Beacon Turn a random operator into a worldwide distributed radio beacon network
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Turn a random operator into a worldwide distributed radio beacon network Beacon is a free and open source, networked desktop application written for the amateur radio community. Beacon turns every operator running it into a node in a worldwide distributed radio beacon network.When an operator makes a QSO, she enters it into the Beacon application, which in turn publishes the QSO geographical information associated with both parties to all other operators running the program. Operators receiving these band open advertisements can then act on the information to attempt contacts to those parts of the world common to their QTH. Beacon therefore speaks to radio weather as much as it speaks to DX operating.Beacon is a Java application, and therefore runs without modification or recompilation on Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and Microsoft Windows. Requirements: · Java 1.5 or later

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