[amsat-bb] AO-85 in Gpredict

Limaunion limaunion at fibertel.com.ar
Tue Dec 5 19:37:21 UTC 2017


On 12/05/2017 02:42 PM, Robert McGwier wrote:
> The only difference is https doesn't work.
> 
> On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 10:10 PM, Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Mac,
>>
>> Hmmpf.  No idea.
>>
>> Helping another Ham, we found that his version of GPredict needed to
>> have the server URL on one line (without the nasabare.txt part), and the
>> file name (nasabare.txt) on a different line.  He has v1.4 on Windows,
>> I'm on v1.3.something on Linux.
>>
>> The data isn't all that sensitive, so I wouldn't be too concerned about
>> the lack of SSL security, but it's still odd...  For what it's worth,
>> all the pre-configured URLs for Celestrak are http-no-s also.  I think I
>> just did a copy/paste from the Amsat site when configuring mine.
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> Greg  KO6TH
>>
>>

I followed Greg's suggestion and didn't experience any trouble with 
HTTPS. AO-85 is now on my list. I'm on linux too and Gpredict version is 
1.3.482-6bac (Manjaro distro). Thanks for your trick!
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