Thank you very much guys. That was totally the reason for the issue.
I took the "minimum elevation" to mean that it would filter out all of the passes in which the satellite never reaches x-degrees. Meaning that if it didn't reach x-degrees from my location it would not display it, but for those that did it would display the information for the full pass.
I did not realize that it would show the AOS for when the satellite reaches x-degrees.
I checked against 2 satellites and it appears to have solved the problem.
Thank you again for your assistance on this.
Steve May, W5IEM
On Mon Nov 24 2014 at 5:19:33 AM David G0MRF [email protected] wrote:
Does this mean you are telling the PC to ignore all passes until they reach 15 degrees ? - That's about 5 minutes.
Prob best to take control back from the PC and set any limits at the horizon.
Also, is this a 'real issue' with tracking, or just a problem with the computer giving different AOS times? It may be worth checking the time of closest approach which will avoid all of the AOS / LOS limits.
Thanks
David
The time seems to be incorrect for all of the satellites I am trying to predict. Since I am only concerned with AO-7, FO-29, AO-73, and SO-50 they are the only ones I a running a prediction for, and since I am pretty new a this I am trying to use a 15-degree minimum elevation.
-----Original Message----- From: Steve May [email protected] To: AMSAT-BB [email protected] Sent: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 4:58 Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Gold Standard for Keplerian Data
I appreciate the suggestions. After a long day at work I have sat down this evening to look at the system, but I am still stumped.
I am using a Windows 8.1 system, and the clock appears to be synchronized correctly. I am letting Windows set it automatically, and when I look at my cell phone the two display the same time and the minutes change simultaneously.
The Keps seem to be updated correctly, and it shows that they are looking at the file that was updated earlier today. I looked in the directory and the updated nasa.all file is there.
The time seems to be incorrect for all of the satellites I am trying to predict. Since I am only concerned with AO-7, FO-29, AO-73, and SO-50 they are the only ones I a running a prediction for, and since I am pretty new a this I am trying to use a 15-degree minimum elevation.
I am generating a WinAos list, and it seems to be pretty much across the board hat the predictions in the WinAos software are about 5-6 minutes later than the predictions from the AMSAT website. Some of the predictions show a 1-degree difference in max elevation as well, although it isn't on every pass. These inconsistencies are probably based on rounding.
It is showing this difference in time on every satellite in the predictions as well.
I have checked and double-checked the Observer location on both predictions and I am using the correct location, EM78re. I have tried it on both predictions to enter the 6-digit grid square location as well as putting in the GPS coordinates manually and it doesn't seem to change anything.
I am stumped by this. I assume it has to be something in my SatPC32 setup, and I will try it at work tomorrow on a different machine to see if the errors are the same.
Any other suggestions?
Steve, W5IEM
On Sun Nov 23 2014 at 12:45:34 PM Erich Eichmann [email protected] wrote:
Steve, I compared the results of the pass prediction from the AMSAT website for the next 10 passes of FO-29 with the results of WinListen (that comes with SatPC32) for my location (8.9 degrees east, 51.94 north). The results are exactly the same (WinListen rounds the AOS/LOS times to the closest full minute, however). It requires to enter and save your QTH locator or longitude/latitude. I used the latest file nasa.all as Keps file.
in most cases of different results between the AMSAT pass precition and SatPC32 wrong longitude/latitude values in menu "Setup", "Observer" or "Setup" of WinListen or different Keplerian data were the reason.
What is your 6-digit QTH locator (or longitude west and latitude north)? What is the entry in SatPC32, menu "Observer" and in WinListen, menu "Setup"? What Keps file do you use? Download the Keps file you use from SatPC32 menu "Satellites", "Update Keps". When the download is successful click "Quit" and then "OK". The path to the Keps files folder can be seen in the foot line of menu "Satellites", the file date in the bottom line of the SatPC32 main window and in the left list of the menu you can choose the file. WinListen will use the same same path (foot line in menu "Listen").
73, Erich, DK1TB
Am 23.11.2014 17:04, schrieb Steve May:
I have noticed that when I update the Keplerian Data for my location on SatPC32 and generate a list of passes they all seem to be about 5 minutes different than the predictions from the AMSAT website. This is for the earliest pass, and I am using the exact GPS coordinates for my location.
So which do I rely on? Which predictions should I consider the "gold standard" for passes?
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