hello dave, i use to be very active on oscar 7, 8, 10, 13 and 
40.  but since we lost ao40 i have taken down all my satellite array 
and have given up on anything above 50mhz.  i had a kc tracker but 
never got it going, i am wondering if i still have the board.  it was 
still brand new, did you hear that hb9drv has decided to stop working 
on hrd?  he has passed the program on to some one else, so maybe the 
new developer will be interested in making it more accessible.  i 
will look around for my old kc tracker and see if i can find 
it.  what has gone wrong with your kc tracker, what are the symptons? 
maybe my tech can fix it.  take care, c u mike w6quv



At 08:49 AM 9/27/2011, you wrote:
>Hi Listers,
>
>As some of you know I am active with the amateur satellites.
>
>I have been using an old but very good dos program for tracking and antenna
>pointing.  The program is QuikTrak by N4HY.  I have been using it
>successfully since the early 90s.  This software has been used with the
>Kansas City Tracker card.  The KCT interfaces with my Yaesu as/el rotator.
>
>Everything has been working well till the KCT card gave up the ghost.  The
>Kansas City tracker is no longer manufactured and can't be repaired.  None
>of the currently produced rotator interfaces work with the old dos legacy
>software.  Till now none of the currently available Windows tracking
>packages are speech-friendly.
>
>This situation changed when I started playing around with Ham Radio Deluxe
>and it's satellite tracking package.  The program is speech-friendly to the
>extent that I can run it, track individual satellites, read the position of
>the birds during a pass and even get audible announcements at the start and
>end of passes as well as other cues.
>
>Since HRD is currently being produced it works with lots of the currently
>available antenna interfaces.
>
>I can't speak to the accessibility of the rest of the package but it works
>well enough with speech to say that anyone who may be interested in
>satellite operating may want to give HRD a try.
>
>I have E-Mailed the Author Simon HB9DRV and perhaps a dialogue can be
>started regarding even more accessibility.  I am waiting his reply.
>
>I just wanted to put this out on the list for anyone who may be interested
>in satellite work who requires a speech-friendly tracking solution.
>
>
>Dave Marthouse N2AAM
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