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%bea_na.dat-------------------------------------- %Beacon File for AZ_PROJ v1.04 %requires v1.04 (or greater) of AZ_PROJ % % % % This file is readable by AZ_PROJ v1.04 (or greater) % % Each line in this file represents a transmitter. % The file format was devised for AZ_PROJ, a program which draws maps % for amateur radio operators. A line of this file will be plotted % by AZ_PROJ as a symbol on a map. % % It is hoped that this machine readable transmitter file % format is a generally useful format for beacons, repeaters, rovers, % TV stations, FM stations, AM broadcast stations, airport radars ...), % for people who maintain and use databases for transmitters. % % The line format for transmitters and it's specifications % are hereby released into the public domain. % Suggestions for changes in the format are welcome. % % Joseph Mack NA3T Nov 96, mack@ncifcrf.gov % % To add a transmitter to the file, supply data in the form % transmitter_type:frequency:string_1(suggested use, callsign):6 character grid_locator:power(W):beam_heading(s):string_2(suggested use, location or special operating condx):comment ignored by reading program (eg AZ_PROJ) % eg 2m beacon % beacon:144.170:NA3T:FM19gk:60:300:Frederick, MD: Joe, ph# 301-555-1212, 5dbd yagi, from W3EP, Oct 96 % eg. rover operating a weekend 10GHz contest from Mt Ascutney % rover:10:NA3T:FN33sk:::only saturday: 2m link is 147.54, cell ph# 860-555-1212 % eg TV station North America channel 2, used as a 6m propagation marker % TV:55.25Z:WPBT/02:FL05cx:100000:-1:Miami,FL,US:comment % % transmitter_type is % beacon % repeater % rover % TV % BC %usually 550-1630 kHz AM % AM %usually 550-1630 kHz AM % FM %North America is 88-108MHz % % beacon and repeater is plotted as a nested set of circles % (or if directional, a fan 70 deg wide). % The number of circles indicate the power level. % Rover is plotted as a VW beetle. % Power and beam_heading info info are ignored. % High power commercial stations used as propagation markers or % for mad DX hunters (TV, AM, FM, ...) are not differentiated % by AZ_PROJ (at least yet). They can be plotted as either % a non-directional tower (one section for each factor of 10 % increase in power) or by nested circles (see az_ini.ps). % % % frequency is % int or a real. The units are not specified here and % instead are known by the program using the file. % Units could be kHz, MHz, GHz, wavelength in m, channel number... % % In AZ_PROJ the frequency entry is matched with entries in the % array /bands_plotted. If a match is found the entry is plotted % on the map, otherwise the entry is skipped. If the entry is a real % eg 55.25, then the int resulting from truncation (in this case 55) % is matched against the entries in /bands_plotted. If a real % the last digit in the frequency can instead be an arbitrary char % which is plotted on the map (eg 55.250H for horizontal polarisation). % Some chars have special meaning eg +,-,N,Z for TV stations % (see file TVxxx.dat for further details), or +/- for repeaters % (see file repxxx.dat for