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

[Mark D. Johns]

The tool within SatPC32 that you have been using works perfectly well *IF*
you set it up correctly. There is a setting for minimum elevation for the
pass. You should set that no higher than 1, or it will filter out perfectly
good passes that simply aren’t high enough to meet the threshold.

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 03:22 Apostolos Kefalas via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> 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
> <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
> >
>
>
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Mark D. Johns
KØJM / MØGZO / ex-9H3DJ / ex-KØMDJ
Brooklyn Park, MN USA   EN35hd
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