Pegasus, Jupiter, and RX-320 Software

These are some simple conversion utilities I wrote to convert text files to the memory file format that Ten-Tec uses with their Pegasus, Jupiter, or RX-320 software and that WA1EYP also uses for the PegasusPlus and RX-320 program, available here. These programs use memory files that end in the .RMF suffix.

The first program, ConvertILGStext, will take the text download (ilgstext.zip) available from the ILGS site and after it is unzipped converts it to ILGSTEXT.rmf. You must sign up for the databases, but they are free, and very useful. The country field is used to show the time of day (Zulu) and the Day of Week the station is broadcasting. This is so you can sort on the field to see what is on. The comment field is used to store the Country, the Program being broadcast and a description, the Target of the Broadcast, and the target Continent. (see ILGS site for how to interpret).

A sample file (ILGSTEXT.txt) is included to test the program and show you the format of the input. This is a very old and only a very small part of an actual ILG file. You must sign up and get the real file.

To run the program, put the program and the ILGSTEXT.txt file in the same directory and double click the program. You will be asked for the language to convert. For example, entering English will convert all fields that start with "English". ILGSTEXT.rmf will be created in the same directory. Move it to C:\Pegasus and try it out.

The second program, ConvertCSV takes a comma delimited file and converts it to a .rmf file. The input file format is as follows: Station,Frequency, Mode, Filter, Country, Language, Notes

A sample file (K4MG.txt) is included to test the program and show you the format of the input. Note that in this file I have occasionally put a time and day in the country field. This is so you can sort on the country field to see what net is on. Also note the format of the filter field. This is in kHz unless the filter width is less than 1kHz, then it is in Hz. Example : a filter of 2400 Hz is entered as 2.4, but a filter of 600 Hz is entered as 600. This is to be compatible with both PegasusPlus and the Ten-Tec programs.

To run the program, put the program and your text file (for example K4MG.txt ) in the same directory and double click the program. You will be asked for the filename of your input. For example, entering K4MG.txt will cause K4MG.rmf to be created in the same directory. Move it to C:\Pegasus and try it out.

I have finished a program that interfaces with the ILG radio frequencies database and lets you click a station in the database to tune your radio to the station, or scan the list looking for stations that are on the air. Click here for info.

If you like the programs, or find bugs, or have suggestions for improvement, please Email me.

Programmer Info:
The programs are written using VS 7.0 (C++), and have been statically linked, so you do not need to have mfc70.dll or msvcr70.dll to run them. This makes the download 100k in size, vs. 10k, but not too many people are running WinXP yet.