Beam heading determination in DX Spots window?
Posted: Thu 16. Feb 2023, 22:37
I am a new RUMlogNG user, and I want to know how the "heading" in the DX Spots window is determined.
I noticed that a spot for a KP4 (Puerto Rico) station shows the Heading as 270 degrees, which is incorrect since I am located in Chicago. I did set my grid square correctly in the Preferences General tab, so I assume RUMlogNG is not using my grid square to determine my location and then calculate the correct heading to KP4. Is there another setting that I have overlooked?
I'm also wondering if the heading is not being calculated, but is being provided by the DX cluster that I'm using. If that is the case, then I assume that I need to issue a command to the DX Cluster to give it my location. Is that the problem?
Thank you.
73,
Steve, N5EP
I noticed that a spot for a KP4 (Puerto Rico) station shows the Heading as 270 degrees, which is incorrect since I am located in Chicago. I did set my grid square correctly in the Preferences General tab, so I assume RUMlogNG is not using my grid square to determine my location and then calculate the correct heading to KP4. Is there another setting that I have overlooked?
I'm also wondering if the heading is not being calculated, but is being provided by the DX cluster that I'm using. If that is the case, then I assume that I need to issue a command to the DX Cluster to give it my location. Is that the problem?
Thank you.
73,
Steve, N5EP