Thanks Steve for the suggestions.  It looks like that is what I am going to have to do.  I am thinking that maybe for the callsign to use something like W9XYZ/RS44 and then clean it up afterwards like you are doing and then use some frequency for all of the sats.  Let think this through a bit more; got to figure out what frequency to assign to what.
 
The computer will not be on the club's network, so I should not mess things up for the others.  The computer will be running SatPC32 to run the rotors and the FT-847 but I am not having N1MM do anything other than log.
 
Look for W4MLB during the contest.  I hope to check things out ahead of time, so look for my own call AJ9N.
 
If there are others with suggestions, then I am open.
 
Thanks again.
 
73,
Charlie AJ9N

In a message dated 2024-06-21 22:02:15 Eastern Daylight Time, ks1g04@gmail.com writes:
 
N1MM has a general purpose satellite log template, but do not use it for FD!  Here's what I do:  Create a new log using the ARRL FD template and add the appropriate station and operator data.   I run N1MM stand-alone (not connected to the radio or to a club logging network).  I assign arbitrary HF - thru microwave "bands" to each satellite I work (AMSAT FD rules treat each satellite as a separate "Band").  E.g., I enter 1800 in the frequency window for AO-7, 3500 for RS-44, etc.  At start of a pass, I enter the appropriate band and log QSOs.  N1MM takes care of dupe checking etc.  After the contest, I export the data and edit in Excel, changing the bands to satellites for the AMSAT FD.  For ARRL, I put in the appropriate TX and RX bands and email it to whomever is submitting our club's FD score to ARRL. Since I am not operating on HF, connecting my laptop to a club network will totally mess things up.  I am running the club VHF station between satellite passes, so I'm reserving the "50000 kHz band" for the 6M QSOs.
 
I've found that if you connect N1MM to the radio and doppler correction is running, N1MM interprets the frequency changes as a QSY and clears the logging window!  And if I entered the correct RX and TX bands (e.g. 144000 or 435000 kHz), N1MM will treat QSOs with the same station on different satellites as dupes.  
 
I've noticed it usually takes me a few QSOs to reprogram my brain to send the FD call and exchange instead of the usual home call and grid!
 
73 & Good Luck this weekend (and stay cool if you are in the extreme heat zone!)
Steve KS1G FM18 (FD: K4LRG 2A(?) VA)

On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 7:43 PM Charlie Sufana via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Hi all,
 
The local club is using the N1MM logging program for FD and I will be running the sat station this year.  The use of N1MM is new for recording the sat contacts but I am not finding anything specific.  So I must be missing something.  Is anyone else using the N1MM program to record your Sat FD contacts?  If so, what have you got set up in N1MM?
 
Thanks for the help.
 
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N