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+<H2><A NAME="s5">5. Headings and propagation</A></H2>
+
+<P>There are three commands in DXSpider to help you get the best DX possible.
+These are <B>SHOW/SUN</B>, <B>SHOW/MOON</B> and
+<B>SHOW/HEADING</B>. These commands will only work for you if you
+have entered your personal details. They use your entered location as
+a reference, so if you have not entered it or have entered it incorrectly
+they will not return the correct information.
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss5.1">5.1 Sun</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>The <B>SHOW/SUN</B> command can be used in three different ways. It
+can be used to show sunrise and sunset times for your own station, a
+particular callsign or a prefix.
+<P><B>Example:</B>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+show/sun
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>The output from this would look something like this ..
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+sh/sun Location Rise Set Azim Elev
+G0VGS Morecambe, Lancashire 07:08Z 17:39Z 205.3 24.1
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+sh/sun 5b4
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>would look like this ...
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+sh/sun 5b4 Location Rise Set Azim Elev 5B Cyprus-5B 04:23Z 15:40Z 244.0 18.8
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>You can also specify multiple arguments like this ...
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+sh/sun gw4veq 5b4ab zs
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>and then the output would look like this ...
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+sh/sun gw4veq 5b4ab zs
+Location Rise Set Azim Elev
+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
+ZS So-Africa-ZS1-ZS 04:31Z 17:28Z 289.9 41.3
+ZS So-Africa-ZS5-ZS 03:44Z 16:34Z 278.5 32.0
+ZS So-Africa-ZS6-ZS 03:59Z 16:42Z 277.6 35.0
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss5.2">5.2 Moon</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>The <B>SHOW/MOON</B> command works in the same way as the
+<B>SHOW/SUN</B> command. This program however, calculates the
+rise and set times of the moon for a prefix or callsign, together
+with the current azimuth and elevation of the sun at these
+locations.
+<P><B>Example:</B>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+show/moon ea
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>The output from this command would look like this ..
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+sh/moon ea
+Location Rise Set Azim Elev RGain dB
+EA Spain-EA 08:15Z 20:09Z 257.2 9.5 -0.6
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>You can see that the output is similar to the <B>SHOW/SUN</B>
+command, with slightly different fields.
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss5.3">5.3 Heading</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>The <B>SHOW/HEADING</B> command works in the same way as the
+<B>SHOW/SUN</B> and <B>SHOW/MOON</B> commands but outputs beam
+headings for a specified callsign or prefix. Reciprocal beam headings
+are also calculated.
+<P><B>Example</B>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+show/heading zl
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>The output from this command would look like this ..
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+sh/heading zl
+ZL New-Zealand-ZL1-ZL: 7 degs - dist: 11238 mi, 18087 km Reciprocal heading: 355 degs
+ZL New-Zealand-ZL2-ZL: 9 degs - dist: 11540 mi, 18574 km Reciprocal heading: 353 degs
+ZL New-Zealand-ZL3-ZL: 19 degs - dist: 11634 mi, 18724 km Reciprocal heading: 345 degs
+ZL New-Zealand-ZL4-ZL: 34 degs - dist: 11783 mi, 18963 km Reciprocal heading: 332 degs
+</PRE>
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