Topband: REVERSE BEACON

[Rick Kiessig]

You can download the RBN raw data from:

http://www.reversebeacon.net/raw_data/

After uncompressing the CSV files, you can use a the "find" command at a DOS prompt to collect your spots:

find "WA3MEJ" *.csv > wa3mej.csv

After that, it's straightforward to import into Excel and analyze from there.

73, Rick


-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of wa3mej at comcast.net
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 5:17 PM
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Topband: REVERSE BEACON



I am planning a new 160m transmit antenna to be erected in the next few weeks.  Before I install it however I want to get a good history (over a few weeks) of spots from the reverse beacon network.  My problem is that instead of going to WWW.DXMAPS.COM   I would like to get the spots from the source.  Is this possible?  Is there a utility/program out there that will allow me to plug my call into it and collect all of my spots for me... displaying them on my computer ready to be archived/plotted.. whatever?  



My new antenna will be a 75 ft Vertical elevated about 8 ft above the ground to include 20 1/4 wave radials.  This should be superior to my current Inverted L with 4 radials 6 ft above the ground that the deer keep getting into.  



WA3MEJ