MacDopplerPRO will read in the Keplerian elements (in either format), calculate the position and relative velocity of the Satellite you are tracking and automatically adjust the Doppler shift on both transmit and receive as well as pointing your antennas. MacDopplerPRO must be registered to work beyond the 5 minute time limit.
A Track List Dialog allows you to track up to 16 satellites automatically.
Supported Satellites and modes include: MIR Simplex, split, UHF Safex repeater and UHF QSO, AO-27, AO-10, FO-20 and FO-29. In accordance with common practice, in mode JA, the up link (lower) frequency is pegged and the Doppler correction for both transmit and receive is applied to the receive (down link) frequency. Conversely, in mode B the down link (lower) frequency is pegged and the Doppler correction for both transmit and receive is applied to the transmit (up link) frequency. You may also select 'Full Doppler Tuning' from the Options menu to select Doppler adjustments to be made for both the up link and the down link even when in Mode JA or Mode B - this keeps the frequencies stable with respect to the transponder and no drifting through the transponder will occur. This is useful for QSO's with more than two geographical locations - but of course, all operators engaged in the QSO must be using the same method.
For FM repeater operation (Mir SAFEX Repeater), FM Simplex (AO-27 or Mir), the PacSats, or Mode JD (fixed), Doppler adjustments are made for both the up link and the down link frequencies.
MacDopplerPRO features full predictive dead spot crossing so that a pass is never interrupted by the beam heading passing a southern dead spot.
A slider control allows you to sweep the VFO through the transponder range while the transmit frequency tracks the receive frequency. When you hear something interesting, MacDopplerPRO continues to track the frequency through the Doppler changes.
Revision History:
v1.0.0 01/Aug/99 First Release
Track up to 16 Satellites simultaneously.
Seperate windows for Map, Controls and TrackList.
Added 'locations.dat' for quick location changes: can
store up to 128 locations.
New Frequency Display in the Controls window.
Reformatted Track List display.
Keep Track List sorted in order of next pass.
Remember Maximum Elevation throuh out pass.
New grey buttons.
'S' meter shows serial link activity on Icom radios.
Full 3D projection model of earth (PowerPC Only)
Realistic Solar lighting model.
Ability to 'spin' the camera position about the earth.
View the earth from above site location or above Satellite.
v1.0.1 02/Aug/99 Fixed mouse-down in 2D map crash.
v1.0.2 03/Aug/99 Error Alerts added for missing SpeechLib and QuickDraw 3D.
Option-UpArrow bug fixed.
Frequency offset display bug fixed.
v1.0.3 08/Aug/99 Added SARtek Driver.
Better Update efficiency.
Display the GMT Delta in the Site Dialog.
v1.0.4 08/Aug/99 Site Info bug fixed.
v1.0.5 18/Aug/99 Set fill light (blue) to come from the direction of the Moon.
Added Texture Mapped Moon model.
Added more zoom levels to 3D.
Added Predictions staring from any arbitrary date.
Speeded up the prediction calculations.
Added Hi-Res Geo-Political Boundaries Map.
Added 3D Camera 'Spin Drift' Option.
v1.0.6 02/Sep/99 Add closed hand cursor to 3D map drag.
Better handling of QuickDraw3D memory leaks:
Close serial ports and Quit.
Finer mouse control over spin.
Switched from Phong to Lambert shader.
Lo-res 'Cyan' map changed to Hi-res 'Indigo'
Moon surface texture added.
Radio Set Up:
IC-820H 9600 baud, default address 0x42, SATL-R(UHF on left for FO & PacSats).
IC-821H 9600 baud, default address 0x4c, SATL-R(UHF on right for AO-10).
FT-736R 4800 baud. UHF downlink for FO & PacSats,VHF downlink for AO-10
Due to a problem with the 736-R (see note in 736-R manual page 36 bottom left) you may have to take MacDopplerPRO out of CAT mode, press the REV key on the 736R front panel, and return to CAT mode when switching between mode U/V and V/U in Full Duplex, for example: switching from FO-20 to AO-10 and back.
