Hi It's on the list of ideas for HamSatDroid but the compass sensors do need regular calibration so cannot be guaranteed to work reliably.
The Galaxy S is really bad at loosing calibration :-( Dave On 29 Dec 2012 00:38, "Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-717-1197" <[email protected]> wrote: > It seems to me that some smartphones have sensors for elevation and > azimuth, and the capacity to calculate those for satellite passes. > Has anyone combined all that so that one could just attach the 'phone to > the antenna boom and have it indicate where to point it? > > This would be particularly useful for the analog sats, since very little > attention would need to be paid to antenna pointing. > > 73, doug > ______________________________**_________________ > 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<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
