I have had this happen before and cannot remember how I fixed it.
Tried to track ISS today and the track is off. Both the computer and SatPC32 show the correct time and date. Latest Keps have been downloaded. I am hearing ISS packets but the computer says it is over the southern-Indian Ocean.
Any sugggestions (I'll write 'em in bold letters on the wall for next senior moment!)?
Len Revelle N9IJ [email protected]
Len,
You posted that message at 12:50 CST, and the ISS was almost directly overhead your QTH, so you were not hearing things. Hi Hi
Are other satellites being correctly displayed? If so, that points at old ISS keps, however recently acquired. Unlike other satellites, the ISS is frequently reboosted, and even some of the on line sources are a little slow to catch up. Get the latest updates from Celestrak or directly from NORAD. I am using the Keps at the end of the message, and they agree with a couple of on line sources I checked. (Of course, they could ALL be wrong, seriously.)
Another thing to check is that the program is properly converting the time to UTC. From the SATPC32 mail screen, toggle between L and U. The difference in the displayed times should be 6 hours. Rarely, the OS messes up the daylight and standard time conversion.
Again, knowing whether this is an ISS-only problem is key information.
Alan WA4SCA
ISS 1 25544U 98067A 08353.56913069 .00013457 00000-0 10664-3 0 8830 2 25544 51.6396 151.4641 0007727 102.5501 340.9706 15.71639760577543
Uh, "mail screen" >> "main screen." Duh.
Alan WA4SCA
And are you absolutely sure that you have you co-ordinates set correctly (lat/long etc)
(That's caught me out one or two times) :-[
David KG4ZLB/M0ZLB www.kg4zlb.com
Alan P. Biddle wrote:
Len,
You posted that message at 12:50 CST, and the ISS was almost directly overhead your QTH, so you were not hearing things. Hi Hi
Are other satellites being correctly displayed? If so, that points at old ISS keps, however recently acquired. Unlike other satellites, the ISS is frequently reboosted, and even some of the on line sources are a little slow to catch up. Get the latest updates from Celestrak or directly from NORAD. I am using the Keps at the end of the message, and they agree with a couple of on line sources I checked. (Of course, they could ALL be wrong, seriously.)
Another thing to check is that the program is properly converting the time to UTC. From the SATPC32 mail screen, toggle between L and U. The difference in the displayed times should be 6 hours. Rarely, the OS messes up the daylight and standard time conversion.
Again, knowing whether this is an ISS-only problem is key information.
Alan WA4SCA
ISS 1 25544U 98067A 08353.56913069 .00013457 00000-0 10664-3 0 8830 2 25544 51.6396 151.4641 0007727 102.5501 340.9706 15.71639760577543
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