Sked planner refinements — from operator feedback the same day 2.1 shipped: results now group by day for easy week-ahead scanning, and a new satellite picker lets you plan skeds for one specific bird (or favorites, or everything). Keep it coming — this app is built from your requests. 73!

NEW: Sked planner (Pro). Plan a contact with another operator: enter their grid square and HamSat finds every window where a satellite sees you both — with each station's pass peak, your own minimum-elevation bar for each end, and one tap to drop the sked into your calendar. Pairs with 7-day predictions to plan the whole week. Requested by operators like you. 73!

Add passes to your calendar. Plan the week ahead: tap "Add to Calendar" on any pass (or long-press a pass in the list) and it lands in your Apple Calendar with the times, a 10-minute reminder, and the radio setup in the notes Pairs perfectly with the 7-day prediction window. No calendar permissions needed; HamSat never reads your calendar. Requested by operators like you.

Smoother compass aiming. HamSat no longer interrupts pass tracking with the iOS "figure‑8" calibration screen, and the aim reticle now appears right away instead of waiting for a perfect compass lock. When accuracy is low — common with the phone right next to your radios and antennas — you'll get a gentle heads‑up instead of being blocked. Applies to iPhone and Apple Watch.

Choose your pass‑alert tone. New in Settings → Alerts: pick from several distinctive alert sounds — including a CW "HI" in Morse — or keep the default. Tap any option to preview it. (A more distinctive tone makes passes easier to catch; note that iOS still controls the actual volume.)

Plan further ahead. The pass‑prediction window now extends up to 7 days (Settings → Prediction Window), so you can plan sessions and portable trips well in advance — not just the next 48 hours. Fresher, more reliable frequencies. Radio mode/frequency data now updates from a maintained service in the background, so corrections and newly added satellites reach you faster and more reliably.

Faster, more reliable satellite data. HamSat now loads its catalog from a dedicated always-fresh service, so satellites, frequencies, and pass predictions appear quickly and consistently — even on slower networks — with automatic fallback to the live sources if the service is ever unreachable. Fewer "missing satellite" hiccups and less waiting on refresh.

Newly launched amateur satellites now always appear in your catalog and are trackable — no matter which orbital data source is live. Fixes a case where brand-new birds (like KNACKSAT-2) could go missing depending on which data source responded first. Thanks to the operators who flagged it.

• New and recently-launched amateur satellites now appear in the catalog and are trackable, even before their frequencies are published. • Added KNACKSAT-2 (145.825 MHz packet).

HamSat 2.0 — now on your wrist. • Apple Watch companion (Pro): live azimuth, elevation, Doppler, and a next-pass countdown, all computed on-device. • Guided wrist-aim: follow an arrow to point your antenna at the satellite, with a haptic tap when you're locked on — aim without looking at the screen.

Fixed AO-91's uplink and downlink, which were reversed. • QO-100 is now correctly shown as a linear (SSB/CW) transponder rather than FM. • The live tracker now shows AMSAT-accepted names like RS-44 and QO-100. • Aim guidance holds steady while your compass settles, instead of jumping when you open the tracker. • Added a Save to Photos button to Rover proof photos.

- Rover proof photos now stamp your altitude above sea level, alongside your callsign and grid. - Larger, higher-contrast aim guidance in the Live Tracker — easier to read at arm's length while you're pointing an antenna.

New: Rover proof photos (Pro) Capture a photo at your operating site and HamSat stamps it with your callsign, grid, the satellite, and the UTC time — ready to post on X or submit for the AMSAT Rover Award. Take a fresh photo or stamp one from your library, then share in a tap. Set your callsign in Settings → Station to get started.

A new orbital engine, built right in. HamSat now computes every pass with a full on-device SGP4 propagator — the same orbital model professional trackers use. The result: sharper pass times and live positions that match apps like ISS Detector, working completely offline. What you'll notice: • More accurate, always consistent. Pass times, the sky dome, the ground-track map, the live position, and Doppler all come from one precise engine — so they always agree with each other. • Works anywhere. Out in the field with no signal? Tracking keeps running. Everything is computed on your device from orbital data you've already downloaded — no network, no API limits, no waiting. • Quieter and faster. No more "service unavailable" notices or rate-limit pauses. Tip: pull to refresh now and then to keep your orbital data current — the fresher the data, the sharper the predictions days out. Thanks to the operators who reported position discrepancies — your reports drove this rebuild. 73!

Fixes and polish: • Fixed a timezone bug that could shift satellite positions by several hours for operators outside Western Europe when orbital data came from the AMSAT catalog — positions now match reference apps worldwide • Pass dates now show the day of the week ("Mon 8 Jun") and are easier to read • The Home "favourite satellites" count now matches your active filters • Small wording fixes

Corrected FO-29 (JAS-2): it's now properly listed as a linear (SSB/CW) satellite instead of FM, so it shows up where you'd expect when filtering. Thanks to Pete G0ABI for catching it.

More field-ready: your Maidenhead grid now shows right on the live tracker, the Doppler offset is larger and easier to read mid-pass, and a new SSTV / Imagery filter surfaces image-downlinking birds like UmKA-1, Vizard-Meteo and QMR-KWT-2

Fixes for two issues reported by paying users: (1) the 'Using default coordinates' warning now correctly appears during the brief window between granting location access and iOS delivering your real position, so the app no longer silently uses a default location; (2) the FM Voice filter no longer surfaces satellites whose listed FM transponders aren't operationally usable for typical amateur stations (Taurus-1, ESEO).

Fixes an issue where the pass list could omit daytime passes when N2YO data was active. All radio-workable passes now appear regardless of whether the satellite is visually observable

v1.10 brings a major orbital-mechanics upgrade — satellite positions and pass timing now stay accurate as orbital data ages, down from significant drift in previous versions. Tap into any satellite to see its upcoming passes right there, alongside the radio setup. Settings now surfaces orbital-data freshness so you can spot stale catalogs at a glance and refresh on demand.

Live satellite passes now reliably appear in the Home and Passes "Overhead now" sections as soon as a satellite comes overhead

Improved ISS pass prediction accuracy. ISS times and elevations now match other tracking apps reliably, even when N2YO data isn't available.

Updated build with improved readability on the Home screen (Live-sky caption, status banners) and a corrected operational status for AO-91

Smoother Pass Detail — the embedded sky dome and ground-track map now update every second in lock-step with the fullscreen Live Tracker Render the full AOS-to-LOS arc from TLE, and keep AOS/LOS pins locked across the entire pass. Plus better contrast for the Live-sky footer caption and the catalog-refresh banner on the main screen.

QO-100 and other geostationary amateur satellites finally have their own home in HamSat. • "Always overhead" section on the Home tab lists any GEO bird in your sky right now (QO-100 for European/African ops). • "Find it in the sky" button on the GEO satellite detail — aim your phone to verify line-of-sight from your QTH is clear of buildings, trees, or terrain. • Aim mode now teaches itself: when the phone is pointing at the floor, a hint reads "Tilt the back of the phone toward the sky" instead of the reticle silently disappearing. Numeric "Aim N° up, M° left" guidance now also appears in the fullscreen Live tracker. • Fixed: duplicate scheduled alerts when two prediction sources disagreed on AOS by under three minutes. • Fixed: QO-100 no longer creates stale "60-minute in-progress" entries that cycled on every refresh.