DX Monitor

Introduction

1. What's New!
2. Key Features
3. Installation
4. Main Window
5. Band Map
6. Propagation Chart
7. Mercator and Azimuthal Maps
8. History Window
9. Station Information Window
10. WWV History and Forecasts. Solar Flux and Geomagnetic Indexes
11. Activity Scatter Charts
12. Google Earth DX Tour

Quick Start

1. Installation
2. Operation
3. Installing VOACAP and HamCap for SNR propagation predictions
4. Installing the free K4HAV FCC Database

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
6. User preferences - Double Click settings, options
7. User Interface to custom programs
8. Rig control using OmniRig

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. Propagation Chart
13. File Menu
14. Edit Menu
15. Update Menu
16. Sort Menu
17. Tools Menu
18. Options Menu
19. Web Menu
20. Window Menu
21. Help Menu

Alert List

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

Twitter Window

1. Introduction to Twitter
2. Sending Alerts to your Cellphone
3. Manually Sharing DX Spots
4. Sharing Hot DX Spots
5. RSS Feeds

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 Search
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
10. Options Menu
11. Logbook of the World
12. Tools Menu
13. Google Earth Interface

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. Customize DX Station Location
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. DX Monitor Propagation Chart
8. 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

1. Spots are not being displayed.
2. I can't send a spot to DX Summit.
3. How do I make double click do what I want it to do?
4. Installation Problems.