David in Wxtrack when a satellite is passing over, at bottom of screen it shows SIG from -112dBm initially to -100dBm when at high elevation then back down to...
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David J Taylor
gm8arv
Apr 1, 2002 1:30 pm
Mike, Depends on your antenna, tracking system, receiver system etc. With a tracking 5-el XY I expect you could get good results near the horizon. My own...
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David J Taylor
gm8arv
Apr 3, 2002 9:27 am
Folks, I am compiling a short list of sites where images from GeoSatSignal may be seen for the GeoSatSignal Web page. If you would like you site on that list,...
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Darrell
vk2mna@...
Apr 3, 2002 11:14 am
AboutTime v4.8 can be obtained at http://www.arachnoid.com/
It is Freeware (Careware actually!)
-- Cheers, Darrell
My weather page...
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Douglas Deans
dundean1
Apr 3, 2002 1:15 pm
David Any contacts at Nottingham University to ask when there are going to fix their Meteosat system ? The quality is awful and many sectors are missing. ...
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David J Taylor
gm8arv
Apr 3, 2002 1:53 pm
Hi, Douglas. Yes, Nottingham is a real problem right now. The only contact I could find was their computer services helpdesk, and I did e-mail them a while...
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David J Taylor
gm8arv
Apr 3, 2002 2:32 pm
I got this from the "web-team"; account at Nottingham: "I am currently on holiday. I will return to the office on 8th April, and will deal with your mail as...
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David J Taylor
gm8arv
Apr 3, 2002 2:45 pm
No, a further message from a different person says my enquiry has been passed on. Fingers crossed! David ... and...
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lar3ryca
Apr 3, 2002 6:43 pm
... David, I have the VB demo downloaded a few days ago from the WxTrack site, as part of your distribution of the Delphi Component. I have not been successful...
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Roger Barker
g8mzx
Apr 3, 2002 7:02 pm
In message <a8fig8+flin@eGroups.com>, lar3ryca <lar3ry@...> writes ... Dim mDjs As Satellites Set mDjs = New Satellites Etc... blnVisible =...
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David J Taylor
gm8arv
Apr 3, 2002 7:05 pm
Larry, I'm not a VB expert, I'm afraid, and in any case I only have Visual Studio .NET. I would certainly have expected VB to simply import the type library...
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David J Taylor
gm8arv
Apr 3, 2002 7:12 pm
Oh, and - Time <> Julian time! What I quoted was Borland's internal format..... ... 1899,...
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Roger Barker
g8mzx
Apr 3, 2002 7:27 pm
In message <069001c1db43$7f26b720$0600a8c0@...>, David J Taylor <david-taylor@...> writes ... VB's internal date variables (stored as doubles)...
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David J Taylor
gm8arv
Apr 3, 2002 7:33 pm
Isn't that a co-incidence! A helpful one, in any case!...
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lar3ryca
Apr 3, 2002 8:21 pm
... That's what I figured, but no luck... here's what I have. Some is from Lee Hamilton's example, and some is mine. 'in declarations Global objSatlist As...
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Les Hamilton
llhh9
Apr 3, 2002 8:48 pm
Larry, It's a couple of years since I wrote the VB routine, and as the SGP4 component has been updated since then, it probably won't work correctly now. If I...
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Roger Barker
g8mzx
Apr 3, 2002 8:50 pm
In message <a8fo87+fo29@eGroups.com>, lar3ryca <lar3ry@...> writes ... The above does work. I took it straight out of an app currently in use by...
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Les Hamilton
llhh9
Apr 3, 2002 8:51 pm
Larry, I recall that I reported to David that this function failed in VB (2 years ago). No-one seems any the wiser why. Les...
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lar3ryca
Apr 3, 2002 9:07 pm
... That did the trick! I changed all my declarations to this form, and it worked like a champ. I had not realized that the declarations worked that way. Now...
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lar3ryca
Apr 3, 2002 9:24 pm
... I saw those messages when I did a search, but luckily, I asked the question anyway, and after providing some code I wrote, Richard came up with the answer....
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David J Taylor
gm8arv
Apr 4, 2002 7:29 am
Roger, I will add this information to the ReadMe for SGP4 component, crediting you as the source. Cheers, David...
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David J Taylor
gm8arv
Apr 4, 2002 8:11 am
Actually, Les, I have tried only to add functionality, not change any existing functions, so there is a good chance it _should_ be OK. Folks should check, of...
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Les Hamilton
llhh9
Apr 4, 2002 8:25 am
David, I should have suspected you would retain functionality. I'll have to get back and do some experimenting with the component again. Oh - - Time - - Time -...
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David J Taylor
gm8arv
Apr 4, 2002 9:27 am
Please see: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/meteosat/problems.shtml I am in touch with Colin Bannister to see what can be done.... David...
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Douglas Deans
dundean1
Apr 4, 2002 11:25 am
... From: "David J Taylor" <david-taylor@...> To: <SatSignal@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 10:27 AM Subject: [SatSignal]...
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David J Taylor
gm8arv
Apr 4, 2002 11:38 am
... Thanks, Douglas. I don't yet a picture as to whether they have a resource problem and need someone to go and fix thier antenna or what. The page ...
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Les Hamilton
llhh9
Apr 4, 2002 12:38 pm
Roger, Thanks for all your tips. I've been caught out by variable declaration before - must be old age creeping up on me. I've now managed to implement the...
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lar3ryca
Apr 5, 2002 6:41 am
... Just thought I'd let you know that using your program as a framework, and of course using IsVisible() to locate satellite, sun and moon, I have...
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David J Taylor
gm8arv
Apr 5, 2002 7:22 am
Larry, I'm delighted to hear of your sucess. It's really satisfying when one of your predictions works as expected! You may want to check the sources I ...
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David J Taylor
gm8arv
Apr 5, 2002 8:42 am
Folks, Les Hamilton has extended and updated his VB5 demo and I have added a couple of notes on using VB with this component (from Roger Barker), and the whole...
