[Dxbase] DXBase Heading Question

Jack jack at dxbase.com
Sun Mar 6 14:56:09 EST 2005


Greg,

Maybe you are using a third-party CD address database and the lat/lon are 
being picked up from there.  We look for lat/lon info from CD if one is 
used.  If not, we use lat/lon from pri pfx database table.

Regards,
Jack

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg - N4CC" <n4cc at direcway.com>
To: <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 2:50 PM
Subject: [Dxbase] DXBase Heading Question


> When I put KH8SI in my log and look at the heading the summary window says
> 281.7 degrees and lat is +14.27 degrees -- which is wrong?  Where is the
> program getting that information?  I cannot find anything in the countries
> data base, call sign map or alias mapping that would provide that 
> latitude.
> The correct latitude for KH8 is -14.3.  If I put KH8AA in the log, the
> summary window shows 257.0 degrees and lat is -14.3 -- as you would 
> expect.
> If I put AH8A in, I again get the 281.7 degree heading and +14.27 degree
> latitude...  Any ideas?
> 73 de Greg-N4CC
>
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