[amsat-bb] Upcoming Satellite Passes--Best Tool Question

[Apostolos Kefalas]

Hello Les,

the latest release of Gpredict [1] seems to have a Windows executable
[2]. I do not know if it runs on Win10 but it is worth a try.

73 de SV1LJJ
Apostolos

[1] http://gpredict.oz9aec.net/
[2] https://github.com/csete/gpredict/releases/download/v2.2.1/gpredict
-win32-2.2.1.zip




On Mon, 2019-04-22 at 23:28 -0500, Les Rayburn via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> I need some advice, and I promise to be grateful. 
> 
> Trying to work a sked tonight with Jeff W4EB on EO-88 and yours truly
> made a series of newbie mistakes. 
> 
> Since becoming involved in satellites, I’ve always relied on the
> “Countdown” program within SatPC32 to let me know what passes were
> coming up at my location. 
> 
> Tonight I learned that I’ve been missing God knows how many passes
> per day! The Countdown software will only display one (1) upcoming
> pass for a given satellite at your location until that satellite has
> disappeared from view. 
> 
> In the case of EO-88, I actually had two passes overhead about an
> hour apart, but only knew about the first one. 
> 
> Strictly Windows 10 PC in the shack. What’s the best tool to use to
> help me visualize ALL the upcoming passes for the next twelve hours
> or so at my location. I love the Countdown format, just want to be
> able to see multiple passes from the same birds. 
> 
> P.S. The other newbie mistake was forgetting to switch my antenna
> back to the IC-910H after doing an APRS pass earlier on the D-710.
> DUH! I really need to invest in an IC-9700. 
> 
> Thanks Jeff for your patience. 
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL 
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
>