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Start page. This is what you see when you first start the program. Here you can quickly change the center pos by writing the new locator in the text box. This setting is not saved! You have to go to options to save your home position. If you click on the globe - a new map is made. When you made a map you can save it by clicking on the diskette. Next choice on the toolbar is the options dialog. The icon with the question mark will show the helpfile when it is available. For now the "About box" is shown. |  |
Options dialog Here you set zoom factor. (Km from center to the edge). 20000 is max and will show the whole earth. Size of the resulting map. (Might fail with large sizes) Different lines to plot. Alpha is the transparency value. 0 is totally transparent 255 is totally opaque. In version 3.0.3 you can add range circles. You can also print the distance at every circle. You decide where. 0 degrees is straight up, 270 degrees is ti the left! The font is the same as the compass font, but the transparency and colour is from the range circles. |  |
Options Borders Here you add different lines to plot. File must be in .pnt format. (binary format) |  |
Options Text This is a text file. Open PrefixNew.dat in an editor to see the format. |  |
| Options Map You can choose any map you like for the background. |
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| Options Plot Squares You can plot two different locator files. Perhaps one for worked squares and one for confirmed squares. |
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Options Sun/Grayline Darkening of the nightside of the map... Time settings is now moved to a tab of its own |
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| Options
Home Here you define the center of the map. |  |
Options Voacap Here you can set the options for the propagation forecast. Engine : Icepac or Voacap. Icepac is said to be better for high latitudes. SSN: Smoothed sunspot number. NOT actual sunspot number. ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/STP/SOLAR_DATA/SUNSPOT_NUMBERS/sunspot.predict Grid: How many points shall be calculated. 36x36 give decent results. Icepac/Voacap directory: The main directory of the voacap programs. If you stayed with the default - c:\itshfbc Tx Pwr: The output power for the transmitter. Tx/Rx gain: The antenna is always isotropic, but you can simulate tx/rx gain here. Frequency: Ham band for the calculation. Colour: If you want color or b/w for the propagation overlay. Also the transparency for this layer. Time settings is now moved to a tab of its own |
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| Prediction for december 6th 2009. 24 hours. 14 MHz. |
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| Prediction for december 6th 2009. 24 hours. 7 MHz. |
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