Satellite Tracking on OG100

Ramon Gonzalez (kp4tr@caribe.net)
Tue, 03 Sep 1996 23:28:24 -0400

Hi,
I recently purchased an Omnigo 100 to keep track of my billable time at
work. As a sideline I thought it would be nice if I could track Amateur
Radio (ham radio) satellites in space. I do so today on my Pentium 100,
but wondered how powerful the 80186 of the OG was. I found a program for
the OG to keep track of the satellites (and any object in space that
orbits Earth). The software (REALSKED) was designed for the HP 95LX, but
I was able to load it under the OG with the DOS text mode. It runs a bit
slow, but is very useful to know when I can access a particular
satellite from home. For anyone interested in this aspect of ham radio,
the software is accessible at
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftpsoft.html#pc-trk

regards,
Ramon Gonzalez (amateur callsign KP4TR)