[TCARC-NTx] New LINUX software

terry [email protected]
Mon, 28 Jan 2002 10:03:16 -0600


Good news... 
I've been using predict-2.1.4 for some time now and it's pretty nice,
the added features sound great.

Gerald Buxton wrote:
> 
> 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
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