NO, PLEASE, don't do it that way. We need this to be fixed if we are going to work IOTA's The database is already in DXBase that gives the heading for all the IOTA's so it seems to me it would not be a big problem to code this in so that it would know which screen is active.
73 de Tony, KD4K My Weather Page http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/ My Ham Radio Page http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/kd4k/radio.html Sawnee Mountain (WB4GQX 147.15 +.600) Repeater Page http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/sawnee/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Gynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>; "Reflector" <mailto:@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 2:02 PM Subject: [DXBase] (no subject) > Jack > > Many thanks for your reply but in simple terms it would be better to have > the Beam headings based on Country info irrespective of what page the > Summary window is on if it is too involved to change. As it is I get > erroneous headings if I leave the Summary on IOTA which is quite frankly a > real pain. > > I am sure I am not alone in saying that the IOTA bearings are generally not > that relevant and we can all live with the Country bearings. > > Again thanks for a great program > > 73's > > Dave (G3SBP) > > > > > David, > > I can't make any committments about this at the moment. I can certainly see > the advantage of looking at what Summary window is active and using that > information. But, there was never any code put in place to do this and make > any comparisons of what window is active, is there a beam heading and if so > use that otherwise default to something else. That's code that doesn't > exist. Will see. > > Regards, > Jack > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Gynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]>; "Reflector" <mailto:@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 8:46 AM > Subject: [DXBase] Antenna Bearings with IOTA > > > > Gentlemen > > > > Thanks for your input. Following some testing today I find that the Rotor > > control when the Summary window is in IOTA is completely erratic. For > > example:- > > > > EU068 on IOTA shows Bearing of 178.3 (Short Path) but on activating rotor > > it stops at 120 degrees on Short Path which is the HF Country bearing. > > > > EU035 on IOTA shows Bearing of 61.7 (Short Path) but on activating rotor > it > > stops at 225 degrees on Short Path and to 10 degrees Long Path > > > > Jack, If you are following this thread can you issue a patch as this > error > > caused a great deal of problems yesterday in the IOTA contest with the > > Rotor going all ways except to the correct bearing. Can I suggest whilst > > doing the patch that if the Summary Window is in IOTA and a spot comes up > > with no IOTA reference then the normal Country Bearing is used rather than > > nothing at all when the rotor is activated ? > > > > Many Thanks to all - It's still the best progam around. > > > > 73's > > > > Dave (G3SBP) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >
