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<H1>PSK Automatic Propagation Reporter </H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>This is a project to automatically gather reception
records of PSK activity and then make those records available in near realtime
to interested parties — typically the amateur who initiated the communication.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The way that it works is that many amateurs will run a
client that will monitor received traffic for callsigns (the pattern 'de
callsign callsign') and, when seen, will report this fact. This is of interest
to the amateur who transmitted and they will be able to see where their signal
was received. The pattern chosen is typically part of a standard CQ call. The
duplicate check is to make sure that the callsign is not corrupted.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The way that this would be used is that an amateur would
call CQ and could then (within a few minutes) see where his signal was
received.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>This can be useful in determining propagation conditions
or in adjusting antenna and/or radio parameters. It will also provide an archive
of reception records that can be used for research purposes.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>There is a prototype map display of this
information.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>If this is interesting to you, then please contact me at
the email address below to see if there is a client for your PSK decoding
application, or you can contact the author of your package directly, and point
him at this page.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>For Beta Testers<BR></STRONG>For Digital Master
780 (part of Ham Radio Deluxe), I have written a small add-on that generates
these reports. This package can be downloaded as a zip file. To install, just
unzip it, and then run the BAT file. This will monitor the Superbrowser window
for new callsigns and will report them. You need to run the BAT file whenever
you login to Windows -- the program does not install anything. To uninstall,
just delete the files. The program works for me on Vista, your mileage may vary.
If you have any problems, then send me email at the address below. The program
does not generate any output. To see if it is working for you, the easiest way
is to pick a callsign that you have seen 'recognized' in the Superbrowser, and
enter it into the map displayer above. Within five minutes, at least one of the
markers should be on your location.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>For Developers<BR></STRONG>There is a complete
description of the protocol used to submit the information, together with
information on a test server to use at </FONT><A
href="http://psk.gladstonefamily.net/pskdev.html" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://psk.gladstonefamily.net/pskdev.html</FONT></A></P>
<P><STRONG><EM><FONT face=Verdana>Philip Gladstone<BR></FONT></EM></STRONG><A
href="http://psk.gladstonefamily.net/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://psk.gladstonefamily.net/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Ham Radio Deluxe<BR></FONT><A
href="http://hrd.ham-radio.ch/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://hrd.ham-radio.ch/</FONT></A><BR></P></BODY></HTML>