There are three commands in CLX to help you get the best DX possible. These are SHOW/SUN, SHOW/GRAYLINE and SHOW/HEADING. These commands will only work for you if you have entered your personal details.
The SHOW/SUN command can be used in three different ways. It can be used to show sunrise and sunset times for a particular callsign, a prefix or a locator. The output of the command will vary depending on what information you give it but will always display the sunrise and sunset times for your location and for the location of the distant end.
Example:
show/sun ea
The output from this would look something like this ..
Sunrise/Sunset Times for 27 Sep 1998
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Location Sunrise Sunset
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g0vgs Morecambe, Lancashire IO84NB 06:31z 18:10z
ea Spain-EA 06:26z 18:15z
ea6 Balearic-Is-EA6 06:02z 17:52z
ea8 Canary-Is-EA8 07:15z 19:10z
ea9 Ceuta-EA9 06:33z 18:24z
ea9 Melilla-EA9 06:25z 18:17z
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6 location(s) found
The SHOW/GRAYLINE command works in the same way as the SHOW/SUN command. This program however, calculates the dawn and dusk times for a given callsign, prefix or locator. This can be an invaluable aid in deciding when you will have the best chance of getting DX from a specific area or country.
Example:
show/grayline ea
The output from this command would look like this ..
Grayline Times for 27 Sep 1998
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Location Begin Sun- Sun- End
of dawn rise set of dusk
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g0vgs Morecambe, Lancashire IO84NB 05:56z 06:31z 18:10z 18:45z
ea Spain-EA 05:59z 06:26z 18:15z 18:42z
ea6 Balearic-Is-EA6 05:36z 06:02z 17:52z 18:18z
ea8 Canary-Is-EA8 06:52z 07:15z 19:10z 19:34z
ea9 Ceuta-EA9 06:08z 06:33z 18:24z 18:50z
ea9 Melilla-EA9 06:00z 06:25z 18:17z 18:42z
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6 location(s) found
You can see that there is the same information as the SHOW/SUN command, with the addition of dawn and dusk fields.
The SHOW/HEADING command works in the same way as the SHOW/SUN and SHOW/GRAYLINE commands but outputs beam headings for a specified callsign, prefix or locator. Reciprocal beam headings are also calculated.
Example
show/heading ea
The output from this command would look like this ..
Beam Headings for g0vgs
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Location Heading Distance recip. Heading
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ea Spain-EA 181 deg 1564 km 972 mi 0 deg
ea6 Balearic-Is-EA6 162 deg 1733 km 1077 mi 348 deg
ea8 Canary-Is-EA8 206 deg 3089 km 1919 mi 16 deg
ea9 Ceuta-EA9 186 deg 2016 km 1252 mi 4 deg
ea9 Melilla-EA9 181 deg 2120 km 1317 mi 0 deg
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5 location(s) found
If the location is over 8000 kilometres away, then the long path will also be calculated.
Example:
show/heading du
Would output something like this ..
Beam Headings for g0vgs
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Location Heading Distance recip. Heading
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du Phillippines-DU 54 deg 10784 km 6702 mi 331 deg
du (Long Path) 234 deg 29248 km 18177 mi 151 deg
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1 location(s) found