diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e4badc7..f124156 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -14,30 +14,32 @@ goal: record wav files for later processing prerequistes: working rtl-sdr, predict (text based, not gpredict) setup with correct ground station coordinates, sox ##FILES -### ###LICENSE General Public License version 2.0, or any later version ###dotpredict-predict.tle - Modification of PREDICT's TLE file to provide orbit data for weather satellites NOAA-18,NOAA-19 - to get coverage of missing satellites into predict's default config +Modification of PREDICT's TLE file to provide orbit data for weather satellites NOAA-18,NOAA-19 +to get coverage of missing satellites into predict's default config - Copy as follows: ```mv dotpredict-predict.tle ~/.predict/predict.tle``` +Copy as follows: +``` +mv dotpredict-predict.tle ~/.predict/predict.tle +``` ###noaacapture.py - This is the main python script. It will calculate the time +This is the main python script. It will calculate the time of the next pass for recording. It expects to call rtl_fm to do the recording and sox to convert the file to .wav ###pypredict.py - This is a short python module for extracting the AOS/LOS times +This is a short python module for extracting the AOS/LOS times of the next pass for a specified satellite. It calls predict -p and extracts the times from the first and last lines. ###update-keps.sh - This is a short shell script to update the keps, which are orbital +This is a short shell script to update the keps, which are orbital parameters needed by the predict program. It is mostly copied from the PREDICT man page. PREDICT was written by John Magliacane, KD2BD and released under the GPL license.