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DX Monitor

Introduction

  1. What's New!
  2. Key Features
  3. Installation
  4. Main Window
  5. Band Map
  6. Mercator and Azimuthal Maps
  7. History Window
  8. WWV, Solar Flux and Geomagnetic Indexes
  9. Activity Scatter Charts

Quick Start

  1. Installation
  2. Operation

Preferences

  1. User Information - Callsign, Serial Number, Location, UTC
  2. Options - Update times, Local Range, File Sizes, Telnet
  3. Callbook - RAC Callbook, QRZ, FCC Database
  4. URLs
  5. Proxy Server Settings

Operation

  1. Main Window
  2. Auto Button
  3. Get 25, 250, 1000 Buttons
  4. Map Button
  5. Spot Button
  6. Hot Spots Button
  7. 24 Hour Button
  8. Announce Button
  9. WWV Numbers
  10. DX Spot Display Grid
  11. Popup Menu
  12. File Menu
  13. Edit Menu
  14. Update Menu
  15. Sort Menu
  16. Tools Menu
  17. Options Menu
  18. Web Menu
  19. Window Menu
  20. Help Menu

Alert List

  1. Options Menu
  2. Alert List
  3. Recently Spotted DX Alerts

Band Map Window

  1. Time Slider
  2. Popup Menu
  3. File Menu
  4. Options Menu
  5. Band Buttons

History Window

  1. Search Box
  2. DXCC Entity Box
  3. DX Summit Database Search Button
  4. Map Button
  5. Popup Menu
  6. Deleting Records from History
  7. File Menu
  8. Sort Menu
  9. Show Menu
  10. Plot Menu
  11. Options Menu
  12. Filters Menu

Station Information Window

  1. Callsign Box
  2. Search
  3. Map Button
  4. Google, HamCall, QRZ Buttons
  5. Address Display
  6. Notes
  7. File Menu
  8. Edit Menu
  9. FCC Database

Filter Editor

  1. Toolbar - Frequency Edit, Color Buttons
  2. Popup Menu - Set Hide/Show, Set Colors
  3. File Menu
  4. Edit Menu
  5. Recent Spot Color Choice

Maps

  1. Click and Double-Click
  2. Popup Menu
  3. Band Buttons
  4. Hour Buttons
  5. Animation
  6. File Menu - Save Images, Plot Files
  7. Map Menu - Azimuthal, Mercator, Custom Colors
  8. Plot Menu - Recent Spots, Automatic, Beacons, Convolve
  9. Options Menu - Terminator, Buttons, Wallpaper

Convolve Spotted Paths to Predict Propagation

  1. What is it?
  2. Example
  3. Caveats

Use HamCap to check Propagation

  1. Installing VOACAP and HamCap
  2. Running HamCap from the Popup Menus
  3. Running HamCap from the Station Information Window
  4. HamCap Settings
  5. Understanding the HamCap Map
  6. Understanding the HamCap S/N Chart
  7. VOACAP

Telnet

  1. Running the Telnet Application
  2. Sending a DX Spot by Telnet
  3. Telnet Window
  4. Connect/Disconnect Button
  5. Hide Button
  6. Telnet Server List
  7. Setting Automatic Responses
  8. File Menu - Clear, Save, Close
  9. Options Menu - Automatic Reconnect, Responses, Logging, Fonts, Colors
  10. DX Cluster Operation and Command Reference

Internet Time Window

  1. Google Time
  2. Network Time Protocol Time
  3. Check Clock Accuracy
  4. Test Time Server Response Times
  5. Automatically Check Clock
  6. Automatically Correct Clock
  7. Log Clock Corrections and Errors

WWV Window

  1. Current Solar Conditions
  2. Comparison with Previous Cycles
  3. Forecast and Historical WWV Numbers
  4. Popup Menu - Edit data
  5. File Menu - Save Data, Images
  6. Update Menu - Get New WWV Numbers, Forecasts, Space Weather

Announcements Window

  1. Send an Announcement via DX Summit
  2. File Menu - Save Results of Searches
  3. Search Menu
  4. Update Menu

Reference

  1. Command Line Options
  2. Multiple Copies of DX Monitor
  3. DX Monitor Files

Frequently Asked Questions

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