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|    mark lewis to Jimmy Anderson    |
|    Re: HAM Echo Rules    |
|    03 Jun 20 11:01:41    |
      TZUTC: -0400       MSGID: 371.fido-ham@1:3634/12 233cf2c8       REPLY: 1:116/17 7f3309b8       PID: Synchronet 3.18a-Linux May 23 2020 GCC 7.5.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Linux r3.173 May 23 2020 GCC 7.5.0       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.104        Re: Re: HAM Echo Rules        By: Jimmy Anderson to Mark Lewis on Tue Jun 02 2020 21:07:00                      ML>> go here: https://www.heavens-above.com/               ML>> create an account and put in your location... the rest should        ML>> be self-explanatory ;)               JA> I wanted the time, not how to buikd a clock. ;-)               -=B-)               JA> I use the iOS app Sky Guide. It knows where I am and gives me a 15        JA> minute heads up...              heaven's above may have an iOS app... i forget... either way, it (and several       others) are strictly satellite tracking sites... there are, of course, local       apps that can be run, too... especially for HAM operators working       satellites... gpredict is one or those that is ok... it is going through some       updates related to radio control... it can/will turn your antenna and switch       freqs on your radio when working a satellite...              i used to use the old STSPlus for ground tracks and listing sats with upcoming       view chances... currently i'm using gpredict on linux in place of STSPlus but       it just isn't the same...              they're good but i also want one that shows the sky view from my location with       the sat's path so i will know exactly which sat i'm seeing flying over... in       that end, i'm using stellarium which is an astronomy program first... but my       current setup for all of these is nothing like what i had on my OS/2 system       before Hurricane Florence blew through here and mucked things up :|                     )\/(ark       --- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux        * Origin: SouthEast Star Mail HUB - SESTAR (1:3634/12)       SEEN-BY: 1/120 123 14/6 18/0 200 90/1 116/116 120/340 601 123/0 25       SEEN-BY: 123/50 120 131 150 160 170 180 755 135/300 153/7715 154/10       SEEN-BY: 154/30 40 50 700 203/0 221/0 6 226/16 30 227/114 229/101       SEEN-BY: 229/200 312 424 426 664 1014 240/1120 1634 2100 5138 5832       SEEN-BY: 240/5853 8001 8002 8005 249/206 317 400 261/38 280/5003 292/854       SEEN-BY: 300/4 313/41 317/3 320/219 322/757 331/313 333/808 335/206       SEEN-BY: 335/364 370 342/200 382/147 2432/390 2452/250 2454/119 3634/0       SEEN-BY: 3634/12 15 27 50 119 4500/1       PATH: 3634/12 154/10 221/6 335/364 240/1120 5832 229/426           |
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