Hi Ray...you can find the reverse beacon map Pete has told us about at: http://skimmer.dxwatch.com/index.php# 73 de Barry GM3YEH.
--- In [email protected], "WB6TPU" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 <n4zr@> 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 > > >
