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Rotator bearing question
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John T. Blair
Logger32 & rotator bearing settings.
I'm a little confused. There are 2 status bars on the bottom of the window. The top row shows country, it's its needed, sun rise/set, 2 bearings and a distance, and finally a date & time. I believe the 2 bearings and a distance, are long and short path to the station you've put in the "logbook entry window". If I assume this is correct and I put a station in the Call window in the "logbook entry window" like MW0JKU, the bearing shows 312/132 3859 mi. I'm located in Virginia Beach Va. According to Google maps my position is Lat: 36.80530027931284, Long: -76.17070794340644 I'm using a windows 7 OS on a Dell desktop. I've put those into logger by right clicking on the "Call" input box, and selecting "Setup" on the drop down menu, and select "My QTH Lat/Long and enter the decimal lat & long. and select the "Apply" button. Now if I look at the bearing on the top of the bottom 2 bars it says: 312/132 3859 mi I have an gut feeling that that isn't correct as due ease of me (I think is about 90deg) is Cordoba, Spain. So Wales should be something less than 90deg. If I go to QRZ.COM and input MW0JKU's call, and select the Detail tab, it says the bearing is 48deg. That sounds a LOT better. So what am I doing wrong in Logger32? Anybody have any ideas of things I should try? TNX & 73s John JohnT WA4OHZ Virginia Beach, VA |
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John,Have you entered your correct lat and long?
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John T. Blair
At 06:58 PM 11/29/2022, you wrote:
> John,Have you entered your correct lat and long? No, I didn't know I was supposed to, and how do I do that? John John T. Blair WA4OHZ email:
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Bob
You said: I'm located in Virginia Beach Va. According to Google maps my position is
Lat: 36.80530027931284, Long: -76.17070794340644 Logger32 asks for
 North and West are +ve. South and East are -ve.
SeventyThree(s).
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Bob
See page 34 of the help file. SeventyThree(s)
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John,all should be good now.If you open the tracking window you can set home by the coordinates you just entered.The coordinates does a lot.Grid,logging(you are in america) and other things..73 john
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On 2022-11-29 18:13, Bob wrote:
See page 34 of the help file. SeventyThree(s)On 11/29/2022 7:08 PM John T. Blair <jblair1948@...> wrote:Links: |
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John T. Blair
At 07:08 PM 11/29/2022, you wrote:
>>You said: I'm located in Virginia Beach Va. According to Google maps my >>position is >> Lat: 36.80530027931284, Long: -76.17070794340644 >Logger32 asks for > > ![[]](https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/groupsioattachments/15849/95347972/90098/0?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJECNKOVMCCU3ATNQ&Expires=1679396384&Signature=NOf4%2BjmTvbnRp0SoTz7eAFvqRXY%3D)
>North and West are +ve. South and East are -ve. Thanks. But I don't see what you're saying. QRZ shows my location: Latitude 36.805002 Longitude -76.171345 Google Maps shows my location: Lat 36.80496 Long - 76.17006 and Logger 32 is showing: Lat 36.805002 Long - 76.171345 So isn't that correct? I'm North of the Equator, so the +36 is about right and I'm West of the prime meridian, so the - 76 should be about right NO? John -- JohnT WA4OHZ Virginia Beach, VA |
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Bob
I repeat. Logger32 wants your lat/long in the following format -- North and West are +ve. SeventyThree(s).
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John T. Blair
Here's what I'm talking about. I've attached pictures: 1. The main Logger32 screen showing the beam bearing to the station I'm working 2. The page showing that I've set the lat & Long to my qth Tnx agn -- JohnT WA4OHZ Virginia Beach, VA 
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Bob
Immediately to the right of where you entered -76 as your longitude it clearly says that North is entered as a positive number. You are North, so please enter a positive number. Change -76 to 76.
SeventyThree(s).
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Steve VE3RX
QRZ and Google are technically correct, internationally speaking. However, L32 specifically states to use +ve longitude for West instead of the standard "-ve" used by everyone else.
I think the reasoning is that "most" users are in North America, and it is easier to simply put in the LAT and LONG numbers without a sign, meaning the program expects positive numbers. There may be some other program issues Bob has run into and it may be simpler for him to use the method he chose. Anyway, it is displayed clearly in the setup of LAT/LONG to put positive values for West, not what other sites/programs say. 73 Steve |
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John T. Blair
At 08:50 AM 11/30/2022, you wrote:
>Immediately to the right of where you entered -76 as your longitude it clearly >says that North is entered as a positive number. You are North, so please enter >a positive number. Change -76 to 76. Bob, Fantastic!!!! That did it. Sorry I was so hard headed and didn't follow what you were saying. Thank you for your patience! To my defense, I trusted Google Maps and QRZ I don't understand why the difference in the "+/-" sign required by Logger32 and those of the standards Google maps and QRZ. Sounds to me like there is a math error on the calculation in Logger32. But what do I know. Thanks again! John -- JohnT WA4OHZ Virginia Beach, VA |
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