[amsat-bb] CAS4A & XW Numbers

[Paul Stoetzer]

Les,

The keps files do not include any frequency information. You will need
to manually add the satellties to your Doppler.sqf file. AMSAT-UK
maintains a good database of Doppler.sqf files and entries here
https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/satpc32-doppler-sqf-file/

CAS-4A and CAS-4B are active and available for amateur use. For
whatever reason, they were not given the "Hope" prefix (Xiwang / XW)
as other Chinese satellites have been, nor were OSCAR numbers
requested, so they continue to be referred to as CAS-4A and CAS-4B.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 4:25 PM Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com> wrote:
>
> Pardon the flood of newbie questions.
>
> I’m trying to add CAS-4A and CAS-4B to my list of active satellites in SatPC32. When I add them from the NASA.ALL keeps, the file doesn’t include any frequency information for the CAT radio control.
>
> Understand that satellites are renamed (sometimes) when they achieve operational status. For example, XW-2A used to be called CAS-3A.
>
> What am I doing wrong? Are both CAS-4A and CAS-4B active and available for amateur use?
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
> AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
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