Is anyone looking at transmitter suggestions?

[SM0TGU]

Hi,
just looking at the old Oscar-10 satellite and found some old improvements (suggestions) for the transmitters (transponders) = they are inactive.
Is anyone looking at these suggestions to be accepted?
regards

Lars

SatNOGS DB - Phase 3-B

[fredy]

@SM0TGU

Is anyone looking at these suggestions to be accepted?

Yes, but it’s not going very fast, especially for the older suggestions.

If anyone wants to joint the team of reviewers, feel free to join #satnogs matrix.org channel, to coordinate with the rest of the team.

[SM0TGU]

I have joined the channel and can be a part of the reviewsers

[dl7ndr]

What are the requirements to join the team of reviewers?

I’ve joined the matrix channel in June 2024 but still have to ask that someone reviews my suggestions.

[fredy]

There are not strong criteria, usually are people that have done suggestions and have understood the review process, for example what to check, how to confirm that changes are valid etc, and last but not least to ask for it.

EDIT: However joining to the chat channels, while not fully necessary, is the best way to discuss all the above, as someone that watches and participates in the chat channels has a better overview for the operations (normal cases, bugs, issues etc) and how they are done, which makes the person better on reviewing.

EDIT 2: For satellite suggestions, due to some technical issues is still handled by me but we plan to fix this issues and allow more people to participate in reviewing satellites suggestions too.

[dl7ndr]

@fredy

is still handled by me

understood.

[SM0TGU]

My goal to be a part of the reviewsers is to clean up old suggestions that basically will set non-active amateur radio transponders and beacons to status “inactive”.

[SM0TGU]

Hi, any updates regarding the reviewing of transmitters? Also see related topic:

About Satellite and Transmitter Suggestions

Thank you for your detailed post, fredy. And what was the problem during the last 5 years? This is the problem of the system. Everyone can upload senseless (telemetry) data, no one wants to review it. But when it comes to points like satellites and transmitter database entries, the system says: “You are not trustworthy.”. Without a guide or documentation (not even for reviewers) option 1 was bound to fail. I’m pretty sure we can move back to this solution with a good documentation. If w…

[fredy]

@SM0TGU sorry for the delayed answer on this, I’ve missed your reply to this discussion.

Unfortunately some LSF issues, SatNOGS issues and development and and some operations made me fail on this one. I would like to be clear on this, I don’t know and I can not promise when I’ll be able to unblock this situation.

My goal is with the next release of DB to come with documentation on how to review and then make you and @dl7ndr reviewers, and whoever other wants to help. However still I’m not sure if I’ll make it, after that release we will have back to back the release about the TLE and all these needs to be done until the end of July if not earlier due to the TLE changes.

The only thing I can promise is that I’ll do my best.

[SM0TGU]

@fredy Thank you for updated information. Please let me know if I can do anything to help.