Hi Phil Nice to see you have joined the SeeSat group - I am sure your expertise will be invaluable! I wonder if you remember me from my AMSAT days -- we had a brief correspondence and I seem to recall you sent me some software but afraid I can no longer recall what it was -- happens with old age as this was probably 25-30 years ago. I think it was something connected with packet radio and WA2LQQ ( Larry?)- wonder if he is still around. Incidentally my callsign is ZS1BI.... ( although no longer active in amateur radio in any sense). >I can't remember if I gave my software to anyone in this group. So I'm >wondering >if I did, and if so whether any part of it is still being used to produce your >element sets. That would be cool. Im pretty certain it is not being used as this is the first I have heard of it >I wrote it to accept radio range and range-rate observations, but it was >structured to easily accept the alt/az angles that optical observations >produce. Sounds interesting! If its still available and Y2K compatible I would be very interested in having a look at it. >Some time ago I got a Meade LX-200 and wrote software to drive it to follow an >element set. I meant to go on and add the ability to tweak the tracking to >follow the satellite's actual position and refine the orbit, but that project >went on the back burner with many others. I figure by now this capability is >probably old hat and everybody has it. Is that the case? Again very interesting but I know from past experience of your expertise! Only a few trackers use computer controlled telescopes - there are perhaps two or three that use commercial packages and two that use homemade systems- the CoSaTrak system developed by my friend Willie Koorts. Since you probably have S-band capability you might find the Hearsat group also of interest - nowadays I seem to spend most of my time tracking classified satellites that transmit radio signals and I post my results there from time to time. Anyway would be interested in hearing from you - still sort of miss the early AMSAT days but although still a life member doubt if I will ever again communicate via amateur satellite... Best wishes Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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