[TransAtlantic] Azores 144 beacon antenna system --calc. correction

[Mark Casey]

Here's the calc's from Wingrid, degrees to/from, miles/km
HM68ir to:

GN37pn, St John's, NEWF             304/106, 1413/2275
FM25ff, Hatteras, NC                    280/70, 2650/4264
EM90hh, Jax.Beach, FL  2             276/54, 3095/4980
FK77or, St.Croix, VI                      248/49, 2677/4309
FK52ud, Bonaire                                245/46, 3108/5002
FK90ld, SE coast, Trinidad                  236/41, 2866/4613

IL27FW, Canary Is                            134/321, 1006/1618
IM57MA, SW coast, Portugal              91/282, 1008/1621
IO51GK, Clear Is. SW Ireland            39/231, 1231/1981
IO44XG, NW coast, Corclogh, Ireland 31/224, 1345/2164

On the Euro side, SW Portugal to NW Ireland needs 60 degrees, to SW Ireland
it only needs 42 degrees (and still covers most of central Europe.)

---------OOPS, er, I mean....52 degrees


At the most beamwidth, coverage from NW Ireland all the way down to the
Canary Island is 103 degrees. The 42 (52) degree antenna (still)might be the 
best
choice.