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Logsat for Windows - Program description
LogSat for Windows is a revolutionary satellite tracking program. It
incorporates several utilities usually offered by separate programs:3D
antenna radiation diagrams, graphs on ground wave propagation, logbook
manager, locator converter and more.
Features
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- A toolbar like Word 6's (the one where a button description appears when
the mouse is placed over a button).
- Detailed, context sensitive, on line help.
- Everything is multitasking. You can track satellites and print out
satellite schedules while working on the DX cluster or writing a letter.
- Nearly unlimited satellite database.
- An unlimited (memory allowing...) number of satellite windows can be
opened at the same time. Each window is independent from the others.
- Each satellite window can show and track up to 2000 satellites all at
once in real time!
- Click on any track with the mouse and it will be highlited, with
tracking data for that satellite appearing in the left portion of the
window.
- 5 different map projections are available (Mercator, Equidistant,
Sinusoidal, Hammer, Orthographic).
- Text tracking windows with fonts that auto-scale according to the
window's size are available. Put it in a corner on your screen while
you're doing packet radio to see with a glance what the sat situation is.
- Alarms. When ANY satellite in ANY window becomes visible, the user will
be warned.
- Each window has 4 recorder-like buttons to control time: fast forward,
rewind, play and pause.
- Each window can be assigned a time and a date independently from the
other windows.
- When selecting satellites to track from the (sorted) satellite list, the
satellites in acquisition at the moment will be marked.
- The tracking data includes: azimuth, elevation, range, height, squint
angle, mode, doppler effect, phase, UMD, eclipse, solar panel
illumination factor, sun angle, orbit number, solar elevation,
sub-satellite points, latitude and longitude, next AOS (or LOS), and the
duration of acquisition on the next pass.
- The maps can be 'traveled' with the mouse: the coordinates, locator,
azimuth and distance from you home position to the point under the mouse
cursor appear in a popup window.
- The Keplerian elements can be easily updated with NASA or AMSAT style
file formats.
- With just a mouse click decide to leave thick or thin satellite trails,
place sun terminators, color fill maps, select map colors, line styles
and more.
- Maps can be automatically centered on your QTH, or can self-center
themselves on the satellite. All options are user-selectable.
- World time zones can be displayed on maps allowing you to know with a
glance who's awake and who's sleeping...
- Support for non-standard time zones has been added.
- 3D antenna radiation diagrams.
- Graphs of an antenna's gain and input impedence in a given frequency
range.
- Graphs of an antenna's gain and input impedence in a given length range.
- Graphs of the electring field and attenuation factor for ground wave
propagation over the earth. Atmospheric refraction can be taken into
account.
- Graphs of the electring field and attenuation factor for ground wave
diffracted around the earth.
- An extremely easy and practical to use logbook manager for HAM radio
operators. The country beeing connected can be shown on a map.
- The logbook can be linked with a callbook.
- A very simple to use locator to lat and longitude (and vice versa)
converter.
.......and more!
LogSat v3.0 is shareware and may be freely distributed.
The registered version ($39.95) supports the Kansas City Tracker rotor
interface and features interactive sound tracking and response. See online
help for details on features and ordering.
LogSat is distributed by:
LogSat Software Corporation
425 S.Chickasaw Tr., Suite 103
32825 Orlando, FLorida
Orders only: 1-800 350 3871
Tel. (407) 275 0780 Fax (407) 275 275 2416
E-Mail: 76433.3715@compuserve.com
For technical assistance the author can be contacted at:
Roberto Franceschetti
Via del Faro 19, Bacoli
Naples, Italy 80070
E-Mail: 100412.2745@compuserve.com