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
