For what it's worth, Falconsat-3's official ARRL logbook of the world name is FS-3.  Macdoppler changes the satellite names from the way they are listed in nasabare keps to the ARRL name so it will match up when you log it.  Worse, though, it used to call it FalconSat-3.  So that name is still in there, but has no associated keps.  You have to find FS-3 and then add the appropriate modes to it. 

This is all MacDoppler, but perhaps there are others with similar issues.

73,

Burns Fisher, WB1FJ
AMSAT(R) Engineering -- Flight Software


On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 1:52 PM Jim McCullers <wa4cwi@bellsouth.net> wrote:

I see a couple of earlier passes that look good from my QTH (Birmingham, Alabama) so I’ll give them a try before shutdown pass.

Good signal on the last pass this morning.

 

73

 

Jim McCullers

WA4CWI

 

Hi Jim, glad you're giving it a go on the air!  I just checked passes for tomorrow (remember, they come 30 mins earlier every day!).  I see a good pass about noon time Eastern time, so that'll be the one I'll try to catch to turn OFF the TX.  


Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

AMSAT Director and Command Station

 

 

 

On Sat, Oct 29, 2022 at 1:32 PM Jim McCullers <wa4cwi@bellsouth.net> wrote:

Mark,

 

Wanted to let you know I acquired the Falconsat-3 signal on two passes this morning.

 

The first pass was tracking only and on the second I attempted to make contact but failed due to configuration problems between Chris’s program, Direwolf, SignalLink and the receiver.

I might do something profound tonight like read the manuals!

 

I’m not certain if the satellite will shutdown before tomorrow morning passes but I will be listening.

This is the first time I’ve tried this combination and the result is not unexpected.

Over the week I’ll dial it in better for next weekend.

 

Thanks very much for activating Falconsat-3.

 

Jim McCullers

WA4CWI

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