Well I guess it could be used in geosynchronous orbit, although it hasn't
been tested to operate with all of the satellites under it :-) wrong unit
and scale selection are a common user error. Not really your fault.
On Sat, Aug 29, 2020, 11:16 AM Hasan N0AN <hbasri.schiers6(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Bruce,
I'm sure it should be error trapped when an absolutely crazy value is
input, but I'm not pointing the finger at any programmer, when I, in fact,
input the wrong, really wrong, value.
I'm just glad I found it and now doppler tracking is perfectly even on an
89 degree overhead pass.
Considering all the things done right in the software, way beyond any
other program I've seen, I'm not going to complain.
The program auto-schedules, tracks, prioritizes and presents for decoding
AO-73, EO-88, JO-97, AO-91 and AO-92, with no operator intervention
whatsoever. Any number of birds can be added or deleted.
I can let it run overnight and come down and see every bird's TLM
perfectly decoded.
If I chose to, I could have it IQ record every pass and go back and decode
it again later.
The program is absolutely amazing. The fact that it accepted a ridiculous
input value from me without warning me, is to my way of thinking, small
potatoes. :-)
(SDR-Radio Console v 3.x )
5 EL Yagi > 60' Hardline > Duplexer > ARR GasFET > Funcube Pro+ SDR >
SDRConsole v3
Rotor control by SDRC > PSTrotator
15 deg uptilt yagi (5 EL on 2m, 8 EL on 70cm, interlaced, common feedpoint)
Anyone using an SDR that has not used SDRC for controlling it, for
satellite work, has no idea how enriching an SDR setup with good software
can be.
73, N0AN
Hasan
On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 12:52 PM Bruce Perens <bruce(a)perens.com> wrote:
> It's a software bug when the software quietly accepts an impossible
> parameter.
>
> On Sat, Aug 29, 2020, 6:17 AM Hasan N0AN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Over the last week or two, I have been getting a 200 Hz discontinuity
>> jump
>> in my uplink frequency at TCA (Time of Closest Approach), also known as
>> the
>> zero doppler point. This happened on every bird, every pass. (all mode B,
>> 70cm up, 2m down)
>>
>> AOS was early, LOS was late, and doppler tracking was non-linear and had
>> the bad jump at TCA.
>>
>> Today, thanks to K5GZR and KB7IJ, the problem source was identified and
>> corrected.
>>
>> It was caused by a terrible error in the definition of my Home Altitude.
>> I
>> typed in, 350 meters. The program took it 35,000 meters.
>>
>> I corrected it and now doppler tracking in SDRC v3.x is perfect.
>>
>> If anyone else ever gets a set of symptoms like mine, take a look at your
>> Home QTH altitude setting. Being off by a factor of 100:1 makes a
>> difference.
>>
>> 73, N0AN
>>
>> Hasan
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