Re: [IRCA] Superb Distance Calculator for Domestic Stations+

[Bob Coomler <w6rjc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Cool!  Thanks.

Bob Coomler
Cloverdale, CA


--- "John H. Bryant" <bjohnorcas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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> Thanks to everyone who made suggestions of distance
> calculators.... 
> it does appear that international distance records
> are a bit tough to 
> calculate, especially for small-town transmitter
> sites.
> 
> On the domestic side, though, I'd like to recommend
> a site that I was 
> introduced to through the Graveyard DXers group. Its
> Barry McLarnon's 
> site http://topazdesigns.com/ambc/
> 
> The left half of the screen is the distance
> calculator. You have to 
> enter your coordinates there once. After that, all
> you have to do is 
> mouse-click in the Lat and Long spaces to insert
> your own 
> coordinates. After that, all you do is type in the
> station call.... 
> up pops all sorts of information... arrival angles,
> SR/SS times at 
> your location and the station, and yes, distance in
> both miles and 
> kilometers. Its the easiest that I've ever found for
> domestic DXers, 
> and the most useful that I've found.
> 
> The right side of the dashboard is an excellent
> reference for 
> stations... by frequency and format, by call and
> frequency, 
> etc.  What I particularly like is the "fuzzy" search
> for an unknown 
> call on a particular frequency. If I select 1240 kHz
> and type 
> in  what I thought I heard (say, KDRC), it will give
> me listings for 
> all of the stations on 1240 that are phonetically
> similar. ...  in 
> the KDRC-1240 example, the actual possibilities are
> KVRC in Arkansas, 
> KCRT in Colorado and KCLV in NM. The last time that
> I DXed 
> domestically (until this winter) was in 1960, so I
> find the right 
> half of Barry's site VERY useful, too.
> 
> I'm sure that it is not quite as accurate as the FCC
> database, say, 
> since it is Barry's private project, but I find it
> extraordinarily useful.
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> John B.
> Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
> Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, NRD-535(kiwa-mods)
> Antennas: 700' NE/SW mini-Bev, Wellbrook Phased
> Array (pre-production version)
> 
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