Mr. Payton, thanks for the many Qs in sat mod.

I have used HRD with 9100 but it was caos....never / will not work, they claim is the Icom 9100 problem :( ...but since we are in the Icom 9700 once you talk to the radio which is not that difficult to do and setup the rotator. The display of the sats is awesome. One can track the sats via Elevation, World Map, or Radar. ....then....I have found that in many instances I have to enter the sat frequency, mode, etc., which can happen with any other software....logging now....kind of cumbersome to log a Sat qso...too many steps just to do one Sat log ...the software does not detect automatically the sat name...or maybe I don't know how to use it..... doppler works ok...

Then I also used / tested Log40M...great software which allows just about anything, log, uploads, doppler, sat updates, rotor control, etc. Display of sats is neat. Very easy to setup...My issues were with uploading to eQSL...the contacts were not being uploaded properly...rejected by the other operator because of the wrong mode or something like that. LotW, QRZ was ok...just eQSL had this issue...maybe is fix with newer version. It was many months ago and I could not be manually uploding to eQSL.

Now comes SatPC32. In conjunction with DXLab suite of apps, the Icom 9700 can be used in both, non-sat and sat mode as the software knows SatPC32 movements. DXKeeper automatically knows the name of satellite, mode, freq, time, etc. Loggin is a breeze....and properly setup it will tell you all of the needed information from the other operator; grid, name, qth, etc. Uploads to LotW, eQSL, QRZ are possible.

My $.05 ....

NN3RP / Rafael

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As I have previously stated, I am new and in the planning stages of my satellite station.

I have SatPC32 installed and impressed with its abilities. Also, I am receiving encouragement from a friend to try HRD (Ham Radio Deluxe) which I also own.

I was wondering if and how many satellite operators are using HRD or have tried it. I suspect that SatPC32 of used primarily by most everyone.

Many thanks for the help being received here and off the BB.

73, Jerry AB5R

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