[amsat-bb] Satellite Hiatus--Doppler.SQF

[Alan]

Devin,

<If that's the case, then why wouldn't it be possible to have a small tweak
<made to SatPC32 -- perhaps as an option at first to facilitate testing and
<backwards compatibility -- to use the satellite number *instead of the name*
<as the key column for the DOPPLER.SQF file (and any other configuration files)
<that refer to satellites?

Great news.  That functionality has been in SatPC32 for years.  Look at ? | Auxiliary Files |AmsatNames.txt.  It does what you describe by allowing you to define a name for a satellite to be used with a catalog number (or international identifier) and substitutes your chosen name for all internal operations such as the CTCSS tone, tracking priority, Doppler calculations, etc.  Very handy since AMSAT, CelesTrak, Space-Track, and often the individual satellite operators, use slightly different names.  It is also handy when there is a "shotgun launch" and everybody is trying to sort out which satellite matches which object number.  One change with each object number, and you are ready.

73,

Alan
WA4SCA