[South Florida DX Association] Reverse Beacon Network

[Kai [ke4pt]]

Hi Peter,
There is a subtlety here with respect to the use of the term "reverse 
beacons", but you are exactly correct. Go to:
    http://www.dxwatch.com/
and select the mapping option. All that is going on is that the spots 
are being plotted on a map. It is actually interesting to view the spots 
in that fashion. It helps to visualize propagation in the various bands.

The dxwatch.com map resembles the maps that have been produced in DX 
Sherlock for the 10m, VHF and UHF bands, see:
    
http://www.vhfdx.info/spots/map.php?Lan=E&Frec=AL2&Map=W2L&mycall=&myloc=&freq=&prop=

DX watch has another option that I find very useful: The spots can be 
set up so that [LOTW] is displayed automatically in the "obs" column for 
DX that are LOTW users. I'm not sure where he gets that data, but it is 
very likely that it comes from HB9BZA's LOTW resource page:
      http://www.hb9bza.net/lotw/

I find the VHF stuff at www.vhfdx.info/spots an interesting way to 
visualize sporadic E propagation on 6m, and I find the "LoTW" user 
notation at www.dxwatch.com very helpful.

"Knowledge is power!"

73
Kai, KE4PT




On 2/28/2010 11:09 AM, Peter Rimmel - Marine Chemist wrote:
> Gee-
>
> Kinda like the DX Summit and internet node spots.  People letting others
> know what they are hearing...  Not so revolutionary after all  LOL
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:sfdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Bill
> Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 7:32 AM
> To: aSFDXA
> Subject: [South Florida DX Association] Reverse Beacon Network
>
>
> *The Reverse Beacon Network is a revolutionary new idea. Instead of
> beacons actively transmitting signals, the RBN is a network of stations
> listening to the bands and reporting what stations they hear, when and
> how well.*
>
> http://reversebeacon.net/
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