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

[Jeff Yanko]

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 at gmail.com>
To: "zach hillerson" <qstick333 at yahoo.com>; <amsat-bb at 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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