Subj : Re: HAM Echo Rules
To : Mark Lewis
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Fri Jun 05 2020 10:35 pm
-=> Mark Lewis wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
JA> I use the iOS app Sky Guide. It knows where I am and gives me a 15
JA> minute heads up...
ML> heaven's above may have an iOS app... i forget... either way, it (and
ML> several others) are strictly satellite tracking sites... there are, of
ML> course, local apps that can be run, too... especially for HAM operators
ML> working satellites... gpredict is one or those that is ok... it is
ML> going through some updates related to radio control... it can/will turn
ML> your antenna and switch freqs on your radio when working a satellite...
ML> i used to use the old STSPlus for ground tracks and listing sats with
ML> upcoming view chances... currently i'm using gpredict on linux in place
ML> of STSPlus but it just isn't the same...
ML> they're good but i also want one that shows the sky view from my
ML> location with the sat's path so i will know exactly which sat i'm
ML> seeing flying over... in that end, i'm using stellarium which is an
ML> astronomy program first... but my current setup for all of these is
ML> nothing like what i had on my OS/2 system before Hurricane Florence
ML> blew through here and mucked things up :|
Yeah, this one is astronomy bases first, but has ALL satilites and
even old rocket bodies and such.
... Famous Last Words: Oops.
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