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wwl(1)                 DragonFly General Commands Manual                wwl(1)


NAME

     wwl - Maidenhead locator utility


SYNOPSIS

     This program does Maidenhead calculations of distance and bearing for any
     two Maidenhead locators given on the command line; Alternatively the
     program may be used to return the Latitude and Longitude of a single
     Maidenhead grid square when invoked as locator.


EXAMPLES

     wwl fn25di jo55ei
     qrb: 5810 kilometers, azimuth: 46 degrees

     wwl jo55 ec41
     qrb: 15996 kilometers, azimuth: 216 degrees

     locator FN25di
     Locator    : FN25DI
     Coordinates: Long: (W) -75.75 Lat : (N) 45.3333

     locator jo55ei
     Locator    : JO55EI
     Coordinates: Long: (E) 10.33 Lat : (N) 55.3333

     locator ec41
     Locator    : EC41AA
     Coordinates: Long: (W) -92.00 Lat : (S) -69.0000


HISTORY

     wwl, Originally by IK0ZSN Mirko Caserta <ik0zsn@amsat.org>

     locator, originally written by Harald M.  Stauss harald.stauss@web.de
     DO1JHS @ DB0GR.#BLN.DEU.EU

     There is no code from the original (dead?) version of wwl or the original
     (dead?) version of locator in this version.


AUTHORS

     Diane Bruce (VA3DB) db@db.net

FreeBSD                         October 7, 2007                        FreeBSD

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