I don't know of any other program that offers so many customization possibilities.
In the early 1990s when GeoClock was a new-ish program, John Bryant, David Clark, and I pooled a few $$ and had Joe Alhgren (the author) produce three unique maps for us. These were for Central/West Indonesia, Irian Jaya/PNG, and the South Pacific. Many years later, I noticed they were added to the usual collection of maps that comes with GeoClock for new purchasers. Using the scripting available in GeoClock, we did extensive annotation of the maps (using associated text files that load into the program) so that station names, call signs, and frequencies would display on the maps in their proper locations. By the time we were done, we had an extremely useful mapping program for our tropical band DXing interests in the Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and South Pacific regions. It was a blast to watch the sunset terminator sweep across the Southwest Pacific, over PNG, and finally across Indonesia and listen to the DX rise up out of the noise as sunset approached each station. GeoClock, a good receiver, and a good antenna provided a fun way to DX through the night during particularly good openings. Sadly, most of the stations we added to GeoClock are now part of shortwave broadcasting history :^( Some screen shots of GeoClock with modified maps can be seen in this jointly authored article on DXing.Info: http://www.dxing.info/articles/hitech.dx (This "High Tech DXing" article is seems rather quaint now after all these years of receiver & computer advancements!) 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Russ Edmunds <[email protected]> > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America < > [email protected]> > Cc: > Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 16:26:52 -0400 > Subject: Re: [IRCA] GeoClock > I use it - have for probably 20 years through multiple upgrades. It's still > as good as and in fact better than it was. > > Russ Edmunds > 15 mi NW Phila > Grid FN20id > <[email protected]> > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
