Have a look at: http://www.dxatlas.com/HamCap/
Gerry VE6LB
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From: Zack Widup
To: dx-chat@njdxa.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] propagation prediction programs: recommendations???
W6ELProp is maybe not as good as VOAProp but it's decent, too. And it's free.
You just have to come up with the numbers yourself and enter them.
73, Zack W9SZ
On 12/30/08, DAVE WHITE <mausop...@btinternet.com> wrote:
Hi all
I realise that this is a bit off-topic, so please feel free to reply
personally.
Who uses a propagation prediction program? Which one do you use?
Would you recommend it?
In the past I've generally taken little notice of these, but decided
to have a play around, so to speak.
Along with the usual commercial offerings I found VOAProp (
http://www.g4ilo.com/voaprop.html) which seems reasonably stable, uses
currently available data and the ITS VOAcap software. Above all, It's FREE.
Being a Yorkshireman who's half Scottish I like FREE stuff :-)
Given the caveat that no propagation prediction is foolproof, this
program seems to work well. It demonstrated why XU7ACY is always reported at
599plus on 160m by Germans and Russians when I can hardly hear him during the
evenings, and also suggested the best time for me. OK, he was still only 449
with me and I had to call long either side of the pileup waiting for him to
turn the dial but I did manage to work him at the recommended time - just
before his sunrise.
The "medium" power/gain signal strength figures seem pessimistic on
low bands and optimistic on the higher bands.
Has anyone in the group got any further recommendations or can anyone
suggest further tweaks or hints with this subject? The more I look into it,
the more interesting it becomes.
cheers
Dave G0OIL
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