The DXSpider User Manual v1.50: Headings and propagation

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5. Headings and propagation

+ +

There are three commands in DXSpider to help you get the best DX possible. +These are SHOW/SUN, SHOW/MOON and +SHOW/HEADING. These commands will only work for you if you +have entered your personal details. They use your entered location as +a reference, so if you have not entered it or have entered it incorrectly +they will not return the correct information.

+ +

5.1 Sun +

+ +

The SHOW/SUN command can be used in three different ways. It +can be used to show sunrise and sunset times for your own station, a +particular callsign or a prefix.

Example:


++show/sun
+
+

The output from this would look something like this ..


++sh/sun
+Location                              Rise   Set      Azim   Elev
+G0VGS  Morecambe, Lancashire          07:08Z 17:39Z  205.3   24.1
+
+


++sh/sun 5b4
+
+

would look like this ...


++sh/sun 5b4
+Location                              Rise   Set      Azim   Elev
+5B     Cyprus-5B                      04:23Z 15:40Z  244.0   18.8  
+
+

You can also specify multiple arguments like this ...


++sh/sun gw4veq 5b4ab zs
+
+

and then the output would look like this ...


++sh/sun gw4veq 5b4ab zs
+Location                              Rise   Set      Azim   Elev
+GW4VEQ Brungwran, Isle of Anglesey IO 07:14Z 17:48Z  204.9   24.9
+5B     Cyprus-5B                      04:23Z 15:40Z  244.5   18.3
+ZS     So-Africa-ZS1-ZS               04:31Z 17:28Z  289.9   41.3
+ZS     So-Africa-ZS5-ZS               03:44Z 16:34Z  278.5   32.0
+ZS     So-Africa-ZS6-ZS               03:59Z 16:42Z  277.6   35.0 
+
+

+ +

5.2 Moon +

+ +

The SHOW/MOON command works in the same way as the +SHOW/SUN command. This program however, calculates the +rise and set times of the moon for a prefix or callsign, together +with the current azimuth and elevation of the sun at these +locations.

Example:


++show/moon ea
+
+

The output from this command would look like this ..


++sh/moon ea
+Location                              Rise   Set      Azim   Elev  RGain dB
+EA     Spain-EA                       08:15Z 20:09Z  257.2    9.5      -0.6  
+
+

You can see that the output is similar to the SHOW/SUN +command, with slightly different fields.

+ +

5.3 Heading +

+ +

The SHOW/HEADING command works in the same way as the +SHOW/SUN and SHOW/MOON commands but outputs beam +headings for a specified callsign or prefix. Reciprocal beam headings +are also calculated.

Example


++show/heading zl
+
+

The output from this command would look like this ..


++sh/heading zl
+ZL New-Zealand-ZL1-ZL: 7 degs - dist: 11238 mi, 18087 km Reciprocal heading: 355 degs
+ZL New-Zealand-ZL2-ZL: 9 degs - dist: 11540 mi, 18574 km Reciprocal heading: 353 degs
+ZL New-Zealand-ZL3-ZL: 19 degs - dist: 11634 mi, 18724 km Reciprocal heading: 345 degs
+ZL New-Zealand-ZL4-ZL: 34 degs - dist: 11783 mi, 18963 km Reciprocal heading: 332 degs
+
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