I think there is more to the DX Atlas suite than meets the eye too, Peter. I played with it for a while when I first signed on, but I think the very sketchy documentation does not do justice to the features and capabilities, some of which you mention I'm not aware of. A more complete user guide would be great. Not necessarily a 400-page pdf, but something more descriptive. I admit I have not used it often enough to discover all the cool facets.
George W1EBI -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter W2IRT Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 8:27 PM To: 'DXBase Reflector' Subject: Re: [Dxbase] DXBase/Colorable DXCC Map At 08:15 PM 05/08/2006, Gary Senesac AL9A wrote: >DX Atlas does a lot more than just give you a map. Continuous gray line >updating, grid squares, beam headings, lat/long postioning, and with the >right interfaces - propagation data. Also has a neat polar projection view >to see the path between your qth and anywhere else on earth from 'space'. >The grid sqaures can be flagged to show which ones you have confirmed and I >often use this feature to figure out the grid square number from a rare >station that didn't bother to put that info on his qsl card. Not just that, but if you have IonoProbe as well, you can "see" propagation paths, the auroral oval, critical frequency, etc, etc. I love the suite of programs that Alex has come up with, and their integration....I'd love to see Jack get all of them to play nicely together with DX Base, that's for sure. That said, though, I'd rather have the mapping graphics of MacLogger or full integration with Google Earth using their free APIs. That would be utterly awesome, to be able to graphically map your entire logbook into a Google Earth overlay! in the meantime, though, for sure -- DX Atlas is the cat's meow. Download a 30 day free trial and play around with it. I bought it after 2 days and haven't regretted it for a nanosecond. Cheers, Peter, W2IRT ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
