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<P><BR><FONT face=Fixedsys>Hi Gordon,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Fixedsys>Here are some "behind the scenes" stuff that I use
to determine a pushpin's position relative to the circle.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Fixedsys>Please note that when looking at the FULL circle, it is
350 miles in diameter. <BR><BR>For stations close to the edge of the circle I
zoom in and then measure the distance. For example, let's take a look at how we
measured K4SB's QTH distance from the circle.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Fixedsys>1. This is what K4SB's pushpin appears as when using
the full circle resolution:<BR></FONT><FONT face=Fixedsys><BR><IMG
src="cid:812244620@08062007-14E3"></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Fixedsys><BR>2. This is what K4SB's pushpin appears as
when zoomed in. Note: I could have zoomed in even further (see slider
between the "minus (zoom out)" and "plus (zoom in)" in the tool bar.
</FONT></P>
<DIV><FONT face=Fixedsys><SPAN class=359365504-08062007><IMG
src="cid:812244620@08062007-14D5"></SPAN></DIV>
<P><BR></FONT><FONT face=Fixedsys>If I had to be "picky" about the measurement
between the circle and pushpin (because I may not have had a "perfect"
measurement line that was perpendicular to the circle), I would use a radius
circle to do the measurement.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Fixedsys>Below is an example showing a radius circle to measure
K4BK's QTH relative to the circle. The center of the blue circle is not
referenced to K4BK's QTH pushpin; it is located between his QTH
pushpin (which was plotted using his address) and the pushpin that was based
on QRZ.com's coordinates for K4BK's position. (The center of his radius
circle was position after I had zoomed in to provide me with the
necessary resolution to place the center of the radius circle between
the two pushpins.)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Fixedsys>(BTW, the coordinates that K4BK provided in his email to
the SECC reflector ended up in the Atlantic Ocean...it was still outside the
circle, hi.)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Fixedsys><IMG src="cid:812244620@08062007-14EA"><BR></FONT></P>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Fixedsys size=2>--<BR>Matt Lee, K4AQ<BR>Atlanta,
Georgia</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<P><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: secc-bounces@contesting.com
[</FONT><A href="mailto:secc-bounces@contesting.com"><FONT
face=Fixedsys>mailto:secc-bounces@contesting.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Fixedsys>]
On Behalf Of Gordon<BR>Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 14:13<BR>Cc:
secc@contesting.com<BR>Subject: Re: [SECC] Proposed New Center for
Circle<BR><BR>Just looked at the proposed circle. I was surprised how close I am
to<BR>the edge. Looks like maybe 10 miles or so.<BR><BR>I think K4JPD maybe just
outside the circle. Not sure if Steve is on the<BR>reflector or not but I know
he has been more active lately.<BR><BR>Gordon N4LR</FONT></FONT><FONT
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