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UNTITLED()			     LOCAL			    UNTITLED()

NAME
       wwl -- Maidenhead 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 sin-
       gle 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

       locator FN25di
       Locator	  : FN25DI
       Coordinates: Long: (W) -75.75 Lat : (N) 45.3333

       locator jo55ei
       Locator	  : JO55EI
       Coordinates: Long: (E) 10.33 Lat	: (N) 55.3333

       locator ec41
       Locator	  : EC41AA
       Coordinates: Long: (W) -92.00 Lat : (S) -69.0000

HISTORY
       wwl, Originally by IK0ZSN Mirko Caserta <ik0zsn@amsat.org>

       locator,	originally written by Harald M.	  Stauss  harald.stauss@web.de
       DO1JHS @	DB0GR.#BLN.DEU.EU

       There is	no code	from the original (dead?) version of wwl or the	origi-
       nal (dead?) version of locator in this version.

AUTHORS
       Diane Bruce (VA3DB) db@db.net

FreeBSD				October	7, 2007				wwl(1)

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