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File Menu

Print pass list... (an ephemeris)

This option invokes a five-tab dialog box, which allows you to produce pass predictions for use in the field.  On the Control tab, you can choose which satellites to include (fromn the active list), when to start, and for how many days the prediction should run.  Predicting six satellites for seven days ahead should take a few seconds or less.  From the Ephemeris tab you can print the pass list, or save it to a file.  The Time Line tab provides a visual display of the passes throughout the day, with greater emphasis being placed on the higher-elevation passes.  The Pass Details tab gives the location of the selected satellites once per minute from the pass maximum elevation.  The Crossings tab gives the time at which the satellite crosses the latitude you specify.

The format has column headings and should be self-explanatory.  In the registered version, you can make the pass details more frequent for more accurate satellite position display.

Please note that you may get a different number of passes if you switch between UTC and local time, as the 24-hour period starting a midnight UTC and midnight local time may actually encompass a different number of passes as it is a different 24 hours!  The displayed times should be in the timezone you select, i.e. either UTC or the timezone you selected for your computer.

Printer Setup

Allows you to set up the printer in the standard way

When on the Ground Path Tab....

Additionally an Open item appears, which allows the loading of any arbitrary image, and the Print Image items appear, which allow you to print the images that are currently displayed.

Loading arbitrary images

Note that normally the image file name is fixed by the pass - in accordance with the WXSat conventions.  The Open item allows you to circumvent this and load any image.

Printing your results

You can print the contents of the Ground Path tab using the File, Print menu.  If a single image is displayed (i.e. either the topography or the satellite picture), the page orientation is set to Portrait to accommodate the length of the picture.  When both images are displayed, they are printed side-by-side on a Landscape orientation page.  In either case, the program should maintain the aspect ratio of the original image.  The two images are aligned centrally, so it is up to you to match the pass with the picture by choosing the start time and duration.  The full contents of both images is printed, irrespective of any zoom in use.