The SAT switch must be in one of the full duplex positions for this to work.
Alternately, you could take MacDopplerPRO out of CAT mode, use the VFO buttons to switch from U/V to V/U, and then turn CAT mode back on - this will only work if you have one VFO set to U/V and the other VFO set to V/U.
On the Icom IC-821H you have to push the 'M/S' button when switching from U/V
to V/U (eg from FO-20 to AO-10).
Requirements:
MacDopplerPRO requires an Apple Macintosh II or faster (some features only supported on Power PC), 6 MB of RAM (over and above the OS), System 7.6.1 or later (MacOS 8 required for the Frequency Slider to work). The Application is FAT Binary and must be registered to work. PowerPC and QuickDraw 3D required for 3D map Projections.
Supported Equipment:
Yaesu FT-736R Transceiver
with FIF-232 Level Converter or Endeavour AutoTracker
YAESU FT-847 Transciever
direct RS-232
ICOM IC-275/IC-475 Transceiver pair
with CT-17 Level Converter
ICOM IC-820H Transceiver
with CT-17 Level Converter or Endeavour AutoTracker
ICOM IC-821H Transceiver
with CT-17 Level Converter or Endeavour AutoTracker
AOR A3000A Receiver
direct RS-232
ICOM IC-R8500 Receiver
with CT-17 Level Converter
ICOM IC-R7000 Receiver
with CT-17 Level Converter
Yaesu G-5400B Elevation-Azimuth Dual Controller
with GS-232 Computer Controller or Endeavour AutoTracker
Yaesu G-5500 Elevation-Azimuth Dual Controller
with GS-232 Computer Controller or Endeavour AutoTracker
KLM/Mirage Controller
SARtek Controller (azimuth).
Tracker Protocols Supported:
Endeavour AutoTracker - Rotor only or Radio & Rotor
EasyCom - Rotor only or Radio & Rotor
Buttons:
'CAT': Turns the Radio Control system on and off
'Beacon': Switches to/from the beacon frequency in mode.dat for that satellite.
'1..8': Switches amongst the 8 frequencies and modes for that satellite.
(use with shift key to decrease mode number).
(can also use 'Right/Left Arrows' on keyboard)
'/\' (Up Arrow) Move rx up 100 Hz
(use with shift key to make it 1kHz)
(use with command key to make it 10Hz)
(use the option key to make it tx frequency instead of rx freq)
(can also use 'Up Arrow' on keyboard)
'\/' (Down Arrow) Move rx down 100 Hz
(use with shift key to make it 1kHz)
(use with command key to make it 10Hz)
(use the option key to make it tx frequency instead of rx freq)
(can also use 'Down Arrow' on keyboard)
'TLock' Tuning Lock: when 'on' or depressed (default), adjusting the tx
frequency
automatically adjusts the rx frequency (either inverting of
non-inverting
based on the cmode, and adjusting the rx frequency automatically
adjusts the tx frequency (either inverting of non-inverting based
on the cmode. When 'Off' transmit and receive frequencies can be
adjusted independently.
'Track' Turns the use of the Track List on and off
'Slider' The slider will scan quickly through about + or - 50 kHz.
Transmit frequency will track received when 'TLock' is active.
(use the option key to make it tx frequency instead of rx freq
when TLock 'Off')
MacOS 8 only, or MacOS 7.1 + with Appearance Manager installed.
Files (Both Simple Text editable):
kepler.dat: Will read either format keplerian elements.
locations.dat: will hold up to 128 locations with the entries in the following format:
Location: Toronto
Latitude: +43.6501
Longitude: +79.3336
mode.dat: This file holds all the frequency and mode info for the sats you are interested in.
You can enter up to eight frequency and mode combinations as well as 8 beacon
