Re: [amsat-bb] Re:More Alon/Alat, WinOrbit, and Squint

[Paul Yeager <w4ski@xxxxxxxx>]

Stacy;

Thanks for the reply!

As suggested by another repsondent, I added 180 to Alon and changed the 
sign of Alat, but indicated squint ranges from about 55 to 140 for the pass 
here in western NC (EM85) starting around 2200 UTC on 09/05/02.

If those numbers are correct, I'll not be working A0-40 for a while with my 
modest setup.... but something just doesn't look right.  Could those 
numbers be correct?

Thanks & 73!
Paul W4SKI

At 01:03 PM 9/4/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Paul (W4SKI) said:
>
>>I had heard that squint was getting worse, but has it really gotten THAT
>>bad?  I suspect that I have failed to fully set up WinORbit to properly
>>display squint for AO-40.  I certainly hope that is the case... as I doubt
>>I can work it at 45 degrees squint, let alone at 152!
>
>Paul,  I suspect the problem is related to the way squint was defined 
>relative to ALON/ALAT for AO-13  vs. AO-40.  Check out the AO-40 FAQ with 
>regard to squint. I think you'll find the answer there.
>
>http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/ao40/ao40-faq.html#SQUINT
>
>( You probably need to add 180 to the current ALON and change the sign of 
>ALAT. )
>
>
>
>
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