[amsat-bb] Generate times for FD satellite passes

[k6vug at sbcglobal.net]

 Oops, sorry forgot to change the subject line on my last reply.
UmeshK6VUG

    On Sunday, June 17, 2018, 9:05:24 PM PDT, k6vug at sbcglobal.net <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> wrote:  
 
 WinAOS is great to list passes for a given date and Countd is good for field events with a laptop.  Both are part of both part of SatPC32. 

For hand held activity, I copy predictions form amsat.org into a spreadsheet. Then a macro filters the passes by max elevation and time of day and exports the result as an iCal file.  Finally, the iCal file is imported into my Google Calendar.  Its a little bit of work once a few month, but it conveniently pings me X minutes before the next pass and don't have to carry printed copies.  

There have been other apps and suggestions but found these to be most convenient, after trying several other ones.  


73!  
Umesh  
K6VUG 


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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 16:51:01 -0400
From: Thomas Schaefer <ny4i at ny4i.com>
To: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net>
Cc: AMSAT BB <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Generate times for FD satellite passes
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Thanks to all. I forgot about WinAOS.

That might be easier as I can select just the sats I want.

I will ask another question about resetting the saved window position as last time I ran SatPC32, I had 2 monitors.

Thanks,

Tom