[IRCA] GeoClock Western US DX

[Les Rayburn <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I may be the only guy in the world who enjoys DXing domestic stations in 
the Western US. Not to say that I'll pass on a New England station, or 
TA signal, but my main thrill are those "K" call stations.

Russ Edmunds was kind enough to share some maps he made in Geoclock, 
showing sunrise (SR) and (SS) times for target stations in the 
Northeast. (Thanks Russ!)

Now I'm wondering if Russ, Gary, or other users of Geoclock might have 
some files they could share of the Western US? I'd love to see how other 
DX'ers have created these target maps, and start exploring how they can 
help my DXing. I'd be very grateful.

For what it's worth, I agree with Russ about the software. DX Atlas and 
similar tools are not nearly as useful for MW DX'ers. And propagation 
tools don't address conditions below 1.8 MHz well or at all.






On 5/21/2015 10:39 PM, Guy Atkins wrote:
> Hi Gary,
>
> For the domestic or TP/DU medium wave DXer, GeoClock allows easy
> customization via text files, without unnecessary complexity or extraneous
> information like CQ/ITU zone boundaries, DXCC boundaries, ham prefixes, and
> so on.
>
> I wonder if DX Atlas let you add MW station call signs & frequencies at the
> transmitter location, or even draw your own boxes or shapes on the maps if
> desired? GeoClock lets you do this. *See this screen shot*
> <https://app.box.com/s/7whf5d36pfxenfeqftue8k1zuxxewyoo> from the Japan map
> in my copy of GeoClock. (City names can be toggled on & off with a single
> keystroke in the program.) The area inside the rectangular box loads a
> zoomed view of the Tokyo region when clicked in GeoClock. Like I described
> earlier with Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, this customized map is great
> for following the terminator across Japan when chasing
> sunset-at-the-transmitter DX from that region.
>
> I know DX Atlas can do some cool things like displaying propagation
> conditions with a map overlay, but I doubt it works at all for medium wave.
> (I've never heard of a propagation program or plug-in that works at less
> than HF frequencies. I'd love to know if one exists though!)
>
> 73,
>
> Guy Atkins
> Puyallup, WA

--
73,


Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL
EM63

Member NRC, IRCA, & Medium Wave DX Circle
Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA

Elad FDM-S2 SDR, SDR-IQ,Funcube Pro, Wellbrooke ALA-1530+ loop, Clifton 
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