[TOEC] VOACAP Online now offers coverage area predictions

[Jari Perkiömäki]

Hi all, there is now a new service available at VOACAP Online:

VOACAP Online now offers coverage area predictions

URL:  http://www.voacap.com/coverage.html

A new addition to the VOACAP Online HF prediction toolbox are coverage 
area maps. The coverage area map service uses a familiar Google Maps 
interface, with an added possibility to choose the TX QTH from a 
DXCC-type of a list of over 470 pre-defined locations all over the 
globe. Also entering a Maidenhead locator in the Name field and setting 
a coordinate point as the user's default TX location are supported.

The result map shows the probability to achieve a CW QSO from a TX site 
to a grid of RX sites. The prediction is plotted on a map of equidistant 
cylindrical projection, together with the grayline terminator and the 
position of the Sun.

This service should be of particular interest to DX peditions and 
contest operators who want to find the most suitable times of operation 
on different bands. If a more accurate HF prediction between two 
locations is needed, then VOACAP-based point-to-point predictions are 
available at http://online.voacap.com .

73 Jari OH6BG and the VOACAP Online team