Yes, you do *not* need to connect to a radio.
An advantage of splitting this code into its own executable is that I can maintain it - with too much in the HRD executable it's just too easy to change something in one area and break something else.
Re: Doppler - you can update Kepler files as often as you want, for example download latest data every 15 minutes. Listening to CW beacons on 70cms I hear (and see) no change in pitch at all, so the Doppler's working!
Simon Brown, HB9DRV www.ham-radio-deluxe.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "David" [email protected]
Simon, Before downloading and trying it out can you tell me if the satellite tracking program works without having the radio(s) connected? One of the original versions of HRD that I used allowed me to check passes etc without the need to have the radio in line - the latest version was inoperable unless the radio was there. I stopped using HRD at this point although the well documented problem with the non- functioning Doppler compensation control was another factor.