[amsat-bb] Setting memory frequencies for FM satellite operation

Andrew Rich vk4tec at tech-software.net
Sat Sep 17 15:21:18 UTC 2016


Ron 

I used to run Linux with predict

Perl code would connect to the predict server port

Then adjust the radio accordingly

Having said that there are some Windows programs that track satellites and control your radio

Andrew

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> On 18 Sep 2016, at 00:53, Ronald G. Parsons <w5rkn at w5rkn.com> wrote:
> 
> Is there a computer program that will compute a table of time, azimuth, elevation for a given satellite and station location for a set of Doppler corrected frequencies (both uplink and downlink) in user-specified frequency intervals.
> 
> For example, SO-50
> 
> TIME       AZ    EL    UP            DOWN
> 0959:00    10    34    145982.17     435165.53
> 1000:00    44    46    145980.66     435170.05
> 
> but where the frequencies are in user-defined increments of 2.5 or 5.0 kHz.
> 
> This would simplify choosing frequency memories for handhelds and when to switch memories when operating FM satellites.
> 
> Ron W5RKN
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