[TCARC-NTx] New LINUX software

[Gerald Buxton]

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-027.03
NEW VERSION OF PREDICT AVAILABLE

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 027.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JANUARY 27, 2002
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-027.03

John, KD2BD, informed ANS that he has released the latest version
of his PREDICT tracking software (for Linux operating systems). This
new version is available from the AMSAT-NA web site.

In the new release (version 2.1.5):

* a command-line switch was added to permit an alternate network port
  to be specified when running PREDICT in the server mode. This
  flexibility permits multiple instances of PREDICT to run in a server
  mode on a single host without interaction.

* a command-line switch was added to permit a set of orbital predictions
  for a single pass to be generated by PREDICT and obtained solely
  through the command line.

* a modified script to download Keplerian element data from the
  Celestrak.com web site has been added.

In addition to these and several other changes, the program
documentation was also updated.

Further information is available at:

http://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/predict.html

[ANS thanks John Magliacane, KD2BD, for this information and his
excellent work in this area]

/EX