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Help for Preferences Modification
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A user of mtrack usually has a callsign, and must have a location. A
location may be added/modified by entering its Latitude, Longitude, and
Height above sea level. The Latitude is in degrees with positive being North
of the equator, and negative South. The Longitude is positive for East of
the Greenwich meridian and negative for West of the Greenwich meridian. The
Height is in metres, although it is not currently is calculations.
The location of the user will appear on the map as a coloured square, with
the callsign underneath it.
Other entries for the user are concerned with the usage of mtrack. The UTC
Offset is the number of hours between your location and UTC, in theory this
should be available from the operating system, but was found to be
unreliable on some peoples systems, maybe from bad setting up. The Track
Step is the time interval (in seconds) between each successive update of the
satellite on the screen. The List Step is the time interval (in minutes)
between each successive line in the tracking list, this can be overridden
when entering the tracking list parameters on the tracking list dialog box.
The Minimum Angle is also used on the tracking list, this entry is in
degrees and determines when the tracking list will start show entries. This
can be overridden in the tracking list parameters dialog box. This entry
will become more important if/when mtrack supports control of antennas and
radios.
The Date Format is used to change the way that mtrack display the date. The
choice is between the DD-MM-YYYY format used by most of the world, and the
hopelessly illogical MM/DD/YYYY format used in the USA. Either way, mtrack
can cope.
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