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| IBP Beacon Now | Review this program | |
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IBP Beacon の発射場所を地図上にりアルタイムに表示します． Real time Mercator and Azimuthal Equidistant maps based on Japan show the currently transmitting beacon on each band.
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| Grafana CW Beacon Monitor | Review this program | |
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A beautiful Grafana Visual Dashboard display of the current Beacon propagation reports derived from FAROS observations. See the Farflux Windows Application below to participate in this project.
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| Proppy HF Circuit Prediction | Review this program | |
| Displays the NCDXF/IARU International Beacon Project's scheduled transmissions and performs propagation predictions for the current month between each beacon and your location using Proppy, based on the ITURHFProp application (A software method for the prediction of the performance of HF circuits in accordance with Recommendation ITU-R P.533-13) provided by the ITU. | ||
| KiwiSDR IBP Extension | Review this program | |
| The IBP Extension to the KiwiSDR open source receiver allows users to monitor the beacons from their own KiwiSDR radio or any of the several hundred KiwiSDR radios that are connected to the internet. The graphical waterfall display can be automatically saved to a local file for review over a long monitoring period. | ||
| Live Beacon Page | Review this program | |
| Cris, IZ0IEN, created a webapp, which shows the currently transmitting beacons on each band on the retro faceplate of an old Hallicrafter Receiver. | ||
| Beacon Transmission Schedule | Review this program | |
| The Beacon Transmission Schedule shows the currently transmitting beacon on each of the 5 beacon frequencies and the current status of each beacon in real time. | ||
| Beacon Azimuthal Map | Review this program | |
| The beam heading and distance from your location is shown on an Azimuthal Equidistant Map in your web browser. | ||
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| NCDXF Beacon | Android Market Reviews | |
| Wolphi LLC has published a well reviewed program for the Android phones and tablets that shows the currently transmitting beacon on each band on a world map. Time is synchronized from an NTP server if you are online. Available for free from the Android Market. Free, but shows small ads. | ||
| HF Beacon | Android Market Reviews | |
| HFBeacon is a simple application which informs the user which HF propagation beacon is transmitting at the present time. It shows the previous and next beacons for the chosen band. It is possible to adjust the clock offset for devices not exactly synchronized. | ||
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| BeaconAid-HF | Review this program | |
| A professional quality program for the iPhone that shows the currently transmitting beacon on each band, reception charts from the active monitoring stations, and even the latest solar flux, A and K indices from NOAA. | ||
| HF Beacons | Review this program | |
| An attractive world map shows the currently transmitting beacons on each band. Automatic time synchronization ensures clock accuracy. A free Lite version shows only the 10 meter beacons. 99 cents for the full version from App Store | ||
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| Beacons | Review this program | |
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Beacons shows which beacon is transmitting on which frequence at any given time. The transmitting radio beacon is displayed on a world map together with a short description. Additionally the distance and bearing from a selected location to the beacon is calculated and shown.
If the cell phone supports GPS the actual position can be automatically determinend and displayed as QTH locator. It is also possible to manually synchronize the mobile’s time to an external time source. |
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| FAROS | Review this program | |
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A sophisticated beacon monitoring program capable of monitoring all 18 beacons
on all bands automatically with measurement of signal-to-noise, QSB, and propagation delay.
DSP technology accurately distinguishes beacon signals from noise to avoid false reporting.
Real time results are displayed and data is cumulated in graphic charts and logs suitable
for analysis and web publishing. Install the latest Beacon.lst file in the same folder as faros.exe for correct operation. |
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| FarFlux | Review this program | |
| FarFlux is a Windows utility which imports CW Beacon Logs from Faros and uploads the data to an InfluxDB for further processing by a observability tool like Grafana. FarFlux validates the Faros Beacon Logs and uploads only Beacon Spots where evidence >1. The Program can be scheduled to run via the Windows Task Scheduler to upload CW Beacon Spots every 15 minutes to the database. | ||
| PowerSDR KE9NS Beacon Tracker | Review this program | |
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KE9S has added a Beacon Scanner mode to the PowerSDR Software for Flex radios.
