I thought this might be helpful to those trying to determine when HO-68 is workable from your qth.
Every week on Sunday I use the program WinAOS in the Programs Menu of SatPC32 to generate a list of visible passes for all satellites that I operate. I set the date for each day, starting at 0000 UTC. I set the duration for just one day. The printer font is set so one day fits on one page. I repeat this for each day of the week. When I'm done I have a piece of paper for each day of the week showing the satellites and the times/elevation/azimuth for LOS/AOS. Then I go through the list and underline certain passes I want to be on. If there's an expedition, I mark the passes that seem optimum.
When the HO-68 schedule comes out, it is a simple matter to run down through the times and match them up with the passes on my visible list printout. I mark if it is linear or FM and make any notes as to what might be on a particular pass. The pass times are fairly consistent so you know right away which ones will be on for your area. There is usually one morning pass and two afternoon passes for EN91.
WinAOS is just one of the many nice features of SatPC32. WinListen will allow you to determine if there is a mutual window between two locations. This is the way you get a contact with that distant station. Determine the mutual windows and send them an email to hopefully arrange a schedule.
SatPC32 is sold by AMSAT and helps support the organization. DK1TB is the author and donated the program to AMSAT. He provides updates and excellent technical support. The program can run for weeks unattended and never crash. This and the other programs like WinAOS and WinListen are great reasons to be using it at your station.
73, John K8YSE
This also works very well with the AO-27 Java schedule lister...
Unlike the AO-27 website, the schedule lister allows you to look at, or print, the satellite's operating schedule for any FUTURE date. Just print out a WinAOS schedule of visible passes and a scheduler list for each day, and you can quickly see which visible passes the satellite will turn "on" for your location.
(While my son & I have happily made the schedule lister available for free, if you find it useful, please consider making a reasonable donation to AMSAT as a "thank you")
George, KA3HSW
AO-27 Java Schedule Lister available at http://sites.google.com/site/ao27satellitescheduler
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Papay" john@papays.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 3:27 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Keeping Track of HO-68 et. al.
I thought this might be helpful to those trying to determine when HO-68 is workable from your qth.
Every week on Sunday I use the program WinAOS in the Programs Menu of SatPC32 to generate a list of visible passes for all satellites that I operate. I set the date for each day, starting at 0000 UTC. I set the duration for just one day. The printer font is set so one day fits on one page. I repeat this for each day of the week. When I'm done I have a piece of paper for each day of the week showing the satellites and the times/elevation/azimuth for LOS/AOS. Then I go through the list and underline certain passes I want to be on. If there's an expedition, I mark the passes that seem optimum.
When the HO-68 schedule comes out, it is a simple matter to run down through the times and match them up with the passes on my visible list printout. I mark if it is linear or FM and make any notes as to what might be on a particular pass. The pass times are fairly consistent so you know right away which ones will be on for your area. There is usually one morning pass and two afternoon passes for EN91.
WinAOS is just one of the many nice features of SatPC32. WinListen will allow you to determine if there is a mutual window between two locations. This is the way you get a contact with that distant station. Determine the mutual windows and send them an email to hopefully arrange a schedule.
SatPC32 is sold by AMSAT and helps support the organization. DK1TB is the author and donated the program to AMSAT. He provides updates and excellent technical support. The program can run for weeks unattended and never crash. This and the other programs like WinAOS and WinListen are great reasons to be using it at your station.
73, John K8YSE
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