[time-nuts] Re: LH "No usable sats"

2021-07-06 Thread Lux, Jim
On 7/6/21 5:26 PM, Bob kb8tq wrote: Hi The location comes out in Corsica. Running a fast simulation, he’s got a hole from about 330 degrees over to 30 degrees AZ and from 0 to about 50 degrees EL. Bob OK.. that makes sense GPS orbit inclination is 55 degrees. If you plot the ground track,

[time-nuts] Re: LH "No usable sats"

2021-07-06 Thread Lux, Jim
On 7/6/21 5:14 PM, Bob kb8tq wrote: Hi The observer (at 41 deg 21 min N) is *north* of where I live. I most certainly am located in an area that has a “blank” over the north pole. Bob GPS orbit inclination is 55 degrees. If you plot the ground track, it just touches 55N and 55S (i.e.

[time-nuts] Re: LH "No usable sats"

2021-07-06 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi The location comes out in Corsica. Running a fast simulation, he’s got a hole from about 330 degrees over to 30 degrees AZ and from 0 to about 50 degrees EL. Bob > On Jul 6, 2021, at 8:12 PM, Lux, Jim wrote: > > On 7/6/21 5:06 PM, Bill Beam wrote: >> Bob, >> This is not an issue for an

[time-nuts] Re: LH "No usable sats"

2021-07-06 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi The observer (at 41 deg 21 min N) is *north* of where I live. I most certainly am located in an area that has a “blank” over the north pole. Bob > On Jul 6, 2021, at 8:06 PM, Bill Beam wrote: > > Bob, > This is not an issue for an observer in AZ. > GPS birds have orbit inclination

[time-nuts] Re: LH "No usable sats"

2021-07-06 Thread Lux, Jim
On 7/6/21 5:06 PM, Bill Beam wrote: Bob, This is not an issue for an observer in AZ. GPS birds have orbit inclination 55-60deg and should be seen anywhere in the sky from AZ. AZ observer just needs to wait long enough for one to pass to the north. AZ in this case = Azimuth OP is in

[time-nuts] Re: LH "No usable sats"

2021-07-06 Thread Bill Beam
Bob, This is not an issue for an observer in AZ. GPS birds have orbit inclination 55-60deg and should be seen anywhere in the sky from AZ. AZ observer just needs to wait long enough for one to pass to the north. On Tue, 6 Jul 2021 18:55:22 -0400, Bob kb8tq wrote: >Hi >There are no GPS sats

[time-nuts] Re: LH "No usable sats"

2021-07-06 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi There are no GPS sats flying over the north or south poles. Bob > On Jul 6, 2021, at 6:13 PM, Admin wrote: > > Testing two different Z3801A, I wonder why I cannot receive GPS birds outside > AZ : 290 to 315 deg. My horizon is clear and EL and AMU filters are 10 deg > and 1.0,

[time-nuts] LH "No usable sats"

2021-07-06 Thread Admin
Testing two different Z3801A, I wonder why I cannot receive GPS birds outside AZ : 290 to 315 deg. My horizon is clear and EL and AMU filters are 10 deg and 1.0, respectively. Position: 41 21 N ; 08 23 W. Your info will be very much appreciated. --

[time-nuts] Re: 20th year of time nuts mailing list

2021-07-06 Thread Julien Goodwin
On 1/1/21 4:02 pm, Tom Van Baak wrote: > Hello time nuts, > > Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because > that means it's not 2020 anymore. > > One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially > the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So