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Being really clear which of the three cases you are transmitting is also important. Yesterday it was sheer luck that ISS happened to be up. It took me a few minutes to realize that I was in case #3, compared information with my PC in disbelief, and by that time the pass was almost over.<br>
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One says "AOS" followed by a time (be it delta or zulu). The other says "LOS" followed by Az: nnn El: nnn. How much more different do you need them to be? Start with something like "ISS is in view NOW!"? (I'm being completely facetious there). I believe they're different enough (until we muddy the waters by adding the max elevation to AOS) because the LOS shows where to point your antenna.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>The difference is " at " vs ":" in between AOS and the time. The former is something you read, the later is something you interpret. I prefer the former. Same with Bob's use of " in ", as in "LOS in xxxm". Not a deal breaker, but in my opinion, significant enough that I wanted to bring it up. I agree we don't need to be verbose. Just a little clearer, please.<br>
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It occurs to me that the contents of the message you send to "ISS" is ignored. Could it be used as a command autoresponder, indicating what sort of information or format is desired? You could also use it to validate the request, in case there is a collision in the object namespace. You never know if AO51 is a satellite, or an ET visiting a certain place in New Mexico...<br>
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By only requiring ONE piece of information to be remembered (send a message to the satellite name), I'm hoping this won't e a flash-in-the-pan idea and may see some long-term activity as people figure out how they can effectively use it.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>I guess I don't see a single address for all satellite predictions being difficult to remember or use. For the D7 (and I presume other radios too), there is a list of prior messages that I can pick from to re-send, which solves the Remember problem. And, if I send a blank message, you can always either send some helpful instructions back (like you do with a missing position report!), or you could default to telling me something else, like what satellite is coming up next at my location. </div>
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Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Thanks for listening, <br></div><div><br>Greg KO6TH<br><br></div></div>