Thanks very much for that Rich.
Obviously because I'm not a DX chaser I'm using the wrong program!
73,
John G4GCL
--- In dxlab@..., Rich - W3ZJ <rich@...> wrote:
While it's true that Lat/Lon, distance and grid, and even beam
heading,
may not be accurate for distances within a few hundred miles. Most of
us
are working DX over distances of several thousand miles to other
countries. Over those distances small inaccuracies of a few hundred
miles are insignificant and the distance etc. calculations are plenty
close enough. In order to eliminate these calculations for local
contacts, Dave would first have to know somehow that the grid locators
are inaccurate and then add additional code to eliminate the
calculations. Since the name of the suite is "DXLab" this doesn't seem
appropriate. Just know that the calculations for relatively local
stations may be inaccurate.
73, Rich - W3ZJ
g4gcl wrote:
Hi.
Apologies if this has been covered or answered before but I'm a
newbie
to this program.
Could anyone tell me what use the Latitude/Longitude, Distance and
Grid
values are in DXView?
I spent the first few days believing them & then I noticed that
everyone
in England has the same location.
I realise that it's a problem with the fact that database says
everyone
in a certain country which does not use a secondary locator
character or
something similar is actually located in the same place but
If that is the case why bother showing it?
Am I missing something obvious, if so I apologise in advance.
73,
John G4GCL (About 137 miles north of London)
