RE: WISP32 vs WISP16 Station Position

["Willmott, Paul" <paul.willmott@xxxxxxx>]

John,

I think that the 32 bit version of WiSP uses the regional settings of
windows, not the set tz=


Cheers
Paul, VP9MU

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	John W  Wilson [SMTP:z004391b@bc.seflin.org]
> Sent:	Tuesday, February 10, 1998 8:52 AM
> To:	John Ragland
> Cc:	amsat-bb@AMSAT.org
> Subject:	WISP32 vs WISP16 Station Position
> 
> I finally got with it and downloaded the files last week for WISP32.
> I 
> got everything going and found that the satellites are where they
> should 
> be but I am not.  I even put my city, Fort Lauderdale, in and it isn't
> 
> where it should be.  I have the luxury of doing a compare from one 
> version to another with two computers side by side, and the older
> version 
> seems to put me where I am with respect to the satellites correctly,
> the 
> new one doesn't.  
> 
> I put my lat/lon N/W correctly, but to double check I put my city in.
> 
> They don't match at all, and neither matches the older version of
> WISP.  
> I do have my 'set tz=est5edt' in autoexec.bat, and it shows up when I
> hit 
> 'set'.  This has worked with my older WISP too so shouldn't be a
> problem.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?  Thanks,
> 
> 
> John W. Wilson, KN4HX
> z004391b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us
>