[amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator

[Joe]

How do I check for what Java I have? still nothing working here.

Joe WB9SBD
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 4/8/2019 7:32 AM, kb2mjeff--- via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Hi Chris, nice job. I made room for it on my desktop so I can run it all the
> time...
>
> 73 Jeff kb2m
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Chris Thompson via
> AMSAT-BB
> Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2019 9:17 AM
> To: AMSAT <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] A Modern Oscar Locator
>
> I wanted a simple program that showed when target spacecraft would be above
> the horizon. I remembered a picture of an old program that Rob Bruninga
> posted on AMSAT-BB some time ago. I could not find that picture, but I built
> something similar and it looks like this:
> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/klatrack_dark.png
>
> It's a simple program that plots the elevation of upcoming satellite passes
> as a horizontal display and then updates it in real time.  It does a one
> time calculation to fill its buffer of positions, then its pretty efficient
> because it just calculates the next position it needs in the future.
>
> The details and the download are here:
> http://www.g0kla.com/klatrack/index.php
>
> Thanks again to Dave Johnson (G4DPZ) for his port to Java of John
> Maglicane's (KB2BD) predict library.
>
> The is made available under the Gnu GPL and I will upload the code to github
> when I get a chance.
>
> 73
> Chris
>
> --
> Chris E. Thompson
> chrisethompson at gmail.com
> g0kla at arrl.net
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all
> interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official
> views of AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
>