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18 Dec  2005    News for NTIA/ITS HF Propagation Models (WINDOWS version)
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18 Dec  2005   1. Fixed a problem with the world plotting program (Worldwin)
                  where so plots of the whole world (Lat/Lon) with grid sizes
                  of 100x100 or 70x70 would not shade properly.
                  The problem occured because with floating point rounding,
                  sometimes the eastmost coordinate (which should be +180),
                  would be +180.00001, which becomes -179.99999. Which then
                  becomes the westmost side of the plot!!!
             
               2. Earlier this year, it became known that a software package
                  that uses VOACAP had problems in foreign countries.
                  That was because HamCAP version 1.3 was creating an input file
                  to VOACAP that was formatted improperly. That was because some
                  foreign countries use "," instead of "." in numerical
                  representation. The creator of HamCAP fixed that problem
                  in HamCAP version 1.4.

               3. I have changed to use Notepad.exe to display all results
                  from the Point-to-Point models. Previously, I used my own
                  display program but that had lots of limitations.
                  Let me know if this does not work for some versions of Windows.
                  This will also affect the News display program and HFAnt.

               4. ICEPAC & VOACAP using METHOD=23 now allows the propagation
                  method to be [20,21,22,30]. Previously, it was always set to 20.

               5. Since I retired from the federal government in Feb 2005, I no
                  longer have the ability to control the website:
                    elbert.its.bldrdoc.gov/hf.html
                  This has caused times when the software was not available.
                  Additionally, the webserver is quite old and may vanish.
                  I believe ITS will continue to supply the software and if
                  the above website is not available, it may be found at:
                    www.its.bldrdoc.gov/elbert/hf.html
                  Jari Perkiomaki of Finland maintains the website:
                    www.voacap.com
                  I will supply Jari with the most current versions of the software.
                  I have purchased my own website and the software is available at:
                      www.greg-hand.com/hf.html
                  This will be the official location of the HF software.

               6. I have changed all of my contact information in the software
                  to reflect my new email address:
                      gregory.hand@gmail.com
                  Since retirement, I no longer have access to gh@its.bldrdoc.gov.
                  The website and email changes are found on any Help/About menu.