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Last modified: June 08 2013 10:09:06.
Fabian Kurz → Ham Radio → Stuff
Even more than the classical DX cluster, the Reverse Beacon Network produces an enormous amount of data, which is typically presented in a chronological list of the spots via telnet or on web clusters.
To improve the readability of the data, I developed a small PHP/Javascript ensemble which creates a dynamically updated band-map like view (as we know it from contest software) of the RBN spots. Have a look at it here (filtered for FOC members in this case).
Since it may be useful for others, I decided to publish the source code it:
Running it with the full RBN data stream would create a huge bandmap and for real life scenarios some extra filtering is probably a good idea. This can be implemented relatively easily, also adding some extra columns to the database (e. g. DXCC, Continent, etc.) could be helpful in order to apply better filtering.
Happy hacking!
Added: 22-Dec-2012. Last modified: 12-Jan-2013.
Fabian Kurz → Ham Radio → Stuff