All,
What's the easiest method by which I can print out a week's worth of visible passes with pertinent information (I'm using WinXP)
73 de Tim, K4SHF FM04
Orbitron prints out nice summaries of passes (3 lines, AOS/zenith/LOS posted with times and angles), and you can set how far in advance you want to calculate orbits. Just select the satellites you want to track, set it for a big long period that includes your 'vacation' week, and go get a cup of coffee. When it comes back, copy and paste the chunk you want into Word or Wordpad, shrink the font and print.
(I'm sure you can set Orbitron to only predict for a certain time period, but I don't have it here on my laptop, and this 'overkill' approach will definitely net you the info you need, hehe.)
Matt
On 3/12/07, Tim Tapio tim@timtapio.com wrote:
All,
What's the easiest method by which I can print out a week's worth of visible passes with pertinent information (I'm using WinXP)
73 de Tim, K4SHF FM04
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Matt,
Seems like I tried Orbitron for something else and didn't like it....will have to relook...meanwhile, Pat (WD9EWK) pointed me at the Amsat website where I find it can do what I wanted....
Thanks and 73 de Tim, K4SHF FM04
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Jonny 290 Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 8:21 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Orbit prediction
Orbitron prints out nice summaries of passes (3 lines, AOS/zenith/LOS posted with times and angles), and you can set how far in advance you want to calculate orbits. Just select the satellites you want to track, set it for a big long period that includes your 'vacation' week, and go get a cup of coffee. When it comes back, copy and paste the chunk you want into Word or Wordpad, shrink the font and print.
(I'm sure you can set Orbitron to only predict for a certain time period, but I don't have it here on my laptop, and this 'overkill' approach will definitely net you the info you need, hehe.)
Matt
On 3/12/07, Tim Tapio tim@timtapio.com wrote:
All,
What's the easiest method by which I can print out a week's worth of visible passes with pertinent information (I'm using WinXP)
73 de Tim, K4SHF FM04
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