Looking at http://www.dxwatch.com/index.php#, the display I see looks about the same as it always has (text only, no graphics). Is the URL you gave correct or is there some special trick to activating the graphics?
-Ray WB6TPU --- In [email protected], Pete Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Felipe, PY1NB has been busy this week. The main page of the CW Skimmer > reverse beacon network server (www.dxwatch.com/index.php#) now displays a > world map on which all active "reverse beacons" are shown as green dots, DX > spotted by the CW Skimmers is shown as orange dots, and the paths between > the "spotter" and "spotted" are shown. You can mouse over either the DX or > beacon dots to see what station it is, and the paths are color-coded by > band. You can also set the spot lifetime anywhere from 15 seconds to 10 > minutes - if a station is still being heard on the same frequency, Skimmer > renews the spot every 10 minutes. Because the service is based on Google > Maps, you can zoom in close. With a short spot lifetime and a busy band, > the site almost provides an animation of the propagation. > > There are still a few known issues on the page, reflecting its beta > status. For example, although the "beacons" are accurately located, spots > in any given country are still shown in an arbitrary location near the > center of the country; Felipe is studying the feasibility of doing a QRZ > lookup and then locating them more precisely. The great circle paths are > still a little lumpy, and the mouse-over function is a little > twitchy. When you change the spot lifetime, the lifetime of all spots is > reset to the new value, even if they were originally much older, so it > takes a little while to settle out. Look for additional functionality in > the next few weeks, and if you see Felipe in Dayton, say hi and tell him > you appreciate all his work. > > Meanwhile, the reverse beacon network still needs additional CW Skimmers > operating on more bands and in more locations. For example, every morning > I spot VK and ZL stations on 40M. I wonder what the VKs and ZLs are > hearing, on that or any other band. Who'll be the first reverse beacon in > JA, or BY, or HL? > > 73, Pete N4ZR >
