Sitemap
Public pages on OscarWatch.
Site
- Home OscarWatch home page.
- OscarWatch Tracker Satellite pass tracking for amateur radio operators.
- Satellite spots Live map of FT4 satellite decodes: who heard whom, on which satellite.
- Satellite Status Community reports of whether catalogue transponders are On, Off, or Telemetry only.
- OscarWatch FT4 Our own FT4 modem for linear satellites, built into OscarWatch Tracker.
- OscarWatch SSTV Receive SSTV pictures from the ISS and other satellites, built into OscarWatch Tracker.
- SSTV pictures from space SSTV pictures from the ISS and amateur radio satellites, shared by OscarWatch users.
- SSTV events Upcoming SSTV events from the ISS and other satellites, with pictures from past events.
- OscarWatch Terminal Typed packet contacts through the ISS and other satellites, built into OscarWatch Tracker. In beta.
- OscarWatch Logbook Fast satellite logging during the pass, built into OscarWatch Tracker.
- IO-117 / GreenCube Historical notes on GreenCube and how it sparked UHM.
- Contact Get in touch about accounts, UHM, or the website.
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Guides
- Tutorial videos Short walkthroughs of OscarWatch Tracker and its built-in tools.
- Introduction What the desktop app does, five-minute setup, a map of every help topic, and where your files are stored.
- Quick start A typical pass, from cold start to QSO.
- macOS install Download, extract and approve the first run of OscarWatch Tracker on a Mac.
- Map and sidebar The main screen at a glance: map, sky plot, pass timeline, DX station monitor and status bar.
- Frequencies panel Modes, Doppler, offsets and CTCSS on the map.
- Satellites and TLEs Choosing what to track, keeping orbits accurate, and the transponder database.
- Pass planning Looking ahead, finding mutual passes and sharing schedules.
- Radio and rotator Connect your station: start here before picking your rig or rotator.
- ICOM radios IC-910, IC-9700, IC-9100, IC-821H, and dual IC-705 / IC-7300 / IC-905 / IC-7100 / IC-706.
- Yaesu radios FT-847 and dual FT-817 / FT-818 / FT-857 / FT-991 / FTX-1.
- Kenwood radios TS-2000 SATL (Beta) and dual TH-D74 / TH-D75.
- FlexRadio Full-duplex satellite tracking over the SmartSDR TCP/IP API.
- SDR downlink (dual radio) SDR++ or SDR Connect for receive, with a conventional radio for transmit.
- Rotators Beam steering, park, keyhole avoidance and high-elevation passes.
- Linux serial ports Stable device paths for radio, rotator and GPS.
- RX and TX offsets When to nudge listen and transmit frequencies.
- Doppler tuning How often the radio updates, and optional extras for sharp passes.
- Doppler pass insights Plain-language tuning advice for Adaptive threshold and Lead Doppler CAT settings.
- OscarWatch Logbook Fast satellite logging during a pass, with ADIF export.
- OscarWatch FT4 A plain guide to FT4 contacts through a linear satellite.
- OscarWatch SSTV Receive slow-scan television pictures from space.
- OscarWatch Terminal Typed packet contacts through satellites such as the ISS.
- Satellite link Broadcast focused satellite data to logging applications over WebSocket.
- Settings Station, TLE source, tracking, voice, recording, hardware and integrations.
- Keyboard shortcuts Faster control during a pass: offsets, Voice/CW and satellite selection.
- Troubleshooting Common fixes for operators: serial ports, recording, GPS, macOS and more.
- UHM (You Heard Me) How UHM reduces QRM on packet digipeater satellites , what it is, why it matters, and how to use it on a busy pass.
- Satellite status Report and view whether catalogue transponders are On, Off, or Telemetry only.
- Satellite spots The FT4 reception map: who heard you, on which satellite, plus pass statistics PSK Reporter cannot show.
Search engines can also read the machine-readable map at sitemap.xml .