Andrew, I've got to agree that Simon and Philip Gladstone have done a wonderful job in introducing this feature. Propagation studies are a great way for Hams to use their stations even when they cannot transmit.
Jon W1MNK Brandon FL USA ***Celebrating 30 years in IT with IBM 4/24/08!!*** > Simon must have been reading my mind. As I was sitting in the shack > this morning with the PSK Reporter web page plotting my "heard" > stations on the map, I was thinking... with the popularity of PSK31 > the PSK Reporter pages have to be the best propagation tools there > are. It is not "live", updates every 5 minutes, but it really tells > me a lot about the band I am monitoring. Too bad we cannot marry it > to Joe DX of Spotcollector fame and have a verbal announcement when a > new country (for the day) is plotted on the map. > > The WSPR mode and the N8FQ designed database are perhaps the most > useful in terms of propgation but it takes time to study. PSK > Reporter is easy, just look at the map of the world and see who you > are hearing and who is hearing you.
