RE: [amsat-bb] HT Satellite Tracking

[Tony Langdon <tlangdon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On a D700a, which is what I'm most familiar with, the data 
> goes into the DX
> Cluster section, and can be accessed independently of what 
> frequency one is
> on....  And the info that is usually transmitted goes well 
> over an hour into
> the future.
> 
> Don't get me wrong, I'm a big believer in being able to do your own
> tracking, and I'm trying to determine how to do it on my 
> Pocket PC. But it's
> also useful to have this info when I'm not actively trying to work
> satellites, as an opportunistic way to find out about passes.

There is room for both types of tracking.  I prefer to track my own objects
too, but I have been out somewhere and realised "Damn!  I forgot to grab
some pass details!".  
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