Does anyone know the basis of the "distance" reported under "Details" in QRZ.com entries?
I recently worked HB9FBG on 500 milliwatts with 6 regular "AA" Eveready batteries (at least that's what my inline wattmeter said) on a 40 meter dipole up in my attic. The distance from me to HB9FBG was reported as 3947.8 miles. Does anyone know if this represents "GPS miles", a straight line approximation, miles reported from some table derivation, miles that represent some approximation of a radio signal's trip up to the ionosphere and back down...? I'm no math genius when it comes to trig but it seems that there could be quite a mileage distance. Also, the ".8" in QRZ.com's mileage suggests some technology is at work! Stan WB2LQF "HF-QRP-CW - Doing more with less for over 50 years now!" ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
