[Dx4win] What is the proper LoTW setting for a satellite QSO?

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

--- "Mark Lunday, WD4ELG" <mlunday at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> My DX4WIN SAT QSO's are giving ERROR messages during the ADIF to TQ8
> conversion.
> 
> What band do I choose for the AO-51 bird with uplink of 144 MHz and downlink
> of 432 MHz?  Thanks

I don't think DX4WIN exports enough information for Satellite QSOs to upload
them to LoTW.  My notes say:

Satellite QSOs don't export to ADIF correctly. At least it's insufficient for
LoTW. "Sat" is not a legal band. Please see this web page:

    Logging Satellite Contacts via ARRL's Logbook of the World
    http://www.amsat.org/amsat/news/ans2003/ans03271.html#06

There is some more information here about satellite names for the SAT_NAME
field:

    LoTW Satellite Name Research and TQSL Source Code Names
    http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/200407/msg00951.html

Since DX4WIN doesn't log the satellite name, there may be some work needed to
make an educated guess. 

If you get something to work, I can turn it into an application note.

73 - Jim AD1C


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Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us