help with pcsat32 - predictions wrong -e verything else is correct
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
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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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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Hi mark -
Thanks for the reply. The lat/long etc... are definitely correct - I have triple checked that. I am not certain what a TLE file is. If you would let me know, I'll check asap.
Thank,
Zach
--- On Mon, 1/24/11, Mark L. Hammond marklhammond@gmail.com wrote:
From: Mark L. Hammond marklhammond@gmail.com Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] help with pcsat32 - predictions wrong -e verything else is correct To: "zach hillerson" qstick333@yahoo.com, amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Monday, January 24, 2011, 9:03 PM
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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