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16 <H2><A NAME="s5">5. 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.
25 <H2><A NAME="ss5.1">5.1 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.
38 <P>The output from this would look something like this ..
42 sh/sun Location Rise Set Azim Elev
43 G0VGS Morecambe, Lancashire 07:08Z 17:39Z 205.3 24.1
52 <P>would look like this ...
56 sh/sun 5b4 Location Rise Set Azim Elev 5B Cyprus-5B 04:23Z 15:40Z 244.0 18.8
59 <P>You can also specify multiple arguments like this ...
63 sh/sun gw4veq 5b4ab zs
66 <P>and then the output would look like this ...
70 sh/sun gw4veq 5b4ab zs
71 Location Rise Set Azim Elev
72 GW4VEQ Brungwran, Isle of Anglesey IO 07:14Z 17:48Z 204.9 24.9 5B Cyprus-5B 04:23Z 15:40Z 244.5 18.3
73 ZS So-Africa-ZS1-ZS 04:31Z 17:28Z 289.9 41.3
74 ZS So-Africa-ZS5-ZS 03:44Z 16:34Z 278.5 32.0
75 ZS So-Africa-ZS6-ZS 03:59Z 16:42Z 277.6 35.0
79 <H2><A NAME="ss5.2">5.2 Moon</A>
82 <P>The <B>SHOW/MOON</B> command works in the same way as the
83 <B>SHOW/SUN</B> command. This program however, calculates the
84 rise and set times of the moon for a prefix or callsign, together
85 with the current azimuth and elevation of the sun at these
94 <P>The output from this command would look like this ..
99 Location Rise Set Azim Elev RGain dB
100 EA Spain-EA 08:15Z 20:09Z 257.2 9.5 -0.6
103 <P>You can see that the output is similar to the <B>SHOW/SUN</B>
104 command, with slightly different fields.
106 <H2><A NAME="ss5.3">5.3 Heading</A>
109 <P>The <B>SHOW/HEADING</B> command works in the same way as the
110 <B>SHOW/SUN</B> and <B>SHOW/MOON</B> commands but outputs beam
111 headings for a specified callsign or prefix. Reciprocal beam headings
120 <P>The output from this command would look like this ..
125 ZL New-Zealand-ZL1-ZL: 7 degs - dist: 11238 mi, 18087 km Reciprocal heading: 355 degs
126 ZL New-Zealand-ZL2-ZL: 9 degs - dist: 11540 mi, 18574 km Reciprocal heading: 353 degs
127 ZL New-Zealand-ZL3-ZL: 19 degs - dist: 11634 mi, 18724 km Reciprocal heading: 345 degs
128 ZL New-Zealand-ZL4-ZL: 34 degs - dist: 11783 mi, 18963 km Reciprocal heading: 332 degs
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