[Dxspider-support] Keps not converting

[Bela Markus]

Dirk,

my view is that we do not need any standardization. make possible the 
import if both NASA and NORAD format as they are and use it. Sysop can 
make a decision which one fits better for him and his community.

BTW just let you know, that we are using it recently for ISS tracking 
and calculation is correct, so offered as a reference for the users :)

Regards... Béla

Dirk Koopman írta:
> Bela Markus wrote:
>   
>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> this is bit late answer, but I had to start dealing with sat tracking 
>> with Spider just now,
>>
>> While NORAD and NASA orbital date both 2-line formats, they are 
>> different, Spider need the NASA format. This is, why NORAD data is not 
>> processed.
>>
>> Dirk:
>>
>> If you read this, is it possible to add the import of the NORAD format? 
>> Looking around I found the NORAD orbital elements available widely and 
>> for more sats than in NASA format.
>>
>> Or a NORAD to NASA converter would be appreciated too.
>>
>> Regards... Béla, HA5DI
>>
>> Jim Reisert AD1C írta:
>>     
>>> I used to run this script, but haven't in a while.  I probably have 
>>> not run it
>>> since putting DX Spider on the bigger box last fall.
>>>
>>> Did I do something wrong?
>>>
>>>
>>> D:\Cygwin\bin\wget.exe -qN 
>>> http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/amateur.txt -P
>>> D:\spider\local
>>>
>>>       
>
> Basically: convkeps.pl has a state machine in it to skip over the
> non-keps stuff at the beginning of the keps email message. However, the
> -p flag is supposed to fix that.
>
> However, it doesn't and, poking around, that is because of the [-]
> characters at the end of the line (anybody point me at the meaning of
> the characters between the [ and the ]?). This is now fixed, but not yet
> in CVS.
>
> There is also an issue with naming, in that AMSAT use AO-07 and Norad
> use AO-7. We probably need to standardise. So which one should we
> standardise on and are there any other differences? If I can get a
> comprehensive list, I will stick a lookup table in the code and make the
> conversion automatic.
>
> Dirk
>
>
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