thoughts / Comments appreciated
Bruce WA3SWJ
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Semple" bruce.semple@verizon.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 3:47 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 Scheduled OnTime / Visibility by GridSquare CrossReference tool
My observation is that usually - when I have a nice high pass (elevation > 15-20 deg) over my QTH - USA - East Coast - HO-68 is in one of it's scheduled off times. Not a complaint -- I'm just trying to figure out how to better coordinate with the HO-68 schedule.
Thoughts / Comments appreciated
Bruce WA3SWJ
Hi Bruce, WA3SWJ
The same happens here in south of Europe and this is why I abandoned HO-68 in favour most of the time of the most reliable VO-52.
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
On 1/3/2011 10:38 AM, i8cvs wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Semple"bruce.semple@verizon.net To:amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 3:47 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 Scheduled OnTime / Visibility by GridSquare CrossReference tool
My observation is that usually - when I have a nice high pass (elevation> 15-20 deg) over my QTH - USA - East Coast - HO-68 is in one of it's scheduled off times. Not a complaint -- I'm just trying to figure out how to better coordinate with the HO-68 schedule.
Thoughts / Comments appreciated
Bruce WA3SWJ
Hi Bruce, WA3SWJ
The same happens here in south of Europe and this is why I abandoned HO-68 in favour most of the time of the most reliable VO-52.
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
Same thing happens here in Florida (South East USA) The only passes are usually low and difficult with omni antennas. As a result we have also chose not to try and work HO-68 during the lower passes. All of the good passes, the satellite is not active for our area.
Reid, W4UPD Amsat: 17002
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