For bands like 10 meters, for signals right in the mud, a 30 degree difference is noticable even on my 8 element LP. For larger monobanders, I'm sure it more so. And besides, such detailed prefix info does exist, it'd be nice to see it incorporated into DX4Win.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Zoran Brlecic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "dx4win reflector" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] 6.03 usage report, suggestions for enhancement > L. Sica wrote: > > >1) A better list of rotator directions for prefixes: > >For example. every time I enter a UA0 or UA9 call, DX4Win wants to rotate my > >beam to 353 degrees. Problem is, a ham in Asiatic Russia might be at a > >heading of anywhere from 325 to 25 degrees from here. A more detailed prefix > >list (UA9A, UA9K, UA0Z, UA0Y, etc, etc) would provide a better bearing for > >automatic rotator adjustment. > > > > > > Unless your antenna is a 10+ element Yagi, such tweaking of bearings > will make little noticeable difference even for large DXCC entities like > UA9/0 and VK. > > 73 .... Zoran WA7AA > > > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
