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- ****SATCOM****
- An Antenna positioning program
- for Earth Station Owners
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- SATCOM is a program designed to assist owners of home earth
- stations in the correct positioning of both azimuth and elevation
- angles in order to point the antenna in the proper direction to
- recieve the desired satellite. The program is written in
- Microsoft Basic V5.2 and was compiled with Microsoft Basic
- Compiler V5.3 .
- I have included the source so that the user can update the
- data lines in the program as new satellites are launched and old
- ones are retired. These data lines contain the names and correct
- west longitude of commercial geostationary satellites between 67
- degrees west longitude and 143 degrees west longitude. The
- satellites listed in the program are either in orbit or have been
- assigned tentative orbital positions by the FCC. This information
- is current as of June 25, 1984 and was culled from COMSAT, the
- U.S. partner in the Intelsat Network. Please note that satellites
- with the same orbital position are on different frequency
- bands, or have been assigned orbital positions by the FCC, but
- have not yet been launched.
- When run, the program first asks for your terminal location.
- This is simply a name given to wherever you are that is printed
- out on the report...i.e. Boston, Mass. or Bob's Backyard. Next
- you are asked for your latitude and longitude. If you don't know
- or you are not sure....your local library can usually supply you
- with a topographic map or a detailed local map with the
- coordinates for your location. The more accurate you are, the
- more accurate the pointing information will be. Please enter the
- information in the correct format.... (DD,MM,SS) that's
- degrees,minutes,and seconds.
- That's all there is to it.....the program will do the
- necessary math to figure out the correct pointing information for
- your dish based on the latitude and longitude that you supplied.
- The output will go to both the screen and your printer. Should
- you be in a location that is unable to see a particular satellite
- due to curvature of the earth the program will print "Below the
- Horizon" instead of azimuth and elevation information for a given
- satellite. Enjoy........Adam Grow--->Compuserve PPN 75216,3660