[AReU] AO40 tomorrow
w4tas
[email protected]
Sat, 29 Mar 2003 18:51:39 -0500
Get your AO40 receivers ready!!!!
The bird will be very strong tomorrow evening from 6:45 pm
until 8:30 pm. If this would have been the case at the picnic
(and it would have if we had waited long enough) we would have
had armchair contacts with folks on the satellite.
As you can see from the tracking data that am including with this
E-Mail, squints will get into single digits around 6:45 PM and
stay in single digits until about 8:30 PM. The signals will be very
strong on either side of this window for a couple of hours before
6:45 PM and for another 1/2 hour after 8:30 PM.
The doppler will put the beacon at 2401.337 MHz at around
6:45 PM and will increase to 2401.348 MHz at 8:30 PM.
Azmuith will start at 240 degrees at 6:45 PM and end up at
250 degrees at 8:30 PM. Elevation will start at 37 degrees
at 6:45 PM and will be at 28 degrees at 8:30PM.
This information should give the tracking data some
semblance of order to the folks that are unaccustomed to
reading it. The "Offp" number is the angle of offset of the
satellite high gain antenna from this spot on the Earth.
If the squint is zero, the antenna is pointing right down our
throat and the signals will be good. Any squint over 20 degrees
and you had better have better that optimum equipment to
work the satellite.
See you about 50 KHz above the beacon.
73
Tony
W4TAS
51. AO-40
EST Date Time Azim/Elev Range Lat Long Doppler Phs/M Offp
30Mar2003 0756 101/ 2 52885 5S 5W -9552 64 43.9
30Mar2003 0807 102/ 3 53625 5S 7W -8974 66 43.1
30Mar2003 0818 102/ 5 54318 5S 9W -8417 69 42.3
30Mar2003 0829 103/ 7 54967 5S 11W -7880 71 41.5
30Mar2003 0840 104/ 9 55574 5S 12W -7363 74 40.8
30Mar2003 0851 105/ 11 56140 5S 14W -6863 76 40.1
30Mar2003 0902 106/ 12 56665 5S 16W -6380 79 39.4
30Mar2003 0913 107/ 14 57156 5S 18W -5949 81 38.7
30Mar2003 0924 108/ 16 57605 5S 20W -5459 84 38.1
30Mar2003 0935 109/ 18 58019 5S 22W -5019 86 37.4
30Mar2003 0946 110/ 20 58397 4S 24W -4593 88 36.8
30Mar2003 0957 112/ 22 58742 4S 26W -4179 91 36.2
30Mar2003 1008 113/ 23 59053 4S 28W -3776 93 35.6
30Mar2003 1019 114/ 25 59332 4S 30W -3383 96 35.0
30Mar2003 1030 115/ 27 59579 4S 32W -3001 98 34.5
30Mar2003 1041 117/ 29 59795 4S 34W -2628 101 33.9
30Mar2003 1052 118/ 31 59982 4S 36W -2264 103 33.4
30Mar2003 1103 120/ 32 60139 4S 39W -1908 106 32.9
30Mar2003 1114 121/ 34 60268 4S 41W -1560 108 32.3
30Mar2003 1125 123/ 36 60368 4S 43W -1219 111 31.8
30Mar2003 1136 125/ 38 60441 4S 45W -884 113 31.3
30Mar2003 1147 127/ 39 60487 3S 47W -555 116 30.8
30Mar2003 1158 129/ 41 60506 3S 49W -232 118 30.3
30Mar2003 1209 131/ 43 60499 3S 51W +87 120 29.9