The Beacon Scanner has a Fast scan Mode (5 frequency jumps per 10 sec) which takes only 3 minutes. Slow scan mode takes the full 15 minutes to scan all 5 bands
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| Global Overlay Mapping | Review this program | |
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A suite of 1 World Map, 8 Continental Maps and 29 Sub-Continental Maps of varying sizes for all aspects of Amateur Radio throughout the world. The Beacon Tool shows which beacons are operational, and when and where to listen for them. Plot beacons on a map, too. |
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| DX Monitor | Review by N6EK | |
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Great Circle Map displays active beacon. Displays DX Cluster spotting
activity, WWV information, adjusts computer clock, plots spots and
logs on maps, filters and alert alarms. Automatic radio control to listen to one or more beacons in sequence while showing the beacon on the map. |
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| Beacon Observer | Review this program | |
| An alpha test version of an automatic beacon monitoring program displaying graphic results for 24 hour period. | ||
| Beacons for Windows 8 | Review this program | |
| Specially written for Windows 8 and Windows RT, this program shows which beacon is currently transmitting on the selected band. It displays information about the transmitting beacon, the direction and bearing from users position towards transmitting beacon and the frequency. The program also calculates the Maidenhead Locator for the user's geographical location. Free 7 day trial. | ||
| VOAProp | Review this program | |
| A graphical program based on VOACAP showing propagation predictions on a world map with real-time propagation forecasts from your location to the currently transmitting beacon. | ||
| ACE-HF | Review by AB6WM | |
| A professional program which displays animated propagation prediction maps and propagation charts and much more based on VOACAP analysis. An animated chart follows the beacon schedule with a propagation prediction for each. | ||
| Beacon-Prediction Wizard | Review by AB6WM | |
| An interface for the VOACAP propagation analysis program which predicts the expected beacon reception with graphic and tabular outputs. | ||
| WinCAP Wizard 3 | Review this program | |
| A complete user interface for the VOACAP propagation analysis program which also includes beacon reception forecasts with maps, graphics and tabular outputs. | ||
| Beacon-Time Wizard | Review this program | |
| A collection of tools to display beacon information, analog clocks, maps, solar terminator, propagation, NIST time and almanac information. | ||
| Active Beacon Wizard++ | Review by N6EK | |
| World map shows active beacons and solar terminator. Displays NIST time and NOAA (WWV) propagation information. | ||
| BeSpeak | Review this program | |
| Logs beacon signal strength manually or automatically using PC sound card. Rig control. Summary graphs and analysis. Voice announcement of current beacon. Version 5 now available. | ||
| DXLab Suite | Review this program | |
| DXLab’s Propview will schedule by band, location, or beacon. Commander will tune the transceiver to monitor the next beacon in the schedule. DXView will show the position of the current beacon on a world map. | ||
| BeaconClock | Review by N6EK | |
| Scrolling tabular presentation of beacons with short and long path distances. Windows 32 only. | ||
| HF Beacon Tracker | Review by AI4OF | |
| Relief map shows currently transmitting beacon on each band with user selectable buttons. Sets PC clock via NIST time servers. | ||
| BeaconTrack | Review this program | |
| Displays the active beacons on a world map with easily readable tables of information about the beacons. | ||
| BeaconSee | Review by N6EK | |
| Automatically displays received signal graphically for multiple beacon transmissions. Saves images of displayed graphics. Rig control. | ||
| Radio Amateur Callbook CDrom | Review this program | |
| Callbook database of amateur radio operator names and addresses. Beacon tool highlights the currently transmitting beacon in a time/frequency grid. | ||
| DXWatch | Review this program | |
| Automatically monitors beacon transmissions using sound card and displays SNR and frequency offset graphically. | ||
| BEACLOCK-WIN | Review this program | |
| Displays an analog clock pointing to the active beacons on each band. | ||
| BeaconMap | Review by G4iFB | |
| Displays a Mercator map showing the active beacons and gray line information. | ||
| Beacon Logging with Spectrum Lab | Review this program | |
| Spectrum Lab software can be configured to automatically log beacon activity to a text file. DL4YHF shows you how. | ||
| Beacon Viewing with Cool Edit | Review this program | |
| AB2CJ, has created an informative web page about the beacons, and shows the use of Cool Edit as a monitoring tool. | ||
| Ham Time | Review this program | |
| Ham Time is a Visual Basic program to track the beacons, adjust your computer clock, and look up QSL information, all from one handy little window. | ||
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| MacLogger DX | Review this program | |
| Comprehensive logging program which also synchronizes your receiver with the NCDXF/IARU beacons and displays propagation status on a colorful world map. | ||
