Transmitter Suggestions

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View

View all transmitter suggestions

Permission: Anonymous User

Steps:

  1. Visit SatNOGS DB

  2. On the side menu, click on All Suggestions

  3. At the top of the page, make sure that Transmitters option is selected (blue-highlighted), if not click on it to display the Transmitters panel

  4. Transmitter suggestions table should be visible

  5. For a detailed view of a suggestion click on the right arrow of the Details column

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On the suggestions table you can select the visible columns and filter suggestions by pre-existing options or with custom string

View suggestions of a specific satellite

Permission: Anonymous User

Steps:

  1. Visit SatNOGS DB

  2. Go to satellite page

  3. At the top of the page, if the satellite has transmitter suggestions then Suggestions option will be visible, click on it to display the Suggestions panel

  4. Transmitter suggestions table for the satellite should be visible if there are transmitter suggestions

  5. For a detailed view of a suggestion click on the right arrow of the Details column

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On the suggestions table you can select the visible columns and filter suggestions by custom string

View suggestion history of a specific satellite

Permission: Anonymous User

Steps:

  1. Visit SatNOGS DB

  2. Go to satellite page

  3. At the top of the page, click on the History option to display the History panel

  4. In "Select Transmitter" select box, choose a transmitter

  5. Transmitter suggestions history table for the selected transmitter should be visible

  6. For a detailed view of a suggestion click on the right arrow of the Details column

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On the suggestions table you can select the visible columns and filter suggestions by custom string

View details of a transmitter suggestion

Permission: Anonymous User

Steps:

  1. Follow any of the "View all transmitter suggestions", "View suggestions of a specific satellite", or "View suggestion history of a specific satellite" guides to get the suggestion table

  2. For a detailed view of a suggestion click on the right arrow of the Details column

  3. The suggestion entry should be visible

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For inspecting the changes from the previous entry, at the top of the page, click on the Difference option to display the Difference panel

Add

Add suggestion for a new transmitter

Permission: Logged-in User

Steps:

  1. Visit SatNOGS DB

  2. On the side menu, click either on All Transmitters or All Suggestions

  3. At the top left of the page click on Actions menu

  4. Select Suggest New Transmitter option

  5. New suggestion page with "Satellite" select box should load, select the satellite for which is the new transmitter suggestion

  6. An empty transmitter entry form should load, for a detailed explanation of each field check the form fields section

  7. After filling the form with the necessary info, click on Create button

  8. You should be re-directed to "Suggestions" page of the satellite and receive a popup confirmation message of success

Add suggestion for existing transmitter

Permission: Logged-in User

Steps:

  1. Visit SatNOGS DB

  2. Go to satellite page

  3. At the top of the page, click on the Transmitters option to display the Transmitters panel

  4. At the header of the transmitter card, click on menu icon ≡

  5. Select Edit option

  6. New suggestion page with filled transmitter entry form should load, for a detailed explanation of each field check the form fields section

  7. After filling the form with the necessary info, click on Update button

  8. You should be re-directed to "Suggestions" page of the satellite and receive a popup confirmation message of success

Add suggestion for transmitter based on existing one

Permission: Logged-in User

  1. Visit SatNOGS DB

  2. Go to satellite page

  3. At the top of the page, if the satellite has suggestions then Suggestions option will be visible, click on it to display the Suggestions panel

  4. Go to the detailed view of the suggestion you want to use as base by clicking on the right arrow of the Details column in the suggestions table

  5. At the top left of the page click on Actions menu

  6. Select Add to Suggestion if the base suggestion belongs to other user or Modify Suggestion option if the base suggestion belongs to you

  7. New suggestion page with filled transmitter entry form should load, for a detailed explanation of each field check the form fields section

  8. After filling the form with the necessary info, click on Update or Modify button depending on who owns the base suggestion.

  9. You should be re-directed to "Suggestions" page of the transmitter and receive a popup confirmation message of success

Edit/Remove

Edit transmitter suggestion

Permission: Logged-in User, Suggestion Owner

  1. Visit SatNOGS DB

  2. Find and view the suggestion

  3. At the top left of the page click on Actions menu

  4. Select "Modify Suggestion" option

  5. Modify suggestion page with filled transmitter entry form should load, after making necessary changes, click on Modify button

  6. You should be re-directed to "Suggestions" page of the transmitter and receive a popup confirmation message of success

Remove transmitter suggestion

Permission: Logged-in User, Suggestion Owner

  1. Visit SatNOGS DB

  2. Find and view the suggestion

  3. At the top left of the page click on Actions menu

  4. Select "Remove Suggestion" option

  5. "Confirm Removal" popup should show up, click on Remove button

  6. You should be re-directed to "All Suggestions" page and receive a popup confirmation message of success

Review

Review transmitter suggestion

Permission: Logged-in User, Transmitter Reviewer

  1. Visit SatNOGS DB

  2. Find and view the suggestion

  3. Inspect and review the suggestion and verify details and changes against the given citation

  4. At the top left of the page click on Actions menu

  5. "Review Suggestion" popup should show up, select verdict (Approve/Reject), add review message to inform suggestion owner and click on Submit button

  6. You should be re-directed to "All Suggestions" page and receive a popup confirmation message of success

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For inspecting the changes from a previous entry, in "Suggestion" page, at the top, click on the Difference option to display the Difference panel
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In case of rejection, review message should describe to suggestion owner the reason of the rejection, for example "Νot sufficient citation", and suggest solution if applicable

Form fields

Description 
Short description of transmitter, usually includes info about band, mode, baudrate, framing and/or bandwidth.
Type
The type of the transmitter
Transmitter simple transmitter entry with a center frequency, frequency drift and mode
Transceiver transmitter entry with uplink and downlink center frequencies, frequency drifts and modes
Transponder transmitter entry with uplink and downlink ranges (low/high values), frequency drifts and modes
Status
Latest status of the transmitter
Active when transmission is received
Inactive when transmission is not received or it is deactivated
Invalid when transmission isn't valid for some reason like wrong frequency, duplicate entry etc
Uplink freq. 
For Transceiver, the uplink center frequency in Hz
Uplink low 
For Transponder, the frequency in Hz of the low of the uplink range
Uplink high 
For Transponder, the frequency in Hz of the high of the uplink range
Uplink drift freq. 
For Transceiver and Transponder, the drifted frequency of the uplink, based on center frequency for Transceiver and uplink low range frequency for Transponder
Uplink drift 
(Read Only) For Transceiver and Transponder, shows the uplink drift in PPB (Parts Per Billion)
Uplink mode 
For Transceiver and Transponder, the modulation type of the uplink
Downlink freq. 
For Transmitter and Transceiver, the downlink center frequency in Hz
Downlink low 
For Transponder, the frequency in Hz of the low of the downlink range
Downlink high 
For Transponder, the frequency in Hz of the high of the downlink range
Downlink drift freq. 
The drifted frequency of the downlink, based on center frequency for Transmitter and Transceiver and downlink low range frequency for Transponder
Downlink drift 
(Read Only) Shows the uplink drift in PPB (Parts Per Billion)
Downlink mode 
The modulation type of the downlink
Inverted Transponder? 
For Transponder, if transponder is inverted
Baud 
The baudrate of the transmission, in case of CW mode it is used for wpm (word per minutes) value.
Citation 
Source(s) of the added/changed details on the satellite suggestion form, ideally links to the sources.
Service 
The service that corresponds to the transmission
IARU Coordination
IARU coordination status of the transmitter frequency (applicable when frequency is in radio amateur frequency ranges)
IARU Coordinated when the frequency is coordinated by IARU
IARU Declined when the frequency coordination is declined by IARU
IARU Uncoordinated when there isn't frequency coordination attempt or the coordination is still pending by IARU
N/A When frequency is outside the radio amateur bands
IARU Coordination URL 
URL of the coordination entry in IARU site
ITU Notifications URLs 
List of ITU entries related to the transmission, each link should be in a separate line
Unconfirmed 
If any of the details, usually frequency or mode, is not verified/confirmed by official sources or public evidence/observations
Email me when reviewed 
Send or not email to suggestion owner after the suggestion review, this is useful to know if your suggestion is approve or rejected and for what reason
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