[50mhz] Re: 50mhz Digest, Vol 49, Issue 3

[LANCE COLLISTER]

Ray Brown wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dan Schaaf" 
> To: 
> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 12:08 PM
> Subject: [50mhz] Re: 50mhz Digest, Vol 49, Issue 3
> 
> 
>> Does anyone know when http://maps.dxers.info/gmap/ will be displaying 6 =
>> meter spots again?
> 
>   No idea. I thought at first maybe you had to register to see the 6m map,
> finally registered, no change. But there *is* activity out there, according to
> http://www.dxers.info/analytics there's been some 600 contacts world-wide
> in the past 24 hours, and 12 in the past hour.
> 
>   Maybe if someone sends an Email to NN4DX and ask him if he knows
> that the map's not working? :-)
> 
> 
>                 _Ray_        KBØSTN
> 
> 
> 
>> Best Regards
>> Dan Schaaf
>> K3ZXL   www.k3zxl.com   "In the Beginning, there was Spark Gap"
>>
>>
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There have been lots of problems with that old site. However, fortunately, most of 
the active 6m stations around the world are gravitating to the ON4KST pages because 
they are so convenient.

If you ever want to check out the 6m band cndx at a glance, this page is really very 
helpful, with chat, DX summit, maps of contacts, prop indicators, etc. etc.:

http://www.on4kst.com/chat/start.php

As you can see, there is a 6m/4m page for EU, and there is a 6m page for us over here 
in Region 2.  The example page shows how you can set up the custom page for your own 
computer screen and preferences:

http://www.on4kst.com/chat/chat.jpg

I usually monitor both the EU and REGION 2 pages when I am on the air. Please spread 
the word - the ON4KST pages are really a very handy way to track the openings and 
watch the band cndx.  The thing I especially like about them is that if I type "/cq 
callsign" for example before entering a message to someone on line with the callsign 
I have typed in, they will see the message highlighted in bright red on their screen, 
so it is very easy to get people's attention even if the chat page is very crowded. 
In fact, in the MENU on the upper left of the screen, you can change your settings so 
you also get an audio alert (as well as the visual alert) if somebody is trying to 
get your attention.

Hope to see you all on 6m Es soon!  We have some great tools available to us now with 
the internet, so hopefully there will be many more successful contacts during openings!

GL and VY 73, Lance

-- 
Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex: WN3GPL, WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8)
P.O. Box 73
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