RE: WISP32 vs WISP16 Station Position

[John W Wilson <z004391b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to all for the help.  My computer now seems to have had a change 
of attitude.  I just got home, did an A/B compare of the two WISP 
versions, and the AOS now agrees.  I love this hobby.  73,


John W. Wilson, KN4HX
z004391b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us


On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, Willmott, Paul wrote:

> 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
> > 
>