[amsat-bb] Satellite Users on Macs

Fri Jun 19 15:28:01 UTC 2020

I made a comment about MACs and Window devices earlier and I wanted to
stress it is a personal preference.

I also wanted to make it very clear that this has nothing to do with those
that write software for either Windows or MACs.

Those people are amazing and to put it in perspective, they have hundreds
of thousands of lines of code and time invested in their applications.
They do it because they want to contribute and they love what they do.

They don't do it to make a living.

At least not in the Amateur World since we are all cheap.  :)   I know what
it takes to write an application, make it work, release it and then support
it.  The product support post sale is a time killer.

For all of you, I thank you for all your time and dedication to the hobby.
Without it, we would all still be using things like the original Amsat
wheel.  I know I still have mine somewhere.

If I offended any of you, my apologies.

Mike va3mw

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 10:44 AM Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> I will add that I try to make all the AMSAT software I write work on the
> Mac, but it is not as easy to install as it is on Linux/Windows.  Apple
> puts more layers of protection in place and makes it harder for independent
> developers to release software and tools.  The good news is that you can
> probably trust professionally released software more on the Mac, but it is
> a hurdle for people doing this in their spare time.
>
> I'm hoping that someone will say "it's easy to release software on the Mac,
> let me help you Chris" but otherwise I will keep putting out things that
> are usable even if they require a bit of fiddling.  I'm always happy to
> help anyone that is having trouble getting the software to run.
>
> 73
> Chris
> g0kla / ac2cz
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 9:36 PM Greg D via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > {Psssst...}  Linux is free and works very well...
> >
> > Greg  KO6TH
> >
> >
> > Richard Lawn via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > > I understand. I’ve just had a whole series of issues with the home
> > network
> > > and and a bunch of other things. I too have to admit that the reasonS I
> > > left using macs
> > > became numerous and I’m able to do everything and more especially in
> ham
> > > radio with the windows computer.
> > > 73
> > > Rick
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 8:26 PM Michael Walker <va3mw at portcredit.net>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> I will be honest.
> > >>
> > >> I own both windows and Mac computers and I use them both extensively.
> I
> > >> can honestly say both have their problems. My Mac drives me absolutely
> > >> crazy with display issues and today was no exception on when I lost a
> > zoom
> > >> call somewhere in their graphics card and I could not bring the focus
> > back
> > >> to it but the call went on. I had to reboot the Mac eventually.
> > >>
> > >> So no matter which platform you choose expect some technical issues
> that
> > >> you will have to work to resolve.
> > >>
> > >> I have to say right now That my windows 10 pro platform is by far the
> > most
> > >> stable.
> > >>
> > >> Mike VA3MW
> > >>
> > >>> On Jun 18, 2020, at 8:11 PM, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB <
> > >> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> > >>> Dog Park Software makes everything you need satellite tracking and
> > >> logging!
> > >>> I have limited experience with the software (I do have an old MacBook
> > >> Air,
> > >>> but don’t use it very often) but everything I’ve heard about it is
> that
> > >> it
> > >>> works great.
> > >>>
> > >>> https://dogparksoftware.com/
> > >>>
> > >>> MacDoppler is also available through the AMSAT store and AMSAT gets a
> > >>> portion of the proceeds.
> > >>>
> > >>> https://www.amsat.org/product/macdoppler/
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> 73,
> > >>>
> > >>> Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
> > >>> Executive Vice President
> > >>> AMSAT
> > >>>
> > >>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 20:04 Richard Lawn via AMSAT-BB <
> > >> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > >>>> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Every now and then I get sick of dealing with Windows updates and
> > >>>> particularly the dreaded updates and think about going back to using
> > an
> > >>>> Apple computer. I'd be interested in learning how many of you are
> > using
> > >>>> Apple computers with Apple software. Let me hear from you please.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> 73
> > >>>> Rick, W2JAZ
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> g0kla at arrl.net
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