In a message dated 6/2/00 6:21:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, patrickfwd@yahoo.com writes: > I've been trying to make accurate timings of satellites for a while, and I > can't figure out how you guys do it. The closest I can get is about two or > three seconds, because I have to look down at my stopwatch and then back up > at the satellite, which takes some time. So my question is, what's your > strategy? I keep seeing messages from people, like this snip from Ed > Cannon, that are timed to within tenths of a second, and I want to be able > to do the same!: > > >It and Milstar 3 came very close to one another at about 2:50:51.6 UTC. > > Thanks for your help everyone! > > Patrick I use three tools. An inexpensive world band radio (tuned to one of the time server frequencies) a stopwatch with multiple lap time capability and a mini-cassette recorder. Just before a pass, start recording on the tape and start the stopwatch running synched as best you can to a significant minute (such as XX:00, or XX:10, etc.). Mention the start aloud, so that it registers on the tape. Then click a lap time for each event you want to time, announcing the clicks for the benefit of the recording. After the pass, you can review the tape and jot down the timings and figure out which times correspond to which events. The time server makes it easy, since each minute is also announced on the radio. _______________________________________ Regards, Stephen Satellite Hunting™ visible pass prediction shareware v2.0 is now available for download at http://stephen.fathom.org/sathunt.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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