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

[John Brier]

I should have been more specific about what I meant when I used the word
sections.

Add a comment somewhere in the file that says something like "the sats
below are dead." In that way you create sections using comments as headers.

At the very least you could say satellites that have re-entered the
atmosphere are dead.

That said, yes, it is not hard to edit the files as you prefer.

One advantage to having the default files list sats in different sections
would be that all the people who prefer that don't have to do the same
change themselves on new installs.

It could also be helpful to new satops who might not know what sats are
alive or dead.

73, John Brier KG4AKV


On Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 17:31 Mike Diehl <diehl.mike.a at gmail.com> wrote:

> As far as I’m aware there are no “sections” of the file, it is simply just
> a CSV with a different file extension. There is no way to differentiate
> between alive and dead. And speaking of dead, it’s dead simple to edit the
> file. With so many different opinions, like everything else, on how it
> should be done it’s easier if people just generate what fits their need. A
> satellite no longer is relevant to you, delete the line. Something new in
> orbit, add a line. We have the technology
> https://www.amsat.org/doppler-sqf-line-generator/
>
> 73,
> Mike Diehl
> W8LID/VE6LID
>
> On Apr 13, 2020, at 16:41, 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
>
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>
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