[Elecraft] OT guestion...Help needed for the geography-challenged ham

[Iain MacDonnell - K6IAM]

Steve,

Take a look at DXview:

     http://www.dxlabsuite.com/dxview/

I think it does most of what you're looking for ...

     ~Iain



STEPHEN W BANKS wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>  
> Does anyone on the list have suggestions for ways to quickly 
> associate callsigns, country names, latitude and longitude and similar 
> data?  I think what I'm looking for is a well-permuted index of some 
> kind.  Seems like occasionally I see a post about such a service, 
> but I've lost track of it/them.
>  
> Simple English names for country locations for unfamiliar callsigns 
> would be quite helpful.  Even better would be maps depicting the 
> country's whereabouts, its longitude and latitude, and bearing and 
> distance from my QTH.  Frequently heard prefixes like Gs, Ms, Fs, Ds and 
> other European countries are pretty easy to remember, as are Central and 
> North American callsigns.  But beyond those locations I get VERY 
> ignorant VERY quickly.
>  
> My ProLog Call Master files do a good job of quickly determining beam 
> headings and distance to a specific ham's QTH; they are fine.  But less 
> frequently heard DX callsigns are hard for me to visualize for beam 
> headings and just general information about the names and whereabouts of 
> countries, their ham populations and the like. 
>  
> What I'm looking for is a way for me to be less geography-challenged.  
>  (No wonder my DXCC tally list is so sparce!)  Not sure how I ever made 
> it through elementary and high school geography classes.
>  
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>  
> Thanks and 73,
>  
> Steve Banks
> K0PQ
> 
> 
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