Re: [amsat-bb] Re: NOVA troubles

["Michael R.Owen" <nlsa@xxxxxxxx>]

Dan -

Yes, the latest release of Nova had some problems in launching Views 
from the drop-down list.  I have fixed them in Build #11, available from 
http://www.nlsa.com

> Yes it seems that Space Track uses different names than we are used 
> to.  By clicking the Preserve Satellite Names box, Nova will use the 
> old names and make it Kep updates through the Catalog number I guess.  
> But if your like me while trying to figure this out and lost the old 
> names by clcking the Clean button, I found two ways to get them back.
>  1.  I downloaded an old set of Keps from Celestrack ans made sure to 
> check the Preserve Satellite Names box before updating with Space Track.
>
>  2. Or you can change the name in the Setup Satellites area.  Click 
> the Preserve Satellite Names box before updating with Space Track.  
> This way you can change it to whatever you want. 

We will all have to get used to the way that Space-Track does things.  
Nova will preserve whatever name you associate with a satellite if you 
check the appropriate box in the internet download configuration 
screen.  If you don't, then Nova assumes that you are OK with 
Space-Track's name.

73,
W9IP

Dan wrote:

> Hi
> I too am having some of the same troubles.  I really love Nova but 
> sometimes it's a pain to use. After playing with the views I finally 
> decided that I should never close one.  It disappears from the view 
> list. I can not find the Individual View Configuration screen to save 
> them.  Found a work around by cloning the view and renaming it.  I do 
> this because when I create a view and name it, it gets changed to 
> either Default or Current view.  Even this way if I make a change to a 
> view, it does not change in the view matching the name, just the 
> current view.  So I concluded the best thing to do is keep all your 
> views open at diffent sizes and click on the one you want.  Don't ever 
> close one.
>
> Yes it seems that Space Track uses different names than we are used 
> to.  By clicking the Preserve Satellite Names box, Nova will use the 
> old names and make it Kep updates through the Catalog number I guess.  
> But if your like me while trying to figure this out and lost the old 
> names by clcking the Clean button, I found two ways to get them back.
>  1.  I downloaded an old set of Keps from Celestrack ans made sure to 
> check the Preserve Satellite Names box before updating with Space Track.
>
>  2. Or you can change the name in the Setup Satellites area.  Click 
> the Preserve Satellite Names box before updating with Space Track.  
> This way you can change it to whatever you want.
>
> Now your doppler and antenna controls will work again.
> It would be nice to have doppler control built into Nova.  I am 
> presently using WispDDE.
>
> Hope this helps some from my experiences.
> 73s Dan N8DZM
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Michael R. Owen, Ph.D.                      Dept. of Geology
Northern Lights Software Associates         St. Lawrence University
http://www.nlsa.com                         mowen@stlawu.edu
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