Best satellite tracking program?

[VK0JJJ]

I want to control my Yaesu G-5400B rotator with a satellite tracking program. Most of these programs are very old now such as SATPC32, WISP, NOVA etc. Is there any new modern programs that are recomended? I am trying to use Nova for Windows (Resisted version 2.2c) and I keep getting I/O error 103 when ever I try to save any settings. Any ideas? I have a LVB Tracking interface with USB connection.

Craig

VK6JJJ

[VK2PR]

HRD Satellite Tracking is very good Craig.

[VK4KHZ]

Craig

You mentioned SatPc32 - Despite this program having been aound for over a decade it is still worthy of serious consideration.

I have been using SatPc32 for the past 10 years to control my antenna tracking and doppler correction on TX/RX. I have tried various other sat tracker programs but I have always come back to SatPc32.
I have two dedicated systems currently in use, one using an old KCT card and 486 PC and the other using a "modern PC" (less than 3 months old) and LVB Tracker- both rotators are Yaesu G5500.
SatPC32 has never let me down and has always performed faultlessly over the past 10 years...even in flip mode......as the saying goes - if it aint broken don't fix it.

Regards

Shane VK4KHZ

[VK0JJJ]

Thanks for the reply.
I have both SATPC and NOVA for Windows (Registered) and can't get either program to work under Windows 7.
Nova keeps coming up with I/O error 103 and freezing and never had any success with SATPC either. (Many errors in German and freezing also)
Shane, can you please send me an email craig.hayhow@gmail.com

Cheers

[VK6ADF]

Just to add another to the list. I use WxTrack and have done so for many years. One might think it is for weather satellites but it also does any satellite that keps are there for. I just purchased a G-5500 and it works well with WxTrack which uses the GS-232 setup to control the rotators and therefore "should" work with any rotator hardware that uses the Yaesu GS-232 setup plus many others. I use the EA4TX ARS-USB interface myself.

[VK6OX]

Just to add another to the list. I use WxTrack and have done so for many years. One might think it is for weather satellites but it also does any satellite that keps are there for. I just purchased a G-5500 and it works well with WxTrack which uses the GS-232 setup to control the rotators and therefore "should" work with any rotator hardware that uses the Yaesu GS-232 setup plus many others. I use the EA4TX ARS-USB interface myself.

That i/f looks nice Phil...but exxy!

[VK6ADF]

Cheaper than the Yaesu one hahahaha but yes more expensive than some of the others around. I like it and that's the important thing


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