I use HamSatHD with mixed results. I don't quite trust the keps used, but 
lately I have had good luck. I especially like the graphic it displays for the 
pass. I often set my iPad on the ground or a nearby elevated surface, orient 
with the pass an just follow it along. One thing that I have noticed is that my 
iPad isn't always in sync with the actual time so I have to be sure that real 
time and iPad time are the same. A few minutes make a big difference.

Another advantage of the iPad is I have successfully downloaded an ArisSat SSTV 
image directly to the app, SSTV, for the iPad. There are also recording capable 
apps that I have used to record passes. Both of these examples are when NOT 
using the HamSatHD app. One app at a time.

If you have Internet access you can also visit Heavens-Above to get pass 
information or to compare the keps with HamSatHD.

EMike, KC8YLD

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 15, 2011, at 1:01 PM, [email protected] wrote:

> iPad App - HamSatHD

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