[na-user] Beam headings

Tom Horton Tom Horton <k5iid@wvadventures.net>
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 15:56:32 -0400



Ron, 
My old version of NA 10.22 allows you to do the F10 thingy for
the wpx contest. I just reloaded it and checked it out.
That was what I had remembered.
73, Tom K5IID




At 06:47 PM 4/12/99 +0000, Ron Wetjen wrote:
>
>>From the NA manual (mine is on page 22)
>
>"Check Multiplier:
>
>This function allows the operator to check the current QSO for
>multipliers. Enter a multiplier or callsign, then press F10. The checked
>multiplier is displayed at the bottom of the screen if it is needed per
>the contest rules. The computer's log is searched for QSOs that match
>the checked multiplier, and the results of the search are displayed in
>the CHECK MULTIPLIER window."
>
>And here's the important part, that some can't find ......
>
>"If the multiplier being checked is identified as a DX country or grid
>square, then the beam heading to that country or grid square, and its
>local sunrise and sunset times will be displayed at the bottom of the
>CHECK MULTIPLIER window. Note that it is necessary that you enter the
>Latitude and Longitude of your station using NA Configuration Editor for
>this display to be correct."
>
>This also seems to explain why there are no beam headings for WPX, as
>it's not countries being checked as multipliers, but rather prefixes.
>
>
>(Dave, I thought I'd save you the trouble of responding.  I'm sure you
>have better things to do.)
>
>
>73, Ron
>
>
>Only 12 days until the Florida QSO Party
>
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