[WriteLog] Great Circle question

[Gary AL9A]

George,

As Stein indicates these settings are for setting up the Beam Heading 
Window, which is selected under Window/Beam Headings.  When Beam Headings is 
selected a small window titled "Bearing" opens on the desktop.  You can drag 
and drop it where ever it suits you.  Setup/Great Circle opens the window 
dialog for entering your longitude and latitude info so WL will properly 
calculate your beam heading and whether you want to see distances in miles 
or kilometers.  The Layout tab lets you control the order of the listings in 
the Bearing window or suppress their display by using negative numbers.  The 
one item I had to think about for a minute is Reverse Bearing.  That is the 
beam heading the DX station should be using to point to your QTH.

73,
Gary AL9A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <s-roabr at online.no>
To: <Georgek5kg at aol.com>; <writelog at contesting.com>; <scot at k9jy.com>
Sent: September 04, 2011 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Great Circle question


> This is for beamheadings.
>
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> LA6FJA K3RAG Stein Roar Brobakken
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> ----- Reply message -----
> Fra: Georgek5kg at aol.com
> Dato: søn., sep. 4, 2011 18:29
> Emne: [WriteLog] Great Circle question
> Til: <writelog at contesting.com>, <scot at k9jy.com>
>
> My question is about the "GreatCir Control Properties" window in the Setup
> menu.  What exactly is this window for?  I see that I can set  Lat/Long,
> Layout, Colors and Fonts, but for what purpose?  Nowhere do I  find a 
> Great
> Circle Map that these properties would pertain to.
>
> In the WL documentation for "Setup Great Circle", it says: 'Set your
> station lat and long for bearing calculations.  Also set the color and 
> units of
> the display."  What display is this referring to?
>
> Also in the documentation, I see a reference to a GreatCircle.ini  file. 
> I
> do not have a GreatCircle.ini file.  I am understanding that  the CreatCir
> Control Properties window has something to do with having this  ini file.
>
> Can someone please fill in the blanks for me?
>
> Tnx, George
>
> George  Wagner, K5KG
> 941-400-1960 cell
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