further details). % % power % if -1, then power unknown. Will be plotted as minimal power % (set in az_proj.ps). % % beam_heading is % 1. -1 if omnidirectional % 2. int (0..360) if one main lobe is radiated % or % 3. comma separated list of int eg 60,180,300 if multilobed radiator % or 45,225 if dipole facing NE/SW % % It is also possible to draw a multilobed radiator by putting % several lines identical except for the beam_heading. % % % File Names: % AZ_PROJ uses 8.3 DOS file names for transmitter files. % The extension is .dat % Where possible, the file name is % transmitter_type - country/location - subclass % eg tv_nach2.dat for TV stations in North America on channel 2 % eg bea_na.dat for all VHF beacons in North America % % % New Transmitter Types: % It is relatively easily to add code for new transmitter types % to AZ_PROJ. If a map was needed of Automatic Packet Reporting % System (APRS) nodes in a meteor scatter event or of packet stations, % in a traffic network, then I would only need a list of APRS % nodes and a few suggestions for a symbol. % %-------------------------------------- % % Special Notes about beacons % % % Ham beacons, are relatively low power, ie 1mW < P < 100W % AZ_PROJ draws one circle for each bm (bell miliwatt), %0 circle for 1mw %4 circles for 10W (also for 99W) %4 circles for 99W (also for 99W) %5 circles for 100W % % For TV stations which are high power, ie 1000W < P <100,000W (generally) % one circle for each bW (bell W) %0 circle for 1W %3 circles for 1000W %3 circles for 9999W %4 circles for 10000W % % If a ham beacon and a TV station are plotted on the same map % then a 10W ham beacon, will have the same size as a 10KW TV station % To differentiate the two symbols, a thicker black complete circle is drawn % at the 1W level for both symbols. For a beacon, the 1W circle is the 3rd circle % For a TV station the 1W circle is the inner most circle. % This isn't a great solution. Other suggestions are welcome. % %-------------------------------------- % % The beacon file (bea_w3ep.dat), is maintained by Emil Pocock, W3EP. % Emil writes the `World above 50MHz' column in QST. Please send % beacon updates to Emil and we will get them from him. % Sorry, this file only has US beacons. % % This is a modified W3EP format file in which text fields (eg "omni") % have been replaced by numerical data in an attempt to have an % easy to parse, machine readable, format. I don't care what format % is used as long as it is stable for the useful life of this program. % beacon:144.054:WD4GSM:EM86:0.2:-1: beacon:144.170:KH6HME:BK29go:60:270: beacon:144.275:W4RFR:EM66:0.25:-1: beacon:144.275:KD0DW:DN70lf:100:-1: beacon:144.276:W2RTB:FN12ar:15:-1: beacon:144.277:VE1SMU:GN03:10:270: beacon:144.277:KA0EWQ:EN15:10:135: beacon:144.277:VE2FUT:FN25wg:12:-1: beacon:144.280:VA3TBX:EN58ij:20:135: beacon:144.280:VE2FTR:FN08:60:180: beacon:144.280:N4MW:EM55ac:4:-1: beacon:144.282:WD4LWG:EL87:75:-1: beacon:144.287:KB8JI:EN64we:0.4:157: beacon:144.289:KL7GLK:FM18:2:-1:1: beacon:144.290:WA2UMX:FN23xc:20:-1: beacon:144.290:VE1SMU:FN84:10:338: beacon:144.290:K0HTF:EN31dx:1:-1: