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16 <H2><A NAME="s5">5.</A> <A HREF="usermanual_en.html#toc5">Headings and propagation</A></H2>
18 <P>There are three commands in DXSpider to help you get the best DX possible.
19 These are <B>SHOW/SUN</B>, <B>SHOW/MOON</B> and
20 <B>SHOW/HEADING</B>. These commands will only work for you if you
21 have entered your personal details. They use your entered location as
22 a reference, so if you have not entered it or have entered it incorrectly
23 they will not return the correct information.</P>
25 <H2><A NAME="ss5.1">5.1</A> <A HREF="usermanual_en.html#toc5.1">Sun</A>
28 <P>The <B>SHOW/SUN</B> command can be used in three different ways. It
29 can be used to show sunrise and sunset times for your own station, a
30 particular callsign or a prefix. </P>
31 <P><B>Example:</B></P>
39 <P>The output from this would look something like this ..</P>
44 Location Rise Set Azim Elev
45 G0VGS Morecambe, Lancashire 07:08Z 17:39Z 205.3 24.1
56 <P>would look like this ...</P>
61 Location Rise Set Azim Elev
62 5B Cyprus-5B 04:23Z 15:40Z 244.0 18.8
66 <P>You can also specify multiple arguments like this ...</P>
70 sh/sun gw4veq 5b4ab zs
74 <P>and then the output would look like this ...</P>
78 sh/sun gw4veq 5b4ab zs
79 Location Rise Set Azim Elev
80 GW4VEQ Brungwran, Isle of Anglesey IO 07:14Z 17:48Z 204.9 24.9
81 5B Cyprus-5B 04:23Z 15:40Z 244.5 18.3
82 ZS So-Africa-ZS1-ZS 04:31Z 17:28Z 289.9 41.3
83 ZS So-Africa-ZS5-ZS 03:44Z 16:34Z 278.5 32.0
84 ZS So-Africa-ZS6-ZS 03:59Z 16:42Z 277.6 35.0
89 <H2><A NAME="ss5.2">5.2</A> <A HREF="usermanual_en.html#toc5.2">Moon</A>
92 <P>The <B>SHOW/MOON</B> command works in the same way as the
93 <B>SHOW/SUN</B> command. This program however, calculates the
94 rise and set times of the moon for a prefix or callsign, together
95 with the current azimuth and elevation of the sun at these
97 <P><B>Example:</B></P>
105 <P>The output from this command would look like this ..</P>
110 Location Rise Set Azim Elev RGain dB
111 EA Spain-EA 08:15Z 20:09Z 257.2 9.5 -0.6
115 <P>You can see that the output is similar to the <B>SHOW/SUN</B>
116 command, with slightly different fields.</P>
118 <H2><A NAME="ss5.3">5.3</A> <A HREF="usermanual_en.html#toc5.3">Heading</A>
121 <P>The <B>SHOW/HEADING</B> command works in the same way as the
122 <B>SHOW/SUN</B> and <B>SHOW/MOON</B> commands but outputs beam
123 headings for a specified callsign or prefix. Reciprocal beam headings
124 are also calculated.</P>
125 <P><B>Example</B></P>
133 <P>The output from this command would look like this ..</P>
138 ZL New-Zealand-ZL1-ZL: 7 degs - dist: 11238 mi, 18087 km Reciprocal heading: 355 degs
139 ZL New-Zealand-ZL2-ZL: 9 degs - dist: 11540 mi, 18574 km Reciprocal heading: 353 degs
140 ZL New-Zealand-ZL3-ZL: 19 degs - dist: 11634 mi, 18724 km Reciprocal heading: 345 degs
141 ZL New-Zealand-ZL4-ZL: 34 degs - dist: 11783 mi, 18963 km Reciprocal heading: 332 degs
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