[amsat-bb] SignalinkUSB and Linux

Christopher M. Hobbs cmhobbs at cryptolab.net
Sat Jul 1 19:56:10 UTC 2017


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On Sat, 1 Jul 2017 07:15:54 -0400
John Zaruba Jr <aa2bn at comcast.net> wrote:


> 
> GPredict is a wonderful satellite tracking application that when
> coupled with hamlib ( ham radio control libraries, with the rigctl
> and rotctl daemons) provides full radio and antenna control
> capabilities. That said, there is a bit of a learning curve getting
> it going as there are some aspects of the user interface that are
> decidedly non-intuitive. Though I think it is no more difficult than
> configuring SatPC32 on the windows side (this IS rocket science after
> all).

I want to second this.  I'm using GPredict on an ASUS EeePC X101-CH
with 1GB of RAM and an Intel Atom CPU at 1.6GHz.  I picked it up
second hand for about $65.

Those specs seem high but this is an underpowered little machine.
GPredict works really well.  I even have a custom cron task to download
additional keps that aren't provided in GPredict itself.

Once you learn the oddities of its interface, it's really easy to use.

73 DE KD5RYO

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