[amsat-bb] SatPC32 and Satellites Question

[Alan Blind]

Found it.  IO-86 was the problem.  I removed IO-86 and the list now sorts
AOS/LOS.

Alan

On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 8:00 AM Alan Blind <wa9wud at gmail.com> wrote:

> Interesting....
>
> I tried each of the pre-programmed groups to see if each would sort.  The
> groups are standard, FM Repeaters, Linear 1 and Linear 2.
>
> All would sort, except for FM Repeaters.  FM Repeaters would not sort for
> AOS/LOS.
>
> Sats in the FM group include SO-50, AO-85, AO-91, LILIACAST-2 (not
> included in my custom list), and IO-86.  Could one or more of these Sats be
> the problem?
>
> Alan
>
> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 7:47 AM Alan Blind <wa9wud at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Erich.  Thanks for the response.
>>
>> Here is my custom list.  I believe these are all Low Earth Sats..
>>
>> AO-07, AO-73, AO-91, AO-92, CAS-4A, CAS-4B, IO-86, SO-50, XW-2A, XW-2B,
>> XW-2C, XW-2F.
>>
>> I believe some may not have complete data sets....could that be causing
>> the failure to sort?  If so, how do I identify the culprit?
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 7:39 AM Erich Eichmann <erich.eichmann at gmx.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Alan,
>>> check whether one of the selected sats is a geostationary one, e.g.
>>> QO-100, which does not rise and set but  is continously in range.
>>> When I add QO-100 to the 'Selected' list, the Countown window does no
>>> longer sort the sats by their AOS/LOS times (but in alphabetical order). My
>>> friend LX1BB reports the same observation.
>>>
>>> 73s, Erich, DK1TB
>>>
>>> Am 09.08.2019 um 12:03 schrieb Alan Blind via AMSAT-BB:
>>> Umesh
>>>
>>> Here is the path the SatPC32 installer defaulted to.  -  :\Program Files
>>> (x86)\SatPC32\SatPC32ISS.exe"
>>>
>>> Another observation.  When I use one of the groups included in the
>>> SatPC package, it sorts in the order of AOS.  However, when I customize
>>> a
>>> group by adding new Sats, the customized list no longer sorts??
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 12:09 AM k6vug at sbcglobal.net
>>> <k6vug at sbcglobal.net> <k6vug at sbcglobal.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Works fine here,
>>>
>>> the only thing I can think of is that, I hope SatPC32 is NOT installed
>>> under any Windows folders like Program Files 32 or Documents etc.
>>>
>>> Umesh
>>> k6vug
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, August 8, 2019, 10:21:07 AM PDT, Alan Blind via AMSAT-BB <
>>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> New to Satellites and SatPC32.
>>>
>>> Question - On the “CountDown” accessory, there are two buttons for
>>> sorting
>>> the list.  I prefer to select “AOS/LOS Times”.  When I select, the list
>>> stays in the “Ident/Letters” order.
>>>
>>> What am I doing wrong?
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