Thanks to everyone who made suggestions of distance calculators.... it does appear that international distance records are a bit tough to calculate, especially for small-town transmitter sites.
On the domestic side, though, I'd like to recommend a site that I was introduced to through the Graveyard DXers group. Its Barry McLarnon's site http://topazdesigns.com/ambc/ The left half of the screen is the distance calculator. You have to enter your coordinates there once. After that, all you have to do is mouse-click in the Lat and Long spaces to insert your own coordinates. After that, all you do is type in the station call.... up pops all sorts of information... arrival angles, SR/SS times at your location and the station, and yes, distance in both miles and kilometers. Its the easiest that I've ever found for domestic DXers, and the most useful that I've found. The right side of the dashboard is an excellent reference for stations... by frequency and format, by call and frequency, etc. What I particularly like is the "fuzzy" search for an unknown call on a particular frequency. If I select 1240 kHz and type in what I thought I heard (say, KDRC), it will give me listings for all of the stations on 1240 that are phonetically similar. ... in the KDRC-1240 example, the actual possibilities are KVRC in Arkansas, KCRT in Colorado and KCLV in NM. The last time that I DXed domestically (until this winter) was in 1960, so I find the right half of Barry's site VERY useful, too. I'm sure that it is not quite as accurate as the FCC database, say, since it is Barry's private project, but I find it extraordinarily useful. John B. Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, NRD-535(kiwa-mods) Antennas: 700' NE/SW mini-Bev, Wellbrook Phased Array (pre-production version) _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
