I wrote directly to Erich, the SatPC32 author, about this problem. FYI, below is his very nice reply:
Mark,
Happy New Year!
I don't remember my comment in 2006. You are right - since the problem is specific to only one satellite it doesn't make sense to completely re-install the program, I think.
Perhaps you proceed step-by-step:
Run SatPC32 with configuration #1 (menu "Setup") and group "Standard". Choose nasa.all as Keps file. Leave Doppler.SQF and SubTone.SQF and (eventually) Prior.SQF unchanged, that means WITHOUT entries for BY70-1. Make sure that there is at least one ident letter free for a new satellite.
Then open menu "Satellites" and add BY70-1 from the "Available" list to the "Selected" list and click the "OK" button. A new ident letter should appear. Click on it to switch to BY70-1. Does that cause already the io 105 error?
SatPC32 saves the "Selected" list of group "Standard" in the text file "Standard.Sat" in the SatPC32 DATA folder (path can be seen in footline of menu "Satellites" ). Is there something unusual with that file? At its end it should show:
BY70-1
-
The minus char below the name indicates that the option "Show On/Off" (menu "Satellites") is unchecked (no asterix in front of the satellite name).
Attention: Make first hidden files and folders visible using the Windows File Explorer, because the folder "AppData" in the path is hidden by default.
73s, Erich, DK1TB
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Mark D. Johns, KØMDJ
Decorah, Iowa USA EN43
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----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen E. Belter
seb@wintek.com
To: Mark Johns
mjohns@luther.edu; AMSAT-BB
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Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BY70-1
Mark,
I also get the “E/A-Fehler 105.” error message when I add BY70-1 to a
satellite group in SatPC32. Other people don’t have the problem.
The error message (in German) means I/O Error 105 in the Delphi
programming environment, which I believe is an error writing to a file.
What I can’t yet answer is how to fix the problem. We may have a file
permissions problem.
Anybody have a solution or know where to look?
73, Steve N9IP
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Steve Belter, seb@wintek.com
On 12/30/16, 1:20 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Mark Johns via AMSAT-BB"
<amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org on behalf of amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
>When I put keps for BY70-1 into SatPC32 (either yesterday's keps or
>today's), it pops up a box that says, "E/A - Fehler 105." SatPC32 freezes
>up.
>
>Does anyone know what this error code means? Anyone else getting it?
>
>--
>
>Mark D. Johns, KØMDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43
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>"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit,
> you would stay out and your dog would go in."
> ---Mark Twain
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Greg D
ko6th.greg@gmail.com
>To: AMSAT-BB
AMSAT-BB@amsat.org
>Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 12:43 PM
>Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BY70-1
>
>18:20 pass not as strong as prior passes. Only got a few moments of
>full-quieting audio. Contacts with W5ACM and KC7M. As before, the
>second half of the pass was much better (nothing heard at all until just
>before indicated TCA), so perhaps the bird is late compared to the
>Keps. Worked it almost into the ground before LOS. I'm using
>2016-083C, updated from Celestrak right before the pass. Playing with
>polarization seemed to help, but I'm assuming the bird's antennas are
>linear, right? Possibly my relays are getting dirty.
>
>One question, for scale... We know that the satellite will not last
>"long", given it's crippled orbit. How long? Days? Weeks? Months?
>
>Greg KO6TH
>
>
>Nico Janssen wrote:
>>
>> If you are still using yesterday's TLE set, then you will indeed find
>> that BY70-1 is now about half a minute earlier. The problem is that
>> the TLEs for this satellite are not stable yet in the first days after
>> the
>> launch. The right value for e.g. the decay rate has not yet been
>> established. So for the time being you need to make sure you use the
>> most recent TLE set that is available.
>>
>> By the way, the two SuperView satellites are now using their own
>> propulsion system to increase their altitude, preventing an early decay.
>> As BY70-1 does not have any propulsion, it is stuck in its low orbit.
>>
>> 73,
>> Nico PA0DLO
>>
>>
>> On 30-12-16 13:42, PY5LF wrote:
>>> Hi
>>> We had a low pass over here minutes ago and i felt the keps BY70-1 are
>>> wrong .
>>> I start to hear 25 seconds before . Does anyone feels the same ?
>>> 73
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