Re: [Xastir] digipeater coverage plots

2008-05-13 Thread David Aitcheson
Dick, SPLAT is that good. TV stations are using it to show what the coverage well be when they go "Digital" in Feb. 2009! I myself do not have the DEM's or the SRTM's for Indianna down loaded... yet. My strong suggestion is that one of the club members out there that is a linux/unix user/operat

Re: [Xastir] digipeater coverage plots

2008-05-11 Thread Mike Fenske
I have used SPLAT! to generate some digi coverage maps here in SW British Columbia. You can have a look at the maps here to see what Splat! is capable of: http://www3.telus.net/ve7mkf/splat These maps are line-of-sight coverage maps with a receiving antenna height of 10'. The file "Metro Vanco

Re: [Xastir] digipeater coverage plots

2008-05-11 Thread Ray Wells
SPLAT! is able to plot coverage of multiple transmitter sites, with each plot a different colour. Overlap areas are in yet different colours again. Ray vk2tv David Aitcheson wrote: Dick, I can wholeheartedly endorse the us of SPLAT as Alex Carver has suggested. Take a serious look at the SP

Re: [Xastir] digipeater coverage plots

2008-05-11 Thread David Aitcheson
Dick, I can wholeheartedly endorse the us of SPLAT as Alex Carver has suggested. Take a serious look at the SPLAT web page and then get back to us via the reflector here with your questions. You are most likely not the only one looking for this type of information. I have SPLAT loaded on my lap

Re: [Xastir] digipeater coverage plots

2008-05-11 Thread Alex Carver
PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Xastir] digipeater coverage plots > To: "Users Xastir" > Date: Sunday, May 11, 2008, 10:41 AM > I'm interested in plotting digipeater coverage, and this > message can be > viewed as a feature request or a request to know where it >

[Xastir] digipeater coverage plots

2008-05-11 Thread Dick Repasky
I'm interested in plotting digipeater coverage, and this message can be viewed as a feature request or a request to know where it has been implemented. Our ARES and RACES groups often support bicycle rides, runs, and relay races that take us out into the county far from digipeaters and often