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" <[email protected]> To: "zach hillerson" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> 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 >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >>Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >>Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
