I’m working on Low Earth Satellite support in the ADIF Processor Google Earth visualisation module, and it’s coming along nicely.
p.s. just before anyone comments those QSOs are fictitious based on a real pass of JAS-2 (FO-29) a couple of nights ago.
If anyone has an ADIF file for LEO satellite contacts from a SOTA summit that would be cool to visualize, it may be I can trawl SOTA data and find such contacts.
Finally got round to the thorny problem of Long Path HF Visualization, prompted by @EA2IF Guru’s SOTA chase of @JG4LCS Seiji on JA/OY-060 on 10-JAN-2022 at 07:49.
According to my calculation the QSO distance was 29,499 km.
| Date: | 2022-01-10 |
|---|---|
| Time (UTC): | 07:49 |
| Band: | 20m |
| Mode: | CW |
| Freq: | 14.285 Mhz |
| Gnd Dist: | 29,499 km |
| Bearing: | 215.082° |
| Bounces: | 12 |
| Reflection Alt: | 405 km |
| Propagation Mode: | F2 |
Still plenty of wrinkles to iron out but the hard bit is over 
Regards, Mark.
Think the code is stable now, just uploaded a new version.
@EA2IF Guru was kind enough to provide me with an ADIF file containing some of his long path SOTA chases, very impressive!
Did a quick video creating the Google Earth KML file from Guru’s ADIF file, load it up in Google Earth and a (long) scroll around!
