Hi, folks. When planning DXing, it is useful to have information regarding current ionospheric conditions, and so forth. I have been supplying a collection of live resources (solar flux and ssn, Ap,
-- This is interesting. While browsing through CQ yesterday, MFJ has a "beacon" device on page 21. Sort of confusing.....first they say the unit has to be hooked up to a radio RX, and then later, say
Actually, if it's the MFJ890, then it's just a clock. It synchronizes (via WWVB LF signals) with the time and then LED's placed at the approximate location of the NCDXF propagation beacons on a map,
On the MFJ unit, I get the impression that it is basically a timer which uses an accurate clock to light a diode on a map to tell the user which beacon should be transmitting at this precise second,
I wrote a (very) simple command-line, console-mode beacon tracker for those of you who like command lines and console modes (you know who you are). Freeware. http://www.kg6haf.com/beacons.html -- Wa
You can download this Beacon Prediction Wizard which will sync the time on your PC and display/identify the beacons on a nice map (which includes the greyline), http://www.taborsoft.com/bpw/ which wi