30Mar2003 1220 133/ 44 60466 3S 53W +402 123 29.4
30Mar2003 1231 136/ 46 60407 3S 55W +713 125 28.9
30Mar2003 1242 138/ 47 60323 3S 57W +1021 128 28.4
30Mar2003 1253 141/ 48 60213 3S 60W +1326 130 28.0
30Mar2003 1304 144/ 50 60079 3S 62W +1629 133 27.5
30Mar2003 1315 147/ 51 59920 3S 64W +1931 135 27.0
30Mar2003 1326 150/ 52 59736 3S 66W +2232 138 26.6
30Mar2003 1337 153/ 53 59527 3S 68W +2534 140 26.1
30Mar2003 1348 157/ 54 59294 2S 70W +2835 143 25.6
30Mar2003 1359 161/ 55 59035 2S 72W +3138 145 25.1
30Mar2003 1410 164/ 56 58752 2S 74W +3442 147 24.7
30Mar2003 1421 168/ 56 58443 2S 76W +3749 150 24.2
30Mar2003 1432 172/ 57 58108 2S 79W +4059 152 23.7
30Mar2003 1443 177/ 57 57748 2S 81W +4373 155 23.2
30Mar2003 1454 181/ 57 57361 2S 83W +4692 157 22.8
30Mar2003 1505 185/ 57 56947 2S 85W +5025 160 22.3
30Mar2003 1516 189/ 57 56507 2S 87W +5347 162 21.8
30Mar2003 1527 193/ 57 56038 2S 89W +5684 165 21.2
30Mar2003 1538 197/ 56 55542 1S 91W +6028 167 20.7
30Mar2003 1549 201/ 56 55016 1S 93W +6381 170 20.2
30Mar2003 1600 204/ 55 54460 1S 95W +6744 172 19.7
30Mar2003 1611 208/ 54 53874 1S 97W +7117 174 19.1
30Mar2003 1622 211/ 53 53256 1S 99W +7502 177 18.5
30Mar2003 1633 215/ 52 52605 1S 101W +7899 179 17.9
30Mar2003 1644 218/ 51 51920 1S 103W +8311 182 17.3
30Mar2003 1655 221/ 50 51200 1S 105W +8738 184 16.7
30Mar2003 1706 223/ 49 50443 1S 106W +9181 187 16.1
30Mar2003 1717 226/ 48 49649 0S 108W +9643 189 15.4
30Mar2003 1728 228/ 46 48815 0S 110W +10124 192 14.7
30Mar2003 1739 230/ 45 47939 0S 112W +10627 194 14.0
30Mar2003 1750 233/ 44 47020 0N 114W +11153 197 13.3
30Mar2003 1801 234/ 43 46056 0N 115W +11706 199 12.5
30Mar2003 1812 236/ 41 45043 0N 117W +12287 201 11.7
30Mar2003 1823 238/ 40 43980 0N 119W +12899 204 10.9
30Mar2003 1834 240/ 39 42864 1N 120W +13546 206 10.0
30Mar2003 1845 241/ 37 41692 1N 122W +14231 209 9.1
30Mar2003 1856 243/ 36 40459 1N 123W +14959 211 8.2
30Mar2003 1907 244/ 35 39163 1N 124W +15735 214 7.2
30Mar2003 1918 245/ 33 37798 1N 126W +16566 216 6.2
30Mar2003 1929 246/ 32 36359 2N 127W +17457 219 5.3
30Mar2003 1940 247/ 31 34842 2N 128W +18419 221 4.5
30Mar2003 1951 248/ 30 33238 2N 129W +19462 224 4.0
30Mar2003 2002 249/ 29 31541 3N 129W +20599 226 4.0
30Mar2003 2013 250/ 29 29741 3N 130W +21847 228 4.8
30Mar2003 2024 250/ 28 27827 3N 130W +23227 231 6.3
30Mar2003 2035 250/ 28 25786 4N 130W +24767 233 8.3
30Mar2003 2046 250/ 28 23602 4N 129W +26502 236 10.7
30Mar2003 2057 250/ 28 21252 5N 128W +28524 238 13.8
30Mar2003 2108 249/ 29 18718 5N 125W +30755 241 17.6
30Mar2003 2119 247/ 30 15965 6N 122W +33403 243 22.5
30Mar2003 2130 244/ 33 12961 7N 117W +36468 246 29.3