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BeaconMap by PA1ARE
The Beaconmap
program is
simplicity itself to install (just open the ZIP file containing the
.EXE
program file and a map image file, save them to a directory of your
choice and
double-click the .EXE).
Screenshot
(reduced here to
256 colours to cut the file size):
Once running,
the program
displays the world map with an overlay showing the area in sunlight and
the
grey-zone, and of course a flashing yellow spot for the
currently-scheduled
beacon on whichever band you choose on the band-buttons. The
beacon's call
and location are shown in text at the bottom of the screen, along with
the
current UTC (automatically calculated from your PC's clock,
adjusted for the Windows daylight saving setting), behind which a
blue-bar
progressively counts down the beacon timeslot.
I first
downloaded
TimeRC.exe to set my PC to one of the time standards on the Internet,
then ran
BeaconMap. Both programs worked properly, first
time.
Bottom line:
it's simple,
elegant, useful and highly recommended.
73,
Gary G4iFB
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