beacon:144.292:W9IP:FN24kp:45:0: beacon:144.294:WB0QIY:EN01rf:60:135: beacon:144.295:WA8R:EM79qb:15:-1: beacon:144.296:WD4KPD:FM15mm:20:-1: beacon:144.296:W3VD:FM19ne:10:-1: beacon:144.297:WB2CUS:EL98:0.5:-1: beacon:222.053:K0HTF:EN31dx:2:-1: beacon:222.055:VE1SMU:GN03:10:270: beacon:222.055:N4MW:EM55ac:6:-1: beacon:222.055:KL7GLK:FM18:0.025:-1: beacon:222.057:WD4GSM:EM86:0.25:-1: beacon:222.058:W2RTB:FN12ar:15:-1: beacon:222.060:VE1SMU:FN84:10:-1: beacon:222.280:VE2FTR:FN08:6:180: beacon:432.002:K4EJQ:EM86:0.1:-1: beacon:432.074:KH6HME:BK29go:35:270: beacon:432.075:WD4GSM:EM86:0.6:360: beacon:432.280:VE2FTR:FN08:38:180: beacon:432.300:VE1SMU:GN03:10:270: beacon:432.303:KW2T:FN13:0.25:-1: beacon:432.305:W4RFR:EM65:10:-1: beacon:432.306:W2RTB:FN12ar:15:-1: beacon:432.309:WA4ZTK:EM85ar:0.9:45: beacon:432.316:W3VD:FM19ne:7:-1: beacon:432.317:WA4PGI:FM07bw:5:-1: beacon:432.350:VE1SMU:FN84:10:225: beacon:432.350:K0HTF:EN31dx:2:-1: beacon:432.380:VE1SMU:FN84:15:225: beacon:432.395:N4MW:EM55ac:10:90: beacon:432.395:N4MW:EM55ac:10:270: beacon:902.350:VE1SMU:GN03:7:270: beacon:902.550:W3VD:FM19ne:7:-1: beacon:902.990:KA8EDE:EM79xs:10:-1: beacon:903.020:WD4GSM:EM86:10:-1: beacon:903.075:K4EJQ:EM86:1:-1: beacon:903.080:N3CX:FN20gp:5:-1: beacon:903.090:K3SIW:EN52xb:30:90: beacon:903.252:N4MW:EM55ac:1:-1: beacon:926.520:VE1SMU:FN84:2:-1: beacon:1295.998:VE1SMU:FN84:20:45: beacon:1296.000:KH6HME:BK29go:17:270: beacon:1296.006:K4EJQ:EM86:3:-1: beacon:1296.046:W3VD:FM19ne:0.2:-1: beacon:1296.055:W9YH:EN50:10:0: beacon:1296.070:K3SIW:EN52xb:20:90: beacon:1296.075:WD4GSM:EM86:5:-1: beacon:1296.080:N3CX:FN20gp:10:-1: beacon:1296.180:WD5AGO:EM26:3:-1: beacon:1296.200:WA4PGI:FM07bw:5:-1: beacon:1296.276:W2RTB:FN12ar:15:-1: beacon:1296.310:N4MW:EM55ac:2:-1: beacon:1296.350:VE1SMU:GN03:6:270: beacon:1296.400:VE1SMU:FN84:5:270: beacon:2304.020:K3SIW:EN52xb:10:270: beacon:2304.030:N4MW:EM55ac:4:-1: beacon:2304.035:N3CX:FN20gp:4:-1: beacon:2304.047:K4EJQ:EM86:1:-1: beacon:2304.175:W9ZIH:EN51nl:4:90: beacon:2304.300:WQ5S:EM12pt:0.03:-1: beacon:2312.000:VE1SMU:FN84:1:270: beacon:3456.020:K3SIW:EN52xb:0.5:270: beacon:3456.040:N4MW:EM55ac:0.1:-1: beacon:3456.070:K4EJQ:EM86:1.5:-1: beacon:3456.140:N3CX:FN20gp:5:-1: beacon:3456.325:AA5C:EM13se:0.025:-1: beacon:5759.950:K3SIW:EN52xb:5:270: beacon:5760.040:N4MW:EM55ac:1.5:-1: beacon:5760.070:K4EJQ:EM86:5:-1: beacon:5760.300:AA5C:EM13se:0.5:-1: beacon:10248.000:N6IZW:DM12lt:0.1:-1: beacon:10256.000:WA6EJO:DM04hi:5:135: beacon:10265.000:WB6DNX:DM13fr:0.025:-1: beacon:10265.000:NW7O:DM25gv:0.1:-1: beacon:10368.020:KK6TG:CM88qq:0.1:-1: beacon:10368.045:K3SIW:EN52xb:3:270: beacon:10368.045:K4EJQ:EM86:0.15:-1: beacon:10368.120:N4MW:EM55ac:0.03:-1: beacon:10368.270:AA5C:EM13se:0.025:-1: beacon:10368.275:KS2D:FN20ok:2.5:-1: beacon:10368.300:N6CA:DM03ts:3.5:-1: beacon:10368.310:N6CA:DM03ms:5:-1: beacon:10368.325:W6ASL:CM88wj:5:-1: beacon:10368.350:NW7O:DM25gv:0.04:-1: beacon:24192.047:KK6TG:CM88qq:0.03:-1: beacon:24192.325:AA5C:EM13se:0.001:225: %--------------------------------------: %--------------------------------------bea_na.dat: