W1ANT Pro Satellite Tracker

Heimir Thor Sverrisson

About this app

This Pro version has no ads and adds some features. Most notably the ability to group the satellites. The groups can then be enabled and only satellites from enabled groups will show up in the satellite overview.

Get a list of Amateur Radio satellites visible from your current location in the next 24 hours. Get an overview over their paths from acquisition to loss of signal (AOS to LOS). Only passes above the minimum elevation are shown on the list. Select one of them and get information on their on-board radios. Select one of their radios and be able to point your phone directly at it so you can easily operate it. Extra information, i.e. the actual frequencies to use for uplink and downlink is also presented taken the Doppler effect into account.

The Location view on the Satellite Overview page shows the current position of the satellite over Earth including the circle that demarcates the area where it is above 10 degrees above the horizon (reachable by radio). This view also shows its path for the next 60 minutes. Pinch to zoom and drag to change your point of view over Earth.

There is also a Passes view on the Overview page that lists all passes where this satellite will be over the horizon at the current location in the next 48 hours.

The minimum elevation for the starting list can be changed from its default 10 degrees in the Settings.

Ratings and reviews

Love this app. I use it every morning before I get into the shack to see whether or not there will be any good passes without having to open my sat tracking software in the pc. I bought the PRO version which is worth it so that I can set up groups to exclude FM sats and sats that have not been heard. One suggestion: It would be great to be able to set an alert for sats to remind me of a pass that I'm interested in. I always seem to forget! LOL

Great app for tracking satellites - I use pretty much all of the features - satellite location, aiming, recent reports, etc. However, I also connect my IC7100 to my phone so I can send APRS packets but that causes issues. It seems the app wants to control the radio somehow; it's one of the apps which appear as recognizing the radio when I connect it. Is there an undocumented feature I'm missing? Does the app also offer either directional control or frequency control of the radio?

I really like the app, very simple to use and seems to be bang on for the timings. Only bit I don't understand is in the individual radio view, what do the moving yellow and green dots mean on the red circle? Ah! Can't believe I didn't get that! I'll test it on the next decent ISS pass in a couple if hours. 73