Hi Jim et al, One thing that I would like to see is a preference that allowed me to choose the default settings for pass calculations. For example, the...
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burns_fisher
Aug 16, 2011 4:46 pm
It's an interesting question that I never thought about. I guess I pretty much assumed that eventually the app would close itself after you loaded enough...
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Roger
roger_at_pcf...
Aug 16, 2011 5:02 pm
The latest update did fix that problem. Update came out overnight. ... -- Roger...
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Roger
roger_at_pcf...
Aug 16, 2011 5:03 pm
Yeah, I'd like to see this feature too. default of 24 hours would be better than 1 hour....
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Roger
roger_at_pcf...
Aug 16, 2011 5:07 pm
When I was playing around with seeing if settings would 'stick' after a forced reboot, I discovered something. If you go into 'global' preferences and delete a...
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Roger
roger_at_pcf...
Aug 16, 2011 5:11 pm
I asked about lunar transits at one point, but was told due to calculations, it probably wouldn't be possible or accurate. I noticed in the pass graphic for...
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jimkberry
Aug 16, 2011 6:21 pm
Sigh. Writing software would be great if there were just no users to report problems... :-) I'm gonna file that one under "bug that won't cause a new release...
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jimkberry
Aug 16, 2011 6:44 pm
Yeah, lunar and solar transit searching is pretty much the next thing on my own personal "want" list. Along with net time synchronization (my android device's...
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jgwikstrom
Aug 17, 2011 6:09 am
Thanks and well done, Jim, on the newest update! As far as I can see, it's passed with flying colors and now the preferences and data are retained after...
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Roger
roger_at_pcf...
Aug 17, 2011 6:18 am
I second that. I was messing around with the app earlier, forgot I set an alarm. A little around 9:15, I heard what I used to use for texts, thinking "I...
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Gene
radiofreq59
Aug 19, 2011 4:51 pm
Hi! Does anyone have an idea as to when (if ever) PocketSat3 will be available for Android phones? THANKS!...
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Roger
roger_at_pcf...
Aug 24, 2011 5:56 pm
Amazing what you can find when you actually look at something. I noticed the Status[+] on some of the satellites today. In the detail for the satellite, a...
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jimkberry
Aug 25, 2011 1:28 pm
Hi Gene, Well, it's been available for a few weeks at www.pocketsat.com. I haven;t published it to the Android Market yet because, in all honesty, I wasn't...
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jimkberry
Aug 25, 2011 2:28 pm
Hi Roger, The "status" field was necessary for Iridium flare prediction: while you can always tell where a satellite is going to be just from the TLE data, you...
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RobertF
rwfisheriv
Oct 15, 2011 4:58 pm
Is there a limit on the number of satellites PocketSat 3.x can handle in a TLE file? I tried downloading a 1.4 Mb TLE file containing about 8500...
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Roger
roger_at_pcf...
Oct 17, 2011 2:09 am
Are you sure it hangs? When it loads the "debris" tles, it appears to hang cause the name doesn't change for a couple thousand entries. Roger...
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jimkberry
Oct 17, 2011 2:27 pm
... Nope - he's right: it hangs. On Iridium 8. Because of one of those "I can't beleive I wrote that" stupid bugs when it scans the satellite name for a...
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Roger
roger_at_pcf...
Oct 17, 2011 3:05 pm
So, it's not a number value that's causing it to hang though, right? I loaded a similar catalog in the summer, but I may not have included iridium in it. I...
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jimkberry
Oct 17, 2011 6:27 pm
... You wouldn't be able to tell where it hung by looking at the screen. It doesn't necessarily display EVERYTHING that's being loaded. While there isn't a...
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Roger
roger_at_pcf...
Oct 17, 2011 7:41 pm
... True, but from the end-user point of view, if I see dozens of satellite names zipping through the load process and all of a sudden it appears to hang at...
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k6lcs
Oct 19, 2011 6:05 pm
AO-51 shouldn't be working. I mean, two of its six battery cells are shorted. It should be dead. INSTEAD, it has been pumping out more than 800mW the past two...
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jimkberry
Oct 21, 2011 4:46 pm
... Kinda reminds me of IUE. When I was at the Space Telescope Institute in the late 80's we always got a kick out of the fact that it was still around after...
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jimkberry
Dec 19, 2011 7:15 pm
Just thought I'd mention that I've _almost_ got PocketSat3 v3.6 for both iOS and Android ready to go. I suppose the changes aren't all THAT exciting, as these...
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David
kdgbm
Feb 2, 2012 8:09 am
I tried to add my Space Track account. Can an account that requires a password not be used? I would love to see the planets displayed on the sky view screen....
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Nick
kb1rvt
Feb 3, 2012 2:58 pm
I've been using Pocketsat for a few years on a Palm PDA to track amateur radio satellites. I recently purchased an iPhone and installed Pocketsat 3. So far,...
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scotttrumpeter
Feb 7, 2012 6:03 pm
Hello Group: Are "Pass Alerts" available in the Lite Edition? If so, any assistance would be great. Read the documentation and no help. Thinking Pass Alerts...
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Roger
roger_at_pcf...
Feb 7, 2012 6:34 pm
In the 'pass' screen, do you see a little alarm clock on the detail line all the way at the left? if so, tap there, it should pull up the alarm interface. ...
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Scott T.
scotttrumpeter
Feb 9, 2012 12:34 am
Hi Roger: Yes, I had read the documentation concerning the clock icon on the pass screen but none exists. Are you running the Lite Edition? Scott ... From:...
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Roger
roger_at_pcf...
Feb 9, 2012 12:45 am
No, I don't have the lite version. I wasn't sure if it was available or not. The icon is kind of faded on my version, but the interface shows up if you tap...
