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- BEAMER Version 1.0
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- by
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- Rod Logsdon
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- Copyright (c) 1990
- Micro Logic Systems
- All rights reserved
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- This program is released AS IS to be distributed freely
- with the following limitations:
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- 1) You may not charge for the distribution of
- this program except for a copying and
- diskette charge which is not to exceed $5.00.
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- 2) You may not modify this code in any way.
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- 3) All rights to this program are retained
- by the author.
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- 4) This program may not be distributed in
- conjunction with any other product or
- service.
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- DISCLAIMER
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- Use of this program acknowledges this disclaimer of warranty: "This
- program is supplied as is. The author, and Micro Logic Systems
- disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without
- limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness of this
- program for any purpose. The author and, Micro Logic Systems assumes
- no liability for damages direct or consequential, which may result
- from the use of this program."
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- BEAMER Version 1.0
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- This program was written and compiled using Microsoft QuickBASIC 4.5
- and may not run under versions of DOS prior to 2.1. The program
- automatically detects the presence of a color monitor and sets colors
- accordingly.
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- The following files should be on this diskette:
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- BEAMR100.EXE The BEAMER beam heading program.
- BMRCFG10.EXE The configuration program.
- QTH.DAT The data file containing the information to
- calculate the beam headings.
- README.DOC The file you are presently reading.
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- The file CFG.DAT will be created the first time you run
- the program, it will contain all your personal information
- to be used by the program.
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- If you make copies of this program for your friends or upload the
- program to a Bulletin Board, please do not include your CFG.DAT file
- with it as this data will pertain only to you.
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- BEAMER Version 1.0
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- You may run this program from a floppy diskette or you may copy all
- the files to a sub directory on your hard drive to run. A hard drive
- is recommended to speed up execution of the program.
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- To start the program type "BEAMR100" at the DOS prompt (do not
- include the quotation marks). The first time you run the program it
- will chain to the "BMRCFG10" file and ask you the following
- questions:
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- 1) Your name - You may input just your first name or your first
- and last name as you prefer.
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- 2) Your callsign
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- 3) Your city
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- 4) Your state
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- 5) Your country
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- 6) Your latitude
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- 7) Your longitude
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- Your latitude and longitude should be entered in degrees and decimal
- degrees, not in degrees, minutes, seconds. If you live in the
- Southern Hemisphere please enter your latitude as a negative number,
- also, if you live in the Eastern Hemisphere please enter your
- longitude as a negative number. If you do not know your latitude and
- longitude you can obtain this information from your local public
- library or from a nearby airport. If you have the information in
- degrees and minutes divide the minutes by 60 to give you
- decimal degrees. Once you have entered all of your information it
- will be written to the file "BEAMR100.CFG" and you will not have to
- answer these questions again.
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- When the program starts the first screen will be a title screen.
- Pressing any key from this screen will bring up the main menu. You
- will be given the following 4 choices from the main menu:
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- Print to screen - This choice will output the entire beam heading list
- to the monitor screeen, one screen at a time.
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- Print hard copy - This choice will output the entire beam heading list
- to your printer.
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- Choose a prefix - You may enter a prefix (up to 4 characters maximum)
- and all beam headings for this prefix will be
- output to the screen.
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- EXIT to DOS - This choice returns you to DOS.
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- BEAMER Version 1.0
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- All Prefix information in BEAMER Version 1.0 is complete and current
- to the best of my knowledge as of 2-14-90.
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- Many enhancments are planned for BEAMER Version 2.0 including
- Sunrise/Sunset data and Long Path beam headings.
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- If you would like to make a $5.00 contribution to help defray
- development costs for BEAMER and for future Ham Radio software please
- send your contribution to:
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- Rod Logsdon WK9T
- 1116 Lightning Trail
- Carol Stream, Il 60188
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- All contributors will be placed on a mailing list and kept abreast of
- future releases of BEAMER as well as newly developed software.
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- Thank you for usin BEAMER.
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- Rod Logsdon WK9T
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