Great Ham map. Looking forward to see Africa. Rod WC7N
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 7:15 AM Subject: [DX-CHAT] A New Concept in Ham Maps > Tim posted this on TowerTalk. It's very well done. Thought you all might > be interested. > > A New Concept in Ham Maps > > People might be interested to see a new type of Ham Map, now available for > free on my website. It will be of use to all amateurs, whether HF or VHF > based. > > The problem with ordinary web-based maps is that there is either too little > or too much information on the screen. I have just completed a map of > Europe, the first in a series of Overlay Maps, where YOU get to choose the > amount of information you have on display. > > The following overlays are available: > Country Outlines, CQ Zones, ITU Zones, Time Zones, Grid Locators, Country > Names, Capital Cities, Prefixes, Flags. > > You can chose which overlays are on display, the order they are displayed > in, and which one is on the top. > The map can be saved in the normal manner (File>Save As) for viewing > off-line, and it can be printed out with what ever overlays are active. > > As the page is graphics-intensive (220kB) it takes approximately 30 seconds > to load with a 56kB modem, or 1 minute with a 28.2Kb modem. A pre-loader > page is provided as an entry point. The address is > > http://www.qsl.net/ei8ic/grids/euro/preload.html > > Or it can be accessed through the normal menu on my website. > > IMPORTANT: THE MAP REQUIRES JAVASCRIPT TO BE ENABLED ON YOUR BROWSER. > IF YOU HAVE JAVASCRIPT TURNED OFF, IT WON'T WORK. > > I welcome any comments or suggestions for other maps. > > 73s Tim EI8Ic > www.qsl.net/ei8ic/ > HF and Budget Contesting Information Site. > > More maps in this series will be added as time and resources allow. It takes > me about a week to make the map and its overlays. If you would like to > sponsor a map in this series, order a similar map of a particular area, or > need any other graphics processing or web-design ($80/page), please contact > me. > > Jack Hartley > K4WSB > ARRL - QCWA - OOTC > http://www.ultimatehat.com > 10% discount to fellow Hams > Put your call on the order > > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems > http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > > To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA > http://njdxa.org > > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
