1wwl(1)                    BSD General Commands Manual                   wwl(1)
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NAME

4     wwl — Maidenhead locator utility
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SYNOPSIS

7     This program does Maidenhead calculations of distance and bearing for any
8     two Maidenhead locators given on the command line; Alternatively the pro‐
9     gram may be used to return the Latitude and Longitude of a single Maiden‐
10     head grid square when invoked as locator.
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EXAMPLES

13     wwl fn25di jo55ei
14     qrb: 5810 kilometers, azimuth: 46 degrees
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16     wwl jo55 ec41
17     qrb: 15996 kilometers, azimuth: 216 degrees
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19     locator FN25di
20     Locator    : FN25DI
21     Coordinates: Long: (W) -75.75 Lat : (N) 45.3333
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23     locator jo55ei
24     Locator    : JO55EI
25     Coordinates: Long: (E) 10.33 Lat : (N) 55.3333
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27     locator ec41
28     Locator    : EC41AA
29     Coordinates: Long: (W) -92.00 Lat : (S) -69.0000
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HISTORY

32     wwl, Originally by IK0ZSN Mirko Caserta <ik0zsn@amsat.org>
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34     locator, originally written by Harald M.  Stauss harald.stauss@web.de
35     DO1JHS @ DB0GR.#BLN.DEU.EU
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37     There is no code from the original (dead?) version of wwl or the original
38     (dead?) version of locator in this version.
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AUTHORS

41     Diane Bruce (VA3DB) db@db.net
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43FreeBSD                         October 7, 2007                        FreeBSD
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