[RTTY] Contesting "Activity" map

[Dave, AA6YQ]

You can get something close to this in realtime using SpotCollector and
DXView. SpotCollector captures spots from up to 4 telnet clusters, the DX
Summit web cluster, and a local packet cluster. It records these spots in a
local database where they are easily sorted and filtered. It also sends the
spot information to DXView, which plots spots on a world map based on
callsign (or gridsquare, if included in the spot notes). If the spot note
includes the word "RTTY" or "FSK", then the spot is automatically
characterized as "RTTY"; if not, sub-bands (user-configurable) are used to
determine mode. SpotCollector's database and DXView's graphical presentation
can be independently filtered by mode, yielding the desired presentation.
The primary source of inaccuracy, of course, is deducing location from
callsign rather than postal code.

Like all members of the DXLab Suite, SpotCollector and DXView are free and
available via www.qsl.net/dxlab .

    73,

        Dave, AA6YQ

-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com]On
Behalf Of Jerry Flanders
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 15:54 PM
To: RTTY at contesting.com
Subject: [RTTY] Contesting "Activity" map


Have a look at the activity maps Ken Harker has prepared for the CW 2002
ARRL International DX
Contest at:

http://www.wm5r.org/maps/

Neat. Wish we had something like this for some of the RTTY contests,
especially worldwide. The US RTTY distribution is probably about what he
found for CW (most activity in the NE USA), but it would be nice to know
for sure.

Jerry W4UK

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