It is actually more convoluted than that: In all steps, we use the info only when it is know (not empty)
1. Grid 6 characters 2. IOTA 3. US County 4. Grid 4 characters 5. US State 6. Country --Paul, KK4HD On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 6:23 PM, WA7AA <wa...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 10-Dec-17 14:55, Ron Polityka wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Today while doing a little Hunt and Peck in the ARRL 10 meter contest I >> notice an issue with the bearing heading in the latest upgrade. >> >> I heard a station in Prince Georges County in MD. I live in Eastern PA >> in >> Berks County. >> >> The DX4Win program is telling me to turn the beam towards the 262' >> bearing. >> I am using the latest Flying horse CB on CD. But according to the QRZ web >> site the bearing should be 210'. This is a 52' difference. >> >> I doubled check my Preferences on the Grid Locator and Longitude and >> Latitude and all is correct. >> >> Just wondering if there is something I am missing or is there a small >> issue >> with the bearing in the program. >> >> DX4Win uses the following parameters in the order of preference to > determine the US stn to US stn bearing (disclaimer: as far as I know): > > 1. Grid (only if the station had already been logged with a grid filled) > or op enters it manually > 2. State (if known, maps the bearing to center of state?) > 3. Country (bearing from the Countries db, probably Washington DC) > > This means that bearings may vary wildly for US-US contacts, especially > for close stations, and unless the Flying Horse supplies the grid, > disregard them. > > 73, > > Zoran WA7AA > > ______________________________________________________________ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > Message delivered to pvandere...@gmail.com > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DX4WIN logging software Paul van der Eijk, KK4HD BrookHill Data Systems LLC http://www.dx4win.com ______________________________________________________________ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
