Subj : Re: HAM Echo Rules
To   : Jimmy Anderson
From : mark lewis
Date : Wed Jun 03 2020 11:01 am

 Re: Re: HAM Echo Rules
 By: Jimmy Anderson to Mark Lewis on Tue Jun 02 2020 21:07:00


ML>> go here: https://www.heavens-above.com/

ML>> create an account and put in your location... the rest should
ML>> be self-explanatory ;)

JA> I wanted the time, not how to buikd a clock. ;-)

-=B-)

JA> I use the iOS app Sky Guide. It knows where I am and gives me a 15
JA> minute heads up...

heaven's above may have an iOS app... i forget... either way, it (and several others) are strictly satellite tracking sites... there are, of course, local apps that can be run, too... especially for HAM operators working satellites... gpredict is one or those that is ok... it is going through some updates related to radio control... it can/will turn your antenna and switch freqs on your radio when working a satellite...

i used to use the old STSPlus for ground tracks and listing sats with upcoming view chances... currently i'm using gpredict on linux in place of STSPlus but it just isn't the same...

they're good but i also want one that shows the sky view from my location with the sat's path so i will know exactly which sat i'm seeing flying over... in that end, i'm using stellarium which is an astronomy program first... but my current setup for all of these is nothing like what i had on my OS/2 system before Hurricane Florence blew through here and mucked things up :|


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