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promoting -- AO-10 in 'LEO mode' tonight
- Subject: [amsat-bb] promoting -- AO-10 in 'LEO mode' tonight
- From: Tovar <tvr@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 12:33:11 -0700 (PDT)
If you like DX, try AO-10. This weekend there are a couple of really good
openings to Europe where the bird will only be 7,000 - 20,000 km out.
Unfortunately, it is at 0800 on Sat. and 0700 on Sun. for about an hour each.
BUT, it will be mid-morning in Europe and the sat will be close to them
also. You don't need an "OSCAR class" station to work AO-10 near perigee.
Try it.
It looks like AO-10 will be in 'LEO mode' tonight around midnight PDT
and about an hour earlier on Thursday. The 'Loss' listed is comparable
to FO-20, which i can work in Mode J. I probably have enough uplink
power, but i don't know if i have enough gain to hear it, as i'm
optimized for Mode J (and there seem to be ALOT of 2 meter 'birdies'
around here). But i'll give it a try.
Others who've never worked AO-10 might also want to see if they can
hear anything tonight.
-- KD6PAG
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KD6PAG SatTrack V3.1 Orbit Prediction
Satellite #14129 : AO-10 (OSCAR 10)
Data File : tlex.dat
Element Set Number: 594 (Orbit 9463)
Element Set Epoch : 02Oct99 15:06:15.703 UTC (11.2 days ago)
Orbit Geometry : 4004.91 km x 35447.61 km at 27.190 deg
Propagation Model : TLE Mean
Ground Station : Berkeley (SSL), CA, USA --- CM87VV
Time Zone : UTC (+0.00 h)
Downlink Frequency: 145.9000 MHz
Thu 14Oct99 --- Orbit 9487
UTC Azimuth Elev Range Sun Ang Doppler Loss Phs Md V
[deg] [deg] [km] [deg] [kHz] [dB]
06:48:18 190.0 9.7 7228.2 56.8 +1.39 152.9 255 B N
06:53:18 174.3 17.3 6562.3 43.6 +0.73 152.1 1 B N
06:58:18 155.0 23.1 6363.0 34.7 -0.09 151.8 3 B N
07:03:18 135.1 25.2 6664.9 35.9 -0.86 152.2 5 B N
07:08:18 118.1 24.0 7379.1 44.3 -1.42 153.1 6 B N
07:13:18 105.2 21.1 8364.3 54.0 -1.75 154.2 8 B V
07:18:18 95.8 17.7 9500.0 62.8 -1.92 155.3 10 B V
07:23:18 89.0 14.4 10706.5 70.3 -1.98 156.3 12 B V
07:28:18 83.9 11.4 11935.6 76.6 -2.00 157.3 14 B V
07:33:18 80.0 8.8 13159.8 82.1 -1.97 158.1 16 B V
07:38:18 77.0 6.5 14363.4 86.8 -1.93 158.9 17 B V
Fri 15Oct99 --- Orbit 9489
UTC Azimuth Elev Range Sun Ang Doppler Loss Phs Md V
[deg] [deg] [km] [deg] [kHz] [dB]
06:02:59 188.4 5.3 7858.1 65.4 +1.51 153.6 254 B V
06:07:59 174.1 11.1 7083.4 52.3 +0.97 152.7 255 B N
06:12:59 156.6 15.8 6708.2 40.6 +0.23 152.3 1 B N
06:17:59 137.8 18.0 6809.7 35.4 -0.55 152.4 3 B N
06:22:59 120.6 17.4 7353.9 39.3 -1.18 153.1 5 B N
06:27:59 106.9 15.0 8223.7 47.6 -1.60 154.0 7 B N
06:32:59 96.5 11.9 9293.5 56.3 -1.84 155.1 9 B V
06:37:59 88.7 8.8 10468.6 64.1 -1.96 156.1 10 B V
06:42:59 82.8 5.9 11688.7 70.8 -1.99 157.1 12 B V
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