I've often thought that it would make sense for us as a community to work toward the following: 1. Predictable mode changes based on simple parameters that extend forward in time. These would include 'every other week' (as below), or 'all even days', or 'when above 40 deg. N'. 2. Scripting 'hooks' for our tracking programs, whereby the mode of a satellite could be programmed by a scripting language such as Lua, Ruby, etc.

Then, as as community we could write the scripts that automate the selection of modes based on #1 published by the satellite groups, and we'd have a slightly more automatic process: SatPC32 would, for instance, not automatically go to AO-27 when in auto mode unless it were in an operational mode. I recognize that this isn't going to work well with commissioning or with the testing mode that FO-29 is in right now, but it's worth a thought.

73, Bruce VE9QRP

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 7:22 AM, i8cvs [email protected] wrote:

Hi Alan Kung, BA1DU

Tank you very much for scheduling HO-68 only FM and Digital Transponder for the full week from jan 17 to jan 24

Similarly for the next week from Jan 24 to Jan 31 we expect to have only the Linear Transponder scheduled for the full week !

Tank you very much for your cooperation.

73" de

i8CVS Domenico

----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Kung" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 5:56 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 Schedule Jan 17-24

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17 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 16:15...Turn On India,Middle East Asia, Europe, NA 17:00...Turn Off

17 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 23:25...Turn On South Africa,South America,Europe, NA,North Pole,North Asia 00:10...Turn Off

18 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 10:10...Turn On Australia,South Pole, New Zealand, East Asia, North Asia,Europe,North Pole,NA 10:55...Turn Off

18 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 12:20...Turn On Australia,South Asia,East Asia,North Asia 12:35...Turn Off

18 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 19:25...Turn On South Africa,Europe,NA,North Pole,North Asia 20:10...Turn Off

18 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 23:15...Turn On South America,NA,Europe,North Asia 24:00...Turn Off

19 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 11:40...Turn On South Pole, Australia,New Zealand,South Asia 11:56...Turn Off

19 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 13:51...Turn On Australia,South Asia,East Asia, North Asia 14:07...Turn Off

19 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 19:10...Turn On Africa,NA,North Asia 19:55...Turn Off

19 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 22:55...Turn On South America,North Africa,NA,North Pole,North Asia 23:40...Turn Off

20 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 11:25...Turn On South Pole,Australia, New Zealand,East Asia 11:48...Turn Off

20 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 13:34...Turn On Australia,South Asia,Est Asia, 13:50...Turn Off

20 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 15:55...Turn On East Africa,Middle East Asia,Europe,NA 16:20...Turn Off

20 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 17:10...Turn On Europe,NA,North Pole,North Asia,East Asia 17:55...Turn Off

21 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 11:05...Turn On South Pole,Australia, New Zealand 11:27...Turn Off

21 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 13:14...Turn On South Asia,East Asia,North Asia 13:29...Turn Off

21 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 18:45...Turn On South Africa,Europe,NA,North Pole,North Asia 19:30...Turn Off

22 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 00:10...Turn On South America,NA,North Pole, North Asia,East Asia 00:55...Turn Off

22 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 10:50...Turn On Oceania,South Asia,East Asia, North Asia,Europe,NA 11:35...Turn Off

22 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 13:30...Turn On Oceania,South Asia,Middle Asia, Europe,North Pole 14:15...Turn Off

22 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 16:40...Turn On Africa,Middle East Asia,Europe, NA,North Pole,North Asia 17:25...Turn Off

23 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 01:30...Turn On North Africa,Europe,North Pole,NA,North Asia, East Asia 02:15...Turn Off

23 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 02:23...Turn On North Asia, East Asia,South Asia,Oceania 02:39...Turn Off

23 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 03:20...Turn On South America,NA,North Asia,North Pole 03:09...Turn Off

23 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 23:35...Turn On South America,NA,Europe,North Pole, North Asia,East Asia 00:20...Turn Off

24 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 00:30...Turn On South Asia,Australia,New Zealand 00:50...Turn Off

24 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 01:10...Turn On South America,NA,North Asia,North Pole 01:55...Turn Off

24 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 03:51...Turn On North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 04:06...Turn Off

73 Alan Kung, BA1DU HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager www.camsat.cn

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