AO-27 experts:
I'm looking for confirmation that I've calculated AO-27's schedule for Field Day correctly.
Using Christopher Henry's AO-27 Satellite Schedule program, I get the following schedule for this weekend. During FD, AO-27 will be in FM repeater mode ("analog" mode) for seven minutes starting at the following times UTC: Saturday, June 25: 18:40:30, 20:21:19, 22:02:07, 23:42:55 UTC Sunday, June 26: 1:23:44, 3:04:32, 4:45:21, 6:26:09, 8:06:58, 9:47:46, 11:28:35, 13:09:23, 14:50:12, 16:31:00 UTC
Do you get similar results, either using Christopher's program or using the information on the AO-27 web site (www.ao27.org)?
Using the pass predictor on my iPad (GoSatWatch), I see some near misses, but I don't think the AO-27 transponder will be in FM analog mode while it is above our horizon in northern Indiana. :-(
Of course, I could have made mistakes, which is why I'm asking...
73, Steve N9IP -- Steve Belter
Have you updated the data files for the Schedule lister? Your predictions are all about 18 minutes behind what I am getting with the latest data files loaded...
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen E. Belter" seb@wintek.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 9:54 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-27 schedule for Field Day
AO-27 experts:
I'm looking for confirmation that I've calculated AO-27's schedule for Field Day correctly.
Using Christopher Henry's AO-27 Satellite Schedule program, I get the following schedule for this weekend. During FD, AO-27 will be in FM repeater mode ("analog" mode) for seven minutes starting at the following times UTC: Saturday, June 25: 18:40:30, 20:21:19, 22:02:07, 23:42:55 UTC Sunday, June 26: 1:23:44, 3:04:32, 4:45:21, 6:26:09, 8:06:58, 9:47:46, 11:28:35, 13:09:23, 14:50:12, 16:31:00 UTC
Do you get similar results, either using Christopher's program or using the information on the AO-27 web site (www.ao27.org)?
Using the pass predictor on my iPad (GoSatWatch), I see some near misses, but I don't think the AO-27 transponder will be in FM analog mode while it is above our horizon in northern Indiana. :-(
Of course, I could have made mistakes, which is why I'm asking...
73, Steve N9IP
Steve Belter
This program reports that they are up-to-date when I type Ctrl-U, but I'm skeptical. The file date hasn't changed from when I installed it.
Should I edit the Epoch.txt file or is there a better way to force the replacement of the file?
I'm running V1.2 under Windows 7.
Thank you for the help.
Steve N9IP -- Steve Belter
On Jun 23, 2011, at 11:52 PM, "George Henry" ka3hsw@att.net wrote:
Have you updated the data files for the Schedule lister? Your predictions are all about 18 minutes behind what I am getting with the latest data files loaded...
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen E. Belter" seb@wintek.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 9:54 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-27 schedule for Field Day
AO-27 experts:
I'm looking for confirmation that I've calculated AO-27's schedule for Field Day correctly.
Using Christopher Henry's AO-27 Satellite Schedule program, I get the following schedule for this weekend. During FD, AO-27 will be in FM repeater mode ("analog" mode) for seven minutes starting at the following times UTC: Saturday, June 25: 18:40:30, 20:21:19, 22:02:07, 23:42:55 UTC Sunday, June 26: 1:23:44, 3:04:32, 4:45:21, 6:26:09, 8:06:58, 9:47:46, 11:28:35, 13:09:23, 14:50:12, 16:31:00 UTC
Do you get similar results, either using Christopher's program or using the information on the AO-27 web site (www.ao27.org)?
Using the pass predictor on my iPad (GoSatWatch), I see some near misses, but I don't think the AO-27 transponder will be in FM analog mode while it is above our horizon in northern Indiana. :-(
Of course, I could have made mistakes, which is why I'm asking...
73, Steve N9IP
Steve Belter
From the Schedule tab, if you scroll down about 1/3 of the way in the
information pane at the bottom, you'll see a listing for "TOPR Epoch (UTC)". If your data files are up-to-date, it should show "Saturday, May 28, 2011 16:40:40", the date and time of the most recent schedule upload to the satellite.
To manually update the files, go to http://www.ao27.org, scroll down to the "Source for TOPR Listings" section, and right-click on Epoch.txt and TOPR.txt, and save to the same folder where the lister program resides, overwriting any previous copies.
Good luck on Field Day!!
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----
From: Stephen E. Belter seb@wintek.com To: George Henry ka3hsw@att.net Cc: "amsat-bb@amsat.org" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Fri, June 24, 2011 11:16:21 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-27 schedule for Field Day
This program reports that they are up-to-date when I type Ctrl-U, but I'm skeptical. The file date hasn't changed from when I installed it.
Should I edit the Epoch.txt file or is there a better way to force the replacement of the file?
I'm running V1.2 under Windows 7.
Thank you for the help.
Steve N9IP
Steve Belter
On Jun 23, 2011, at 11:52 PM, "George Henry" ka3hsw@att.net wrote:
Have you updated the data files for the Schedule lister? Your predictions are all about 18 minutes behind what I am getting with the latest data files
loaded...
George, KA3HSW
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