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wwl(1) General Commands Manual wwl(1)

NAME

wwlMaidenhead 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

HISTORY

wwl, Originally by IK0ZSN Mirko Caserta <ik0zsn@amsat.org>
There is no code from the original (dead?) version of wwl.

AUTHORS

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