That is something that I had always wondered about in DXBase. When you put in your longitude you must put it in as a + value While all other programs that I have had it must be entered as a - value (which is correct).
73 de Tony, KD4K -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Stordahl N5IN Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 6:57 PM To: Neal Campbell; Al Burnham (K6RIM) Cc: DXBase Reflector Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Updater - Another Possible Issue: Beam Headings Actually it is DXBase that is wrong. West longitude is negative! Maybe you can't fix this in the current release but it should be corrected in the next release. Ron, N5IN ________________________________ From: Neal Campbell <[email protected]> To: Al Burnham (K6RIM) <[email protected]> Cc: DXBase Reflector <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, November 9, 2010 4:48:48 PM Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Updater - Another Possible Issue: Beam Headings Updater issue, the imported longitude settings from the clublog data has the sign inverted, will be corrected in the next release! 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Al Burnham (K6RIM) <[email protected]>wrote: > Just noticed that both short and long path headings are wrong in > DXBase for all of the new PJs. > > Post Updater, from my QTH in Northern CA, DXBase shows, for example, > the short path heading to the PJs as ~346 degrees. It should be ~97 degrees. > > Cockpit trouble, or another issue with the Updater? > > 73, > > Al, K6RIM > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
