Table of Contents

Data Folder

SkyRoof keeps all of its data in the data folder.

  • Click on Help / Data Folder in the main menu to open this folder in File Explorer.

  • To open the folder when the program is not running, type this in File Explorer:

    %appdata%\Afreet\Products\SkyRoof`

Data Files

  • Settings.json - this is the file where all user-defined settings are stored;

  • amsat_sat_names.json - satellite names used on AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page. The Frequency Scale section explains how to post your observations to this page;

  • lotw_sat_names.json - the list of satellite abbreviations accepted by LoTW;

  • Satellites.json - the satellite database compiled from the downloaded data;

  • transmitters-override.json - hand-curated corrections to the transmitter signal parameters. Ships with a default set that SkyRoof keeps up to date; mark an entry "read_only": true to protect your own edits;

  • cat_info.json - lists the CAT capabilities of a generic simplex radio;

  • wsjtx_wisdom.dat - optimal FFT transform settings found by automatic testing.

Folders

  • Logs - contains the log files with error messages and other information;
  • Adif - QSO records stored in the ADIF format;
  • Downloads - a copy of the satellite data downloaded from various sources, kept for troubleshooting;
  • Palettes - definition of the color palettes used by the waterfall display. Add your own palette as a text file with "html" color codes. Pick the color codes at htmlcolorcodes.com;
  • sat_images - cached satellite thumbnails shown by the Satellite Photo widget. Delete this folder to force re-download;
  • Recordings - the default location for the audio and I/Q files saved by the Recorder panel;
  • FT4 - decoded messages saved by the FT4 Console panel, when the Save to File option is enabled in the settings;
  • TelemetryDecodes - decoded telemetry frames saved by the Telemetry panel, when the Save to File option is enabled in the telemetry settings. One file is created per day, and each line is stamped with both UTC and local time;
  • SstvImages - SSTV images decoded by the Telemetry panel, saved automatically as PNG files with a JSON metadata sidecar;
  • SsdvImages - images received as SSDV packets or as raw JPEG fragments, decoded by the Telemetry panel, saved automatically as JPEG files with a JSON metadata sidecar. The sidecar also holds the received packets, which is what lets a picture be combined with its earlier receptions;
  • Codec2Voice - Codec2 voice messages decoded by the Telemetry panel, saved automatically as WAV files with a JSON metadata sidecar;
  • TelemetryRegistry - the definitions used to decode raw telemetry frames into named values in the Telemetry panel.