Hi All,

I've been preparing for the CubeSat release from ISS scheduled for tomorrow. Hope it happens!!

For my simple brain, I've figured an easy way to get the frequency tracking/Dopper, etc entered into SatPC32.

First, we can use the ISS Keps for tracking--at least for a few days probably, until Keps are released by Celestrak, etc. I already have that working (don't you?). So, no need to do ANYTHING with Keps--just make sure they are "fresh."

Second, there is the matter of frequencies! So, I entered the following into my Doppler.SQF file:

ISS,145980.0,437485.0,FM,FM,Nor,0,0,F1 1k2 AFSK packet ISS,437485.0,145980.0,FM,FM,Nor,0,0,F1 CW telem over FM ISS,437250.0,145980.0,CW,FM,Nor,0,0,FITSat1 CW telem ISS,437445.0,145980.0,FM,FM,Nor,0,0,FITSat1 1k2 AFSK packet ISS,437505.0,145980.0,FM,FM,Nor,0,0,WE WISH 1k2 AFSK packet

Now, all I have to do is track ISS (in normal SatPC32--don't use SatPC32ISS!), and using the "CAT" menu select the frequency of the CubeSat I want to listen to. If you look at the text line at the bottom of the box, you'll see why I put the CubeSat name at the end of each line above...

Easy to do, no need to worry about "launch Keps", etc. We have them already :)

Remember, the "upper most" line is one that loads by default. For me, that's going to be the F1 1k2 AFSK FM packet signal.

Also, after we DO get real Keps--all you have to do is edit the appropriate ISS with the name of the bird; make sure it's the same name used in the Keps (or get fancy and use the AmsatNames.SQF file).

Hope that helps some of you...

73,