DXView Online Help

DXView enables you to

• Determine a callsign's DXCC entity and location information, including latitude, longitude, grid square, IOTA tag, CQ zone, ITU zone, beam heading, distance, and country map

  • handle DX callsigns that don't conform to standard prefix allocations

  • specify location information for a callsign

• Select a location on its built-in World Map, or optionally on DX Atlas by

  • specifying a callsign

  • specifying a latitude and longitude

  • specifying a grid square

  • specifying an IOTA tag 

  • designating the location on the Map

• Display information on its built-in World Map, DX Atlas, or Google Earth

  • beam headings and great circle signal paths

  • solar position

  • solar terminator

  • active DX stations and DX QSOs reported by SpotCollector

  • award progress from the currently-open DXKeeper log

• Select an Active DX Station on the built-in World Map or on the DX Atlas World Map

  • setting your transceiver to the appropriate frequency and mode via Commander

  • rotating your antenna to the correct short path or long path heading

  • creating and initializing a new DXKeeper log entry

• Display sunrise and sunset times for any selected location

• Display translations of amateur radio phrases for languages used in the currently-selected DXCC entity

• Control and align PC-connected antenna rotators
  

Prerequisites

Downloading and Installation

Configuration

• Selecting Options

• Specifying Your Location and Language

• Managing Overrides

• Managing Maps

  • Using the Built-in World Map

    • Solar Position

    • Plotted DX Stations

  • Using DX Atlas

  • Using Google Earth

  • Selecting QSOs and Active DX Stations to Plot

• Configuring Rotator Control

• Installing and Updating the DXCC, eQSL AG, IOTA, Translation, USAP, and GridDXCC Databases
  

Operation

• Displaying Information About a Callsign

  • Highlighting callsigns known to QSL via Logbook of the World

  • Highlighting callsigns that are Authenticity Guaranteed members of eQSL.cc

  • Querying SpotCollector's Special Callsign Database

  • Viewing a country map

  • Initiating a Google search for the selected entity

• Using the World Map

  • Displaying Auroral zones on the World Map

  • Plotting the Selected Location

• Displaying Active DX Stations and QSOs, Logged QSOs, and DXCC Entity Award Progress

  • Selecting Active DX Stations on the built-in World Map

  • Selecting Active DX Stations on the DX Atlas World Map

• Selecting a Location

  • Displaying the Selected Location in MapQuest

  • Displaying the Selected Location in Google Maps

  • Displaying the Selected Location

• Selecting a DXCC Entity

• Locating an Island from its IOTA tag

• Displaying Sunrise and Sunset Times

• Displaying Gray-Line Times

• Displaying Translations of Amateur Radio Phrases

• Positioning an Antenna Rotator

• Keyboard Shortcuts

• Databases

Managing the DXCC Database

• DXCC Database Structure

• Viewing and Changing Entries in the DXCC Database

• Keyboard Shortcuts