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Re: Counter program
- Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Counter program
- From: Jim Walls <k6ccc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 20:13:36 -0700
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James Murray wrote:
> looking for stand alone program that works like a egg timer. want to use it
> on extra computer to count down time till satellite is in range, and send
> some alert tones i can hear when not in radio room.
I found that I needed to be able to know when passes were coming up
while I was outside doing yard work. What I ended up doing was to set
Nova for Windows (what I used for antenna tracking) to move the antennas
2 minutes in advance of the next pass. I would then manually point the
antennas straight up. Then while working outside I could simply look at
the antennas and if they were pointing straight up, I knew the pass was
not here yet. Normally I could hear the rotors moving, but even if I
missed that, a quick look would tell me.
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73
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Jim Walls - K6CCC
k6ccc@amsat.org
Ofc: 818-548-4804
http://home.earthlink.net/~k6ccc
AMSAT Member 32537 - WSWSS Member 395
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