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Re: [WriteLog] Great Circle

To: "'Paul Caccamo, VA3PC'" <va3pc@ciinet.org>
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Great Circle
From: "N3BM" <n3bm@finnsfield.net>
Reply-to: n3bm@arrl.net
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 09:47:09 -0400
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Ah Ha!!!!! Yet again, OPR error or failure to RTFM.

Thanks Paul.  It's all good now.


73,
Aubrey 
(aka Al)
____________________________  
N3BM
PVRC - ARRL - FIST #11934
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Caccamo, VA3PC [mailto:va3pc@ciinet.org] 
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 8:23 AM
To: n3bm@arrl.net
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Great Circle

In Dxlab the long is negative for west, in Writelog it is negative for east.
Took me a while to notice that one too.
73
Paul, VA3PC

----- Original Message -----
From: "N3BM" <n3bm@finnsfield.net>
To: <WriteLog@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 8:01 AM
Subject: [WriteLog] Great Circle


>I clearly am missing something about setting up the Great Circle headings.
>
> I've entered my lat and long numbers, set the precedence for the windows 
> and
> I get numbers.  However when compared to another programs headings, DXLab
> for instance, the WriteLog numbers don't match and the nomenclature seems 
> to
> be wrong.
>
> The long path and short path reading are reversed, the heading numbers
> normally don't match and aren't even close, the distance is NEVER right
> (6000+ miles from Washington, DC to Norfolk, VA), etc, etc.
>
> I'm obviously doing something wrong.  Can anyone help?
>
> 73,
> Aubrey
> (aka Al)
> ____________________________
> N3BM
> PVRC - ARRL - FIST #11934
>
>
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