[amsat-bb] ANS-322 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins SATPC32 FILES ERROR

[Kevin Schuchmann]

Mike,
    Christy is correct they are reversed, they are also reversed on the 
UK website and other places on the web.

Kevin WA7FWF



On 11/19/2018 7:36 AM, E.Mike McCardel wrote:
> Christy, KB6LTY, recently wrote that the Frequency/Doppler files
> published in the last issue of ANS have the uplink and downlink
> frequencies reversed in the files format. The information at the
> bottom of the Doppler.SQF file, in SATPC32, states:
> ; Each line has to contain the following parameters:
> ; The name of the satellite, the spelling has to be the same as in the Keplerian
> ; source file.
> ; the receive- and transmit frequencies in kHz,
> ; the Up- and Downlink modes, possible entries: FM,FMN,CW,CWN,USB,LSB,
> ; the frequency trend of the satellite (normal or reverse), possible
> entries: NOR, REV
> ; the converter and transverer offset frequencies in kHz
>
> If the receive frequency should be the first frequency listed in file,
> and the transmit frequency the second, then this observation seems
> accurate. and the frequencies need to changed before being copied.
> What is confusing is the description of the modes is suggested as the
> reverse, "Up and Down frequency modes".So my questions are:
> Does it matter which is first and which is second (it makes sense it should)?
> Is the data correct as listed in the ANS or do these need to be revised?
>
> The following is the data as published:
>
> Copy and paste the following lines into the "Doppler.SQF" folder:
> FOX1-Cliff,435300.0,145920.0,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,FM U/V
> FOX1-Cliff,1267300.0,145920.0,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,FM L/V
> ESEO,1263500.0,145895.0,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,FM L/V
> K2SAT,145980.0,435835.0,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,FM V/U
> ExseedSat,435340.0,145900.0,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,FM U/V
> JY1SAT,435110.0,1459865.0,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,CW/SSB Transponder
> JY1SAT,145840,0,USB,USB,NOR,0,0,Beacon
>
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> EMike, AA8EM
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> E. Michael McCardel, AA8EM, former KC8YLD
> Senior Editor for AMSAT News Service,
> Past VP Educational Relations for AMSAT-NA
>
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> On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 4:29 PM <cchunter3 at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> It looks like the SATPC32 frequency/DOPPLER files for the Sats listed have reversed the frequencies.
>> 73
>> Christy KB6LTY
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