OSCAR: Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio.
Some satellites carry radio repeaters that can be used by amateur radio from the ground.
This application helps the amateur to know the real time position of these satellites.
It shows on the map the position of the satellite, semi circle representing the approximate coverage as well as the user's position.
You can switch from the menu the selected satellite.
From the menu visible passes shown a window with two buttons on the top.
Pressing the right (circular arrow) visible passes are calculated for the selected satellite within 24 hours.
Pressing the left (arrow circular dot in the center) visible passes are calculated for all satellites for the next 3 hours.
Clicking on one of the visible passes entered the 3D locator.
3D Locator.
The locator uses accelerometer, the compass of the device and the calculated data to show the position of the satellite on sky from observer's position.
That is, when we moves the device to the sky shows a red triangle in the position of the satellite and a dotted line showing the pass.
The app calculates the orbits from the current time of the device and TLE data that www.celestrak.com obtained.
The internet is used to get the maps and update TLE data.
If you like the app you can make a donation to the developer from the menu extensions.
v1.2
Option to manually include the TLE data in a file on the SDCard with satellites that the user wants is added.
/sdcard/com.androidesimple.oscar/TLE.txt
For each satellite include 3 lines like these.
IRIDIUM 8
1 24792U 97020A 13350.44946552 .00000550 00000-0 18933-3 0 6234
2 24792 86.3985 133.2143 0002 005 108.3180 251.8234 14.34218916869917
From the preferences menu of the main screen mark the check
"TLE data from file in SD"
For now, this option is only available to donors users.
v1.4
Fixed bug.
The first time you do not get frequency data automatically.
v1.3
Frequency data from the window "visible passes"
In each satellite pass, if a letter F appears in blue,
When pressed frequency data for this satellite are deployed.
Data is obtained automatically the first time from:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm
If you want to update later will be done by checking
"Last updated Frequency data" in the preferences window.
OSCAR is an Android Education app developed by AndroideSimple and published on the Google play store. It has gained around 10000 installs so far, with an average rating of 4.0 out of 5 in the play store.
OSCAR requires Android with an OS version of 2.2 and up. In addition, the app has a content rating of Everyone, from which you can decide if it is suitable to install for family, kids, or adult users. OSCAR is an Android app and cannot be installed on Windows PC or MAC directly.
Android Emulator is a software application that enables you to run Android apps and games on a PC by emulating Android OS. There are many free Android emulators available on the internet. However, emulators consume many system resources to emulate an OS and run apps on it. So it is advised that you check the minimum and required system requirements of an Android emulator before you download and install it on your PC.
Below you will find how to install and run OSCAR on PC:
If you follow the above steps correctly, you should have the OSCAR ready to run on your Windows PC or MAC. In addition, you can check the minimum system requirements of the emulator on the official website before installing it. This way, you can avoid any system-related technical issues.
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