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- MUFMAP II
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- MUFMAP II gives you the entire picture of the High Frequency Spectrum
- 1.8 Mhz to 30Mhz for any given day. And an hour by hour picture of
- the band openings for the day or any given day.
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- MUFMAPS have many other uses. You can plan your operating schedule
- for contests more effectively; decide whether it is worth getting up
- at 3am just to see what conditions are like; aid in setting up
- sche3dules with DX stations.
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- The big advantage of MUFMAP II has over all other propagation
- programs is that it shows you where the band openings are all over
- the world and all at once. Other programs will tell you when that
- bands are open to a particular location (such as England, South
- Africa, etc). Only Mufmap can give you the world.
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- MUFMOVIE: Its the week before the big DX contest. You're starting
- to plan you operating schedule. In order to see what progagation
- conditions will be like throughout the cont6est, you select the Make
- a Mufmovie option in Mufmap. You tell Mufmap that you want a
- Mufmovie showing conditions on Aug 17 from 0000UTC to 24000UTC in two
- hour steps. After Mufmap has made the movie, you watch it by
- selecting the Watch a Mufmovie option. By seeing what conditions
- will be like throughout the whole, you can make ssure that you are
- using your time most efficiently - like knowing when everything will
- be closed so you can set some sleep.
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- INSTALLING AND RUNNING MUFMAP
- The following files are located in the MUFMAP.Zip
- MUFMAP.BAT - a batch fle to run the MUFMAP program
- MUFMAPII.EXE - The MUFMAP program
- DEFAULTS.DAT - contains various user defined defaults
- WORLD1.PIC - a map of the world in 320X200 graphics
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- In MUFMAP2.ZIP are some sample files and maps Note: they are not
- required to operate MUFMAPII but only are shown for examples only.
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- If you have a hard disc drive, I recommend you to install Mufmap on
- it. This will greatly increase the speed at which Mufmaps and
- Mufmovies are retrieved.
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- 1. Create a directory on you hard drive to hold MUFMAP:
- Type MD C:\MUFMAP <ENTER>
- Unzip MUFMAP.ZIP to this directory.
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- 2. Create a subdirectory in MUFMAP by typing:
- MD \MUFMAP\MAPS <ENTER>
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- 3. Unzip MUFMAP2.Zip to this subdirectory
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- If you have an IBM compatible graphics printer and you want to be
- able to print MUFMAPS on you printer, then you must either:
- Copy the DOS program GRAPHICS.COM or GRAPHICS.EXE to the mufmap
- directory, or have the directory which contains the DOS Graphics
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- program available on the DOS PATH statement. (SEE your DOS manual for
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- To run MUFMAP go to the directory MUFMAP and type mufmap.
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- When making a MUFMAP, you will be asked for the Solar Flux number.
- This can be acquired from WWV Radio at 18 Minutes after the Hour on
- 2.5 Mhz, 5 Mhz, 10 Mhz, 15 Mhz or 20 Mhz. on AM.
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- Or you can call NBS which maintains a recorded phone message service
- that also operates 24 hours a day. The message is the same as that
- broadcasted by WWV. Tele No: 303-497-3235 (Boulder Colorado)
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- DEFINITIONS
- LUF- The lowest usable Frequency that will support communications
- between yourself and another stations.
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- HPF - The highest possible frequency is the frequency which will
- support communications between yourself and anoother station on at
- least 10 percent of the time.
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- MUF - The maximum useable frequency is the frequency which will
- support communications between yourself and another station on at
- least 50 percent of the time.
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- FOT - The frequency of Optimum Traffic is the frequency which will
- support communications between yourself and another station at least
- 90 percent of the time.
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- SOLAR FLUX - A measure of the intensity of the sun's electromagnetic
- radiation.
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- Good Luck with the program.
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