[amsat-bb] Re: help with pcsat32 - predictions wrong -e verything else is correct

25 Jan 2011

      Hi Zack and Mark,
I had the same problem and was trying to figure it out myself.  After 
prodding around it turned out to be #1 that Mark pointed out.
73,
Jeff  WB3JFS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark L. Hammond" marklhammond@gmail.com
To: "zach hillerson" qstick333@yahoo.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 6:03 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: help with pcsat32 - predictions wrong -e verything 
else is correct
...
Hi Zach,
Couple quick things to check:
1--make sure you're using the same TLE file for both WinAOS and the 
regular part of SatPC32
2--make sure you go into Setup/Observer and get your lat/long, time zone, 
etc. correct
I suspect it's one of those...
73!
Mark N8MH
At 05:07 PM 1/24/2011 -0800, zach hillerson wrote:
...
I recently downloaded pcsat32 and find it pretty amazing.  I have verified 
that the keps are current and the time and coordinates are all correct. 
The program also shows all of the sats that I track in the proper place. 
When i click the countdown, these times are correct as well.  However, 
when i try to get a prediction through WinAOS, the times are off by 
approx. 15 minutes and the coordinates for the pass are wrong.  I am 
comparing the satpc32 results to both amsat and satscape.
Any ideas what might be causing this?  I'd love to find a solution!
Thanks,
Zach
KJ4ZVV

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[amsat-bb] Re: help with pcsat32 - predictions wrong -e verything else is correct

Jeff Yanko