[amsat-bb] Android app now using the new Status API

[Heimir Thor Sverrisson]

Hi all,
Last year I wrote an app to help me operate LEO satellites and in December
I decided to make it available in the Google Play Store. The app has
information on the satellites I've found interesting, including the radio
transponders and beacons on board, in addition to the Keps, that I fetch
automatically on occasion over the Internet.

In order to plan activity, the app will show a list of passes coming up for
your QTH in the next 18 hours. Once you select a bird you are interested in
you will get an Overview Page for it. From there you can select a link
taking you to a web page about it, you can also see its Location in real
time and its trajectory for the next hour. All passes for this satellite
for the next 48 hours are also available from the Overview Page.

>From the overview page you can also select Status Reports, that will
display a list based on the Status API that I helped Joe KM1P to set up
earlier this week.

Finally if you select a Beacon or Transponder from the overview page you
will land on the Aiming View that uses the built in sensors of the phone to
point at where in the sky the satellite is in real-time. This view also
shows the Uplink and Downlink frequencies with the Doppler shift included.
I use this view with my phone mounted on a tripod behind the reflectors on
my Arrow beam in portable operations.

I would really appreciate any and all feedback on the app and thanks for
making this hobby even more interesting.

Heimir W1ANT

P.S. The app called 'W1ANT Satellite Tracker' is available for free here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coolprimes.sattrack