What exactly does the zipcode32 tell me?

[aychamo]

Ok, so I load the zipcode32 program, and I enter my zipcode (70605). I am in south-western Louisiana. I am basically on the gulf of mexico. I type in the 61.5 West satellite, and I get an azimuth angle of 125 and elevation angle of 41.

Is that the correct settings? That azimuth angle is a lot more east than south, for me. (this is a good thing!)

 

[Sean Mota]

Your elevation angle is quite good. So if you have nothing in front of you, you should be able to see the satellite.

 

[aychamo]

By good, you mean that it's good that it is a kind of steep angle?

 

[Sean Mota]

Not as low as 19... which most people in the west coast end up. You should be ok as long as there is not a big building or a tree or a mt in front of you.

 

[Ferdy]

Lol--

Had to give a little chuckle, there Sean---

Not many mountains here in S. Louisiana----