[amsat-bb] SatPC32 "sun tracking"

[Alan]

Bob,

There is an auxiliary program in the SatPC32 folder called SuM.exe which track both the sun and moon.

73s,

Alan
WA4SCA


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<Does SatPC32 have a ?sun tracking? feature for indicating the Sun AZ/EL
<like Instantrack did?
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<I use it frequently for sun noise measurements and for solar angle
<calculations for solar system design.
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[Robert Bruninga]

Thanks ALL! Found it (SuM.exe). But it won't let me easily slide around
in time.

So I just went back to my 20 year old copy of Instantrack, verified that
it gives same result as SuM and now I'm good.

I used IT to see how many hours of sun a south facing solar array would be
illuminated at what elevation angle.

For my latitude (39 degrees), I developed this table in about a minutes
work:
7 Hrs over +/-49 deg AZ above 10 deg EL
6 hrs over +/- 43 deg AZ above 14 deg EL
5 Hrs over +/- 37 deg AZ above 18 deg EL
4 Hrs over +/- 31 deg AZ above 21 deg EL
3 Hrs over +/- 24 deg AZ above 24 deg EL

To figure out where to top off some trees.

Bob, WB4APR
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[Erich Eichmann]

Bob,
for your purpose you could use SumListen.exe (also in the SatPC32
program folder). It outputs lists with azimuth and elevation of Sun and
Moon to the screen and/or printer for selectable increments and periods.

73s, Erich, DK1TB

Post by Robert Bruninga
Thanks ALL! Found it (SuM.exe). But it won't let me easily slide around
in time.
So I just went back to my 20 year old copy of Instantrack, verified that
it gives same result as SuM and now I'm good.
I used IT to see how many hours of sun a south facing solar array would be
illuminated at what elevation angle.
For my latitude (39 degrees), I developed this table in about a minutes
7 Hrs over +/-49 deg AZ above 10 deg EL
6 hrs over +/- 43 deg AZ above 14 deg EL
5 Hrs over +/- 37 deg AZ above 18 deg EL
4 Hrs over +/- 31 deg AZ above 21 deg EL
3 Hrs over +/- 24 deg AZ above 24 deg EL
To figure out where to top off some trees.
Bob, WB4APR
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