[amsat-bb] SATpc32 -- doppler.sqf Editor

[Michael Walker]

I would love a purged list of only active birds.

What I will do is compare my list to those on Amsat's pages.  If something
comes back from the dead, it is easy enough to add.

Mike va3mw


On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 4:40 PM John Brier via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> I would prefer them to stay as it is a good reference for historical
> reasons.
>
> Maybe put dead ones all at the bottom of the file or under a different
> section of the file.
>
> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 16:24 Jim Walls via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > On 04/13/2020 12:43, Thomas Schaefer via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > > A related question…Is there some reason we need to carry old, no longer
> > in-use, satellites in these files? The
> > > Doppler.sql file is full of satellites one cannot possibly use anymore.
> > Same question about the lists in general. Can one filter the lists so
> > adding AO-51 for example to tracking is never even an option —as in one
> > never even sees it.
> > >
> > Well, for one thing, dead satellites sometimes come back from the dead.
> > AO-7 comes to mind - and yes, I was on the first US pass after it was
> > confirmed to be alive after 21 years of silence.
> >
> > --
> > 73
> > -------------------------------------
> > Jim Walls - K6CCC
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