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7 bearing ‐ returns the azimuth bearing and great circle
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12 [1mbearing [22mfile
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15 [1mbearing [22mreads a pair of .qth files specified on the
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17 returns the azimuth bearing and great circle path dis‐
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19 two points specified. A ‐metric switch is available so
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21 can be provided in kilometers rather than statute miles.
22SPLAT! pro‐
23 vides similar distance and bearing information between
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32 bearing ai4qr.qth 940‐repeater.qth
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42 No known bugs at this time.
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44[1mAUTHOR[0m
45 Steve Conklin (fedora@conklinhouse.com)
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48 2008 ‐ Text copied from README
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