[DX] Palm CityTime program for DXers

[Jim McDonald]

The Palm PDAs can be used with a $15 program, CityTime
(http://www.codecity.net/prodctpalm.html) that is similar to the PC program,
GeoClock (http://home.att.net/~geoclock/).  CityTime can show sunrise/sunset
times for a given location, for the current date or any date in the future
or past.  It also computes distances and bearings.  Finally, it can
calculate time at a given location using a reference location/date/time.

If you don't have a Palm you still may have noticed the CityTime screen as
it's frequently used in Palm ads.  CityTime comes with a database of cities
with latitude, longitude, GMT offset, DST, etc., and, as you might expect,
is sorted by country.  CityTime has files on the website of additional
cities that can be added to the program database.

GeoClock, the PC program, can be purchased with a ham option, which includes
country/entity prefixes, which makes it very convenient.

My punch line:

My thought is that CityTime would be even nicer for DXers if one had a
database with entity prefixes (e.g., VK6 Perth).  I'm not volunteering (at
least not yet), but I'm wondering if anyone has already created/modified a
ham/DX database for CityTime.

(CityTime states that its database lists are copyrighted, though they give
them away on the web.  I'm copying CityTime support on this email in case
this is an issue, as I'm envisioning a freeware DX database for hams.)

Any volunteers or interest?

Jim McDonald - N7US
Mesa, Arizona
n7us@arrl.net

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