Issue with Baofeng 1701 OpenGD77 – Satellite List Showing Empty

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Issue with Baofeng 1701 OpenGD77 – Satellite List Showing Empty

Post by VU3HMM » Wed Jun 18, 2025 6:20 pm

I’m using a Baofeng 1701 radio with the OpenGD77 firmware. I've installed CPS version R2025.03.01, and I’ve loaded the satellite Kepler elements from https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp ... FORMAT=tle.

Despite this, the Satellite List under the Satellite menu remains empty.

Can someone please advise what I might be doing wrong? I’d really appreciate some expert guidance.

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Re: Issue with Baofeng 1701 OpenGD77 – Satellite List Showing Empty

Post by F1RMB » Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:07 am

Firmware and CPS versions ?

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Re: Issue with Baofeng 1701 OpenGD77 – Satellite List Showing Empty

Post by VU3HMM » Thu Jun 19, 2025 5:51 am

CPS version R2025.03.01
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Re: Issue with Baofeng 1701 OpenGD77 – Satellite List Showing Empty

Post by MELERIX » Thu Jun 19, 2025 9:47 pm

try with a more recent firmware version

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Re: Issue with Baofeng 1701 OpenGD77 – Satellite List Showing Empty

Post by EI8IHB » Tue Jun 24, 2025 10:13 pm

keep in mind the sat list should be installed from

open GD77 CPS - extras - open gd77 support - install satellite keps.

the correct address is :
https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp ... FORMAT=tle

On firmware 2024 it works ok (20240908143110 no probs...) - CPS R2025.03.23.01

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Re: Issue with Baofeng 1701 OpenGD77 – Satellite List Showing Empty

Post by VU3HMM » Sat Jun 28, 2025 10:34 am

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Firmware upgrade to 20250323054354 done, showing same - Satellite List Empty

also updated satellites keps, nothing changed.

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Re: Issue with Baofeng 1701 OpenGD77 – Satellite List Showing Empty

Post by SA0BUX » Sat Jun 28, 2025 10:47 am

What position have you entered into "Radio Info" ?

Is the time and date settings correct ?

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Re: Issue with Baofeng 1701 OpenGD77 – Satellite List Showing Empty

Post by VU3HMM » Sat Jun 28, 2025 12:11 pm

I've entered my local coordinates, and it automatically determined my grid square location. I'm also using UTC time, though there may be a slight inaccuracy of a few minutes. Since my radio doesn't have GPS, I'm not sure if it will work properly.

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Re: Issue with Baofeng 1701 OpenGD77 – Satellite List Showing Empty

Post by F1RMB » Sat Jun 28, 2025 3:00 pm

When you upload the Keps from the CPS, is there an error, or it just displays the list of uploaded satellites.
Have you modified the satellites.txt file, located in the CPS installation directory ?

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Re: Issue with Baofeng 1701 OpenGD77 – Satellite List Showing Empty

Post by SA0BUX » Sun Jun 29, 2025 7:42 am

I tried to mimic the steps on my DM-1701, but the prediction works for me.
I took the coordinates for VU3HMM from qrz.com and have the radio in UTC.

I noticed that I had another tle url in my CPS:

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https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp.php?GROUP=active&FORMAT=tle
and you used

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https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/gp.php?GROUP=amateur&FORMAT=tle
but both seemed to work for me

This is how it looks for me when I upload the tle list to the radio:
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