Hi Ted, Appreciate your concern. However, SatPC32 is written and maintained by Erich without ANY compensation by us. He donated the program and any updates to AMSAT for them to sell. It's a one man personal hobby and dedication and has served many of us very well. Sure would be nice to have a super GUI etc. On the other hand once you get to learn the ins and outs it serves the community very well.
Stefan, VE4NSA On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Ted <k7trkra...@charter.net> wrote: > Tom, one thing that would help is dragging SatPC32 into the 21st Century. I > find it almost unusable. Too bad the sat program in HRD has problems > tracking the linears... > > 73, Ted, K7TRK > > -----Original Message----- > From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On > Behalf Of Thomas Doyle > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 4:09 PM > To: Clayton Coleman W5PFG > Cc: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube + SatPC32 + SDR-Radio > > Clayton, > > The activity level on the linear sats is very low and does not seem to > be getting any better. Not sure why. Perhaps it is cost or complexity > or problems putting up outside antennas. It is rather sad working > linear sat passes with no one else on them. At least I can hear my own > downlink signal and the beacon :-) > > Unfortunately this sums it up. > > AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting Minutes > > "Satellite Operations Report by Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA > > " ... The other FM satellites, AO-27 and SO-50, continue to be heavily > used. FO-29 when operative, and VO-52 work well, but have very little > use." > > Hope to see you on FO-29. > > 73 W9KE Tom Doyle > > > > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Clayton Coleman W5PFG > <kayakfis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Tom, > > > > I would like to understand the reason for your comment about the > > future being limited to FM satellites. It seems FUNcube, FOX-2 and > > Phase 3E projects would prove otherwise. > > > > 73 > > Clayton > > W5PFG > > > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Thomas Doyle <tomdoyle1...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> The future of the hobby is FM sats so this is all probably irrelevant > >> but it is still fun and interesting. > >> > >> tnx & 73 W9KE Tom > > > > -- > > Sent from my computer. > > tom ... > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