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| Pocket Beacon | Review by N6EK | |
| Displays the previous, current, and next beacon with short path distance and beam heading. | ||
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| NCDXF Beacons | Write a Review | |
| Displays currently transmitting NCDXF beacons on the world map. Syncs time on your device with internet time server on startup to ensure correct beacon is displayed. | ||
| CTR-Remote [broken link] | Write a Review | |
| Control and listen to your radio with a Pocket PC. The program includes a Beacon Scan mode so you can monitor the beacons from your arm chair. | ||
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| JN1SDD Beacon Monitor 2 | Review this program | |
| Atsushi Yokoyama, JN1SDD, has created a FAROS like beacon monitoring program that runs on Linux systems, including the Raspberry Pi using a SoftRock receiver. The source is available on Github. More information and real-time monitoring data is shown on Atsushi's web site: ayoko.net/beacon/. | ||
| VOAProp | Review this program | |
| A graphical program based on VOACAP showing propagation predictions on a world map with real-time propagation forecasts from your location to the currently transmitting beacon. | ||
| IBP | Review this program | |
| Displays the current transmitting beacons with distance and beam heading. Shows map with day and night and beacon paths. | ||
| Bash Script | Review this program | |
| A simple bash shell script that displays the beacon callsign based on the PC clock. The script is attractive due to its total simplicity and that it can be run as a quick beacon check from the command line or integrated into a larger project. | ||
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| BeCalc, BeMap, BeSpeak | Review by N6EK | |
| Displays the transmitting beacon with distance and beam heading. BeMap also plots the current beacon on a map. BeSpeak announces the current beacon. | ||
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| BeaconWizard | Review by N6EK | |
| Displays previous, current and next beacon with distance and beam headings, sunrise and sunset. W95 compatible. | ||
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| BEACLOCK | Review by N6EK | |
| Analog beacon clock display of all the beacons. | ||
| BEACON | Review by N6EK | |
| Displays all the beacons simultaneously with short and long path distance and headings. Current beacon is highlighted. | ||
| BJBEACON | Review by N6EK | |
| Displays currently transmitting beacons. Computer clock adjustment. | ||
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| Simple display of current beacon on selected band. | ||
| BEACONS.EXE | Review this program | |
| Tiny DOS program highlights the active beacon on each band. | ||
| NCDXF-BN.EXE | Review this program | |
| Shows the currently transmitting 10 meter beacon. | ||
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| BeaconTime | Review by N6EK | |
| Displays all beacons with distance and beam headings, sunrise and sunset. | ||
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| PDF Printable Beacon Schedule | Review this program | |
| Print this beacon schedule on paper and easily refer to it without turning on your computer. The comments are in Czech, but the table is readable by anyone. | ||
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| KiwiSDR | Review by RTL-SDR | |
| Wide-band SDR and GPS cape for the BeagleBone computer board. This stand-alone receiver connects to your local network with a user interface based on OpenWebRX. The receiver can optionally be made available on the internet for others to use. Beacon listeners will appreciate the IBP extension which can scan the beacon frequencies automatically. | ||
| N3ZI Fixed Frequency Receiver | Review this project | |
| A fixed frequency superheterodyne receiver for 14.100 MHz, perfect for listening to all the IBP beacons. | ||
| MFJ-890 DX Beacon Monitor | Review by VE3SUN | |
| A stand-alone beacon monitor which synchronizes the time from the WWVB atomic clock and displays the current beacon on a world map. | ||
| Hardware BeaClock [pdf file in German] | Review this project | |
| Hardware beacon clock with analog display constructed from a clock movement and a Microchip PIC. See Photo. | ||
| PK-Clock | Review this project | |
| Beacon clock with digital LCD display constructed with a Microchip PIC. Automatic time synchronization in Europe using the Frankfurt DCF time signals or in North America using the WWVB signal. | ||
| PIC Based Beacon Clock | Review this project | |
| A two part article in Practical Wireless (May 2007) describes how to build an LED Beacon Clock using a PIC microprocessor. Part II (PW July 2007)expands the clock to add an LCD Display and CAT control of a receiver. | ||
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| Beacon Schedule | Review this program | |
| Complete beacon transmission schedule in an Excel document suitable for printing. If you don't have Excel, you can use the free viewer. | ||
For the above programs to work well, your computer clock
must be set to the correct time. There are a number of free programs that
will help you keep your clock accurate. Some are reviewed below.
Windows XP, Vista and W7,W8,W10 have built in NTP clients which can keep your clock set accurately.
