---
name: "moontracker"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "predict"
version: "2.2.3-4+b2"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/moontracker"
---

# moontracker(1)

Calculate Az and El to the Moon

## NAME

moontracker - Calculate Az and El to the Moon

## SYNOPSIS

 **moontracker**  \[ *-a \<port\>* \] \[ *-a1 \<port\>* \] \[ *-q \<site.qth\>* \]

## DESCRIPTION

**MOONTRACKER** is a small program providing capabilities for automatically aiming an antenna array towards the Moon (for Moonbounce communications). The location of the observer is taken from the data files for [predict(1)](/predict/1.md).

Once started, MoonTracker spawns itself as a background process.

## OPTIONS

	\-a serial port (/dev/ttyS0) -- sends data as it changes\
\
 	\-a1 serial port (/dev/ttyS0) -- sends data at one-second intervals\
\
 	\-q alternate qth file (site.qth)

## AUTHOR

This man page was written by A. Maitland Bottoms, AA4HS, for Debian GNU/Linux.