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Re: Topband: finding a site for greyline sunrise/sunset times

To: Dave AA6YQ <aa6yq@ambersoft.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: finding a site for greyline sunrise/sunset times
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2019 08:03:19 -0800
List-post: <mailto:topband@contesting.com>
That's great Dave.  I now have a new tool!
Highly recommended.

73
Rick N6RK

On 2/28/2019 5:20 PM, Dave AA6YQ wrote:
* more AA6YQ comments below

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard (Rick) Karlquist [mailto:richard@karlquist.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2019 7:16 PM
To: Dave AA6YQ; 'terry burge'
Cc: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: finding a site for greyline sunrise/sunset times

On 2/28/2019 3:39 PM, Dave AA6YQ wrote:

table of the next 30 days of sunrise and sunset times for the selected location 
and for your QTH.

<https://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxview/Help/Operation.htm#Displaying%20sun
rise%20and%20sunset%20times>


+ One more mouse click will display a table of gray-line openings between the 
selected location and your QTH.

<https://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxview/Help/Operation.htm#Displaying_Gray-
Line_Times>


Good as far as it goes, but it only works from my QTH to somewhere.
In a contest or even a pileup, I might want to know other paths, like OC to EU, 
etc. along with the great circle directions, and sunset/sunrise at both ends.

* With a couple of mouse clicks, you can set your QTH to any location you like, 
and then explore paths and grayline openings from that location. When your 
exploration is complete, you can then restore your QTH with a single mouse 
click.

* In the QTH panel on DXView's Configuration window's General tab, note the 
Position, Recall, and Save buttons:

  - clicking the Save button saves your current QTH; this need only be done 
once, typically after you first specify your QTH's latitude and longitude

  - clicking the Position button sets your QTH to the currently-selected 
location, enabling explorations of paths from that location

  - clicking the Recall button restores your current QTH.

       73,

             Dave, AA6YQ

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