Maybe out of place for this group---but maybe not, as there were quite a
few posts (and interest) here about the (in)famous "Suit Sat".

Well, a new satellite has been launched that may be interesting to
copy/QSL...

From the ARRL web site (arrl.org):

(Jan 15, 2007) -- AMSAT-LU (Argentina) has announced that
Pehuensat-1, the second Argentinian Amateur Radio satellite, now is
in a 635 to 640 km sun-synchronous polar orbit (97.92 degree
inclination). It was launched on January 10 from India. Once
activated Pehuensat-1 will transmit voice messages in three languages
-- English, Hindi and Spanish -- on 145.825 MHz followed by AX.25
1200 bps packet. Named after the native Patagonian Pehuen tree,
Pehuensat-1 was developed by the Argentina School of Engineering at
the National University of Comahue, the Argentina Association for
Technology and Space and AMSAT-LU. More information is on the
AMSAT-LU Web site. To determine the next pass at your location, click
on the small revolving globe off of the coast of Argentina, select
your location from the map, and then select PEHUENSAT-1. Reception
reports are welcome. -- AMSAT-NA; AMSAT-LU

To know when to copy the satellite, you have to know when it is close to
your location. To do that you need a good satellite tracking program.
You can use the one mentioned in the article above, but it seems a bit
difficult to use and only covers a limited number of cities. Let me
recommend a very nice tracking program with a very nice price--free!

Go to www.stoff.pl and download "Orbitron 3.71". Once you load and
install it, make sure you update the "Keplarian elements", the latest
orbital data the program needs to give you accurate tracking info.

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:32:25 GMT, Carter-k8vt
wrote:


Go to www.stoff.pl and download "Orbitron 3.71". Once you load and
install it, make sure you update the "Keplarian elements", the latest
orbital data the program needs to give you accurate tracking info.

I use it to see the ISS from my back yard.
Just like the old days watching Sputnik.
I think I just dated myself ;')

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:32:25 GMT, Carter-k8vt
wrote:


Go to www.stoff.pl and download "Orbitron 3.71". Once you load and
install it, make sure you update the "Keplarian elements", the latest
orbital data the program needs to give you accurate tracking info.

helmsman wrote:

I use it to see the ISS from my back yard.
Just like the old days watching Sputnik.
I think I just dated myself ;')

Ah yes, Sputnik. I was a 12 year old kid at the time, wanted to listen
to it in the worst way (20 Mc/s) and the only receiver in the house was
a BC-348 that just went up to 18 Mc/s. I started to build a 15 meter
converter, but Sputnik's batteries went dead before I finished it...

:-(

Well, a new satellite has been launched that may be interesting to
copy/QSL...

From the ARRL web site (arrl.org):

(Jan 15, 2007) -- AMSAT-LU (Argentina) has announced that Pehuensat-1,
the second Argentinian Amateur Radio satellite, now is in a 635 to 640 km
sun-synchronous polar orbit (97.92 degree inclination). It was launched
on January 10 from India. Once activated Pehuensat-1 will transmit voice
messages in three languages
-- English, Hindi and Spanish -- on 145.825 MHz followed by AX.25 1200
bps packet. Named after the native Patagonian Pehuen tree, Pehuensat-1
was developed by the Argentina School of Engineering at the National
University of Comahue, the Argentina Association for Technology and Space
and AMSAT-LU. More information is on the AMSAT-LU Web site. To determine
the next pass at your location, click
on the small revolving globe off of the coast of Argentina, select your
location from the map, and then select PEHUENSAT-1. Reception reports are
welcome. -- AMSAT-NA; AMSAT-LU

To know when to copy the satellite, you have to know when it is close to
your location. To do that you need a good satellite tracking program.
You can use the one mentioned in the article above, but it seems a bit
difficult to use and only covers a limited number of cities. Let me
recommend a very nice tracking program with a very nice price--free!

Go to www.stoff.pl and download "Orbitron 3.71". Once you load and
install it, make sure you update the "Keplarian elements", the latest
orbital data the program needs to give you accurate tracking info.

Satscape is a better Satellite Tracking program.

On 2007-01-16 18:52:36 -0500, "Juan" said:

Satscape is a better Satellite Tracking program.


Or STS Plus or Macdoppler pro

Johnny Borborigmi wrote:
On 2007-01-16 18:52:36 -0500, "Juan" said:

Satscape is a better Satellite Tracking program.


Or STS Plus or Macdoppler pro

Not familiar with Satscape...will have to research/try it.

I used to use STS Plus, a really nice program, but created in the DOS
era. It never -quite- learned to how peacefully co-exist in the Windows
world (and seemed to develop more quirks as Windows evolved). Is there a
new Windows version???