[amsat-bb] Gpredict "Transponder" database update for ISS?

[Roy Dean]

I don't think you are getting the latest set of transmitters.   The list I
have is:

Mode U/V Voice
Mod V APRS
Mode V/V FM (Crew R1)
Mode V/V FM (Crew R2+3)
Mode U APRS Digi
Mode V/U FM Voice
VHF-2 Soyuz Communication - FMN
VHF-1 Soyuz Communication - FMN
TEMP Off-Frequency SSTV
Mode V/V APRS
Tanusha FM
Tomsk-TPU-120
CUCU (SpaceX COTS UHF Communication Unit)
Soyuz / Orlan space suit
Mystery transmitter 137.6257
ISS CCSDS Data 1
Mode V Imaging
Mode V/U FM - Voice Repeater [this is the new repeater pair]

I am running Ubuntu 18.04, and Gpredict 2.3.57-2d80

--Roy
K3RLD


On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 6:32 PM Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul, Roy,
>
> Interesting.  I'm not seeing all those options.  The fetch of the
> transmitters.json seemed to work (file with today's time stamp found in
> ~/.config/Gpredict/trsp).  Deleted it, and re-fetched.  No change.
>
> Are there too many entries for all to be displayed, or is something else
> stale in my config, preventing the updated file from being applied?  I
> don't have (or don't think I have) any utilities to edit the file, to clear
> out the now-unused entries.  I can't post a screen shot here, but the
> pull-down for the mode only includes the following (in this order):
>
>  - Mode V/V AFSK Packet
>  - Mode V/U FM Voice
>  - Mode V APRS
>  - Mode V Imaging
>  - Mode U/V FM Voice
>  - Mode V/V FM (crew R2+3)
>  - Mode V/V FM (crew R1)
>  - Tomsk-TPI-120 - Deployed in outer space
>  - Mode U APRS Digi
>  - Soyouz Communication - FMN
>  - Tanusha FM
>
> Mode V/U FM Voice is the closest, but with the wrong uplink frequency.
>
> Greg  KO6TH
>
>
> Paul Stoetzer wrote:
>
> Greg,
>
> This is sourced through the SatNOGS database. It looks like the proper
> transmitter is listed as Mode V/U FM - Voice Repeater:https://db.satnogs.org/satellite/25544#transmitters
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 2:13 PM Greg D via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Does anyone know if there is a way to update Gpredict's "Transponder"
> database for the new ISS cross-band repeater?  The program can download
> a JSON blobby-thing from the Internet with all the transponders
> included, but the Mode V/U FM Voice information for the ISS is for the
> old radio (145.800 up, instead of 145.990).
>
> I can temporarily override the setting in the Radio Control screen, but
> it reverts back to the un-altered information from time to time, which
> is rather annoying.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg  KO6TH
>
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