Steve:
I use Afreet Software, Inc.
Software created by Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA
DX Atlas 2.25
http://www.dxatlas.com/
The less frequently heard DX callsigns are a problem for me also. Many times
they are a special call sign for an event or DX expedition. There are lists out
there that tell what prefixes belong to what country. Sometimes that does not
work either.
DX Atlas does a great job with maps, direction, distance, and gray line info.
It gets frequent use here. Even if I only want the direction and distance to a
state side station.
73, Ty, W1TF, K3 #696, K1 # 1423
--- On Wed, 10/8/08, STEPHEN W BANKS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: STEPHEN W BANKS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Elecraft] OT guestion...Help needed for the geography-challenged ham
> To: "Elecraft" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 11:41 AM
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Does anyone on the list have suggestions for ways to
> quickly associate callsigns, country names, latitude and
> longitude and similar data? I think what I'm looking
> for is a well-permuted index of some kind. Seems like
> occasionally I see a post about such a service, but I've
> lost track of it/them.
>
> Simple English names for country locations for unfamiliar
> callsigns would be quite helpful. Even better would be maps
> depicting the country's whereabouts, its longitude and
> latitude, and bearing and distance from my QTH. Frequently
> heard prefixes like Gs, Ms, Fs, Ds and other European
> countries are pretty easy to remember, as are Central and
> North American callsigns. But beyond those locations I get
> VERY ignorant VERY quickly.
>
> My ProLog Call Master files do a good job of quickly
> determining beam headings and distance to a specific
> ham's QTH; they are fine. But less frequently heard DX
> callsigns are hard for me to visualize for beam headings and
> just general information about the names and whereabouts of
> countries, their ham populations and the like.
>
> What I'm looking for is a way for me to be less
> geography-challenged. (No wonder my DXCC tally list is so
> sparce!) Not sure how I ever made it through elementary and
> high school geography classes.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks and 73,
>
> Steve Banks
> K0PQ
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