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Re: [CQ-Contest] HFTA, PRN files

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] HFTA, PRN files
From: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 16:34:52 -0700
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The PRN files for HFTA are an extremely simple text file list of two columns of paired numbers.  The number in the first column is the distance from the antenna, and the number in the second column is the terrain height.  You can view ... and edit with any word processor ... any PRN file anyway you want to.  The distance numbers don't need to be equally spaced since HTFA simply draws a straight line between data points anyway.  The only requirement is that you use the same units for the data as you do for the height of the antenna.

I generated my PRN files manually by simply reading the distance and terrain height numbers off a topo program I had.  You can do the same from Google Earth.  It's a bit tedious that way but it allows you to apply whatever granularity you want to the data points, extend the distance out as far as you want, and do sensitivity analyses for different heights at different distances.

Open any PRN file with Wordpad or similar and you'll see what I mean.

73,
Dave   AB7E



On 1/3/2018 2:11 PM, sq7d wrote:
Hallo

HFTA software uses PRN elevation statistic files to display correlation of that 
statistic with antenna gain disturbed by near terrain profile. That PRN file is 
generated by the OH6BG Elevation-Angle Analyzer (EAA). EAA needs data from 
VOACAP software. If somebody here is familiar with VOACAP and EAA programs 
please mail me in case of generate PRN files for SP on most interesting 
dx/contest directions (US, JA, AF, AS ect).

Thanks

Matt SQ7D/SN7D
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