I'll second Bruce's praise of SatPC32.... been a registered user for a couple of years now, and love it! And as far as InstantTrack goes, it will run just fine in a DOS window on XP - just don't minimize the window, or the timer ticks that IT relies on go away.........
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Robertson" broberts@mta.ca To: "Tyler Harpster" tyler881@adelphia.net Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 6:34 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: orbit tracking?
Quoting Tyler Harpster tyler881@adelphia.net:
After being frustrated with trying to load very old tracking programs on a newer, but still old Windows 98 machine, I'm going to drop some cash and
pick up a much newer XP machine on the used market. (because Vista sucks - why did we have to go to an unstable OS again?)
Anyway... I'm looking for the real deal tracking software. What does
everyone recommend for the latest tracking software?
Thanks,
Tyler KM3G
I think the consensus will settle around SatPC32, which I plan on buying with my renewal of my AMSAT membership.
Have you considered keeping the old machine and using Instant Track http://www.amsat.org/amsat/instanttrack/ ? It is less flashy, but still quite reliable.
73, Bruce VE9QRP