Hi Mike, since I literally dragged you to this board, there are some things you will learn about this group. First, there is a lot of embedded (and IMHO, irrational) bias about the HRD Sat program that, as happens in human nature, just goes back to the urban legend status. Some folks are entrenched and there is no hope of changing that bias. There are new users that will take you at your word that you are working on the program and will be patient. Another category are folks that tried the program 6-7 years ago and have made the call that 'it just does not 'work'"...they can't tell you why or provide much useful input, "it just don't work because someone told me that 3 years ago". Another related category are the folks Rick pissed off. (enough said about the departed)
So you challenge will be to find that new developer and as far as this resource, elicit some useful input from folks that are willing to use the program and provide some objective information to correct the issues.
With that said, my view is that the issue primarily applies to the use of linear sats. I believe the program tracks the LEOS and the doppler correction makes the program useful. Whether or not it is spot on, is over my paygrade. I just know that I got my VUCC using HRD about 95% of the time and on LEO sats. As I have said before, run the HRD sat program side by side. The glaring diff I have seen is in altitude, not el or az. But, again above my no-code paygrade.
So, bottom line with this Group...be patient. Most of them have forgotten your post of a couple of days ago outlining your commitment to resolve the software issues. I believe in your commitment. Some will complain if they were hung with a new rope...
So, hang in there and keep asking specifics from the Group. I'm confident you can get it handled.
73, Ted K7TRK
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Carper, Ph.D. via AMSAT-BB Sent: Monday, February 5, 2018 6:12 PM To: Frank Cc: Suryono Adisoemarta via AMSAT-BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Tracking errors with HRD Sat tracking
Hmmm... is everyone else just on an old version or something?
Mike, WA9PIE
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 4:34 PM, Frank [email protected] wrote:
That is correct.
Frank, K6FW
On 2/5/18 12:34 PM, Michael Carper, Ph.D. wrote:
You're on the 787 release then?
Mike, WA9PIE
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 12:56 PM, Frank [email protected] wrote:
I run HRD Sat, SatPC32 and MacDoppler on my computer and all the AOS times match. I am running the latest release from September 2017 of HRD Sat.
Frank K6FW
On 2/5/18 9:16 AM, Michael Carper, Ph.D. via AMSAT-BB wrote:
As someone said previously, it's probably a math problem that got buggered up somewhere along the way.
We will get this fixed.
Mike, WA9PIE
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:05 AM, Francis Geraci [email protected] wrote:
I have noticed mention about issues with HRD Sat tracking. No "specific"
problems were mentioned I have used HRD for may years, and know it pretty well. After the last few "updates", an upcoming sat pass in HRD, the pass over my QTH, is about 5 - 10 minutes later. I, also run SatPC32 at the same time, along with pass predictions from other Web sites. All of the predictions agree, except for HRD, reporting the pass later. I have missed many passes using HRD. When I switched to SatPC32, I started hearing passes. My "keps" are current, QTH is correct, time is correct, and all the "personal" information is correct in the HRD Logbook. I am "totally" stumped. Best toAll WB1FXX _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring
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