HI. I’m a new chaser. When I click a SOTAWATCH spot’s ID it brings up the SOTAData info on the activation. In there is a line that has Relative to home QTH but the listed bearing is never correct. Not close. I checked my Lat/Long and it is correct.
The distances are wildly incorrect too. Doesn’t match long path either. Nor does it match the distance from the activator’s home QTH.
So I am confused to what these numbers are telling me. Or how to fix them. It would be really nice to point in the correct direction!
Hi Mike. To get a correct bearing you need to look at an azimuthal map, and not the on in your atlas. E.g. from your location that would be something like