Good Morning:

I recently wrote a Raspberry Pi application that uses the UDP
transmission from SatPC32.  Works like charm,.  It selects the correct
antenna (2M or 70cm) combos. It controls my crystal controlled WX
receiver (auto selects the correct WX channel), selects the correct SDR
/ software setup for telemetry, etc.

Well, it worked like a charm until I encountered "OBJECT C" and "CAPE 3"
in the elements.  SatPC32's UDP uses a space as a data deliminator, so I
get an error ( the satellite string has one too many pieces of data, 9
instead of 8)  when SatPC323 starts to track one of these.    That's
OK.  I just edit the keps file to read "OBJECT-C" and "CAPE-3" (which,
by the way, is what it's called in all the literature).  Well, it's NOT
OK .  It is pain in the  neck. Every time I want to update my keps I
have to remember to edit the file.

Do I have to live with this anomaly ?   Or will the names become
something without the space when they get their "official" designation?

Thank you, stay safe, Corvid free, and 73

Jim Jipping, W8MRR
AMSAT #5512



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