[Dx4win] Headings
ON4AOI
on4aoi at skynet.be
Sun Oct 18 04:03:23 EDT 2009
Hi Jim,
If you have your rotator controlled by dx4win its easy to setup.
Under rotator you have the tab Parameters where you can setup for each band
An offset and also a correction for the selected band.
Guy ON4AOI
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
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> bounces at mailman.qth.net] Namens Jim Reisert AD1C
> Verzonden: zaterdag 17 oktober 2009 19:27
> Aan: DX4WIN Reflector
> Onderwerp: Re: [Dx4win] Headings
>
> DX4WIN beam headings are referenced to the geographic North Pole - 90
> degrees North Latitude. There is no way for DX4WIN to know the heading
> to magnetic north from your particular QTH. I am not aware of ANY
> program that can do this.
>
> What DX4WIN should have, and I can't find it at the moment, is a way to
> program an offset into the rotator control. Then if your antennas were
> aligned to magnetic North, DX4WIN could compensate for this. Maybe Guy
> ON4AOI knows if such a feature exists.
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
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> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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