DX Atlas as some of you may not know

Maybe, that some people know which atlas I'm talking about, but for you, who have not met him yet, I have the following brief description.

Minimum system configuration:

• CPU: Pentium 166 MHz

 

• RAM: 32 Mb
• OS: Win95/Win98/WinNT4/WinME/Win2000/WinXP
• Video karta: 640×480, 256 colors
• Disk space: 9 Mb (+55 Mb pro 30 maps with greater relief details)

 

The atlas itself has only approx 2,1 Mb and takes up space after unpacking 10 Mb on disk which is not much.

After clicking the atlas icon, the application will notify you, that it is about 30 daily version and after pressing the continue button, the entire atlas will be displayed on the screen.

In the left corner it is written which version of the atlas you have. There are already several starting versions of those 1.0. There are five buttons in the row below that:

• File – is used to save the desired map in the format “bmp” and to turn off the atlas.
• Toolbar – it is used to display the task bar with a clock on the right side (can also be switched to UTC) and index, which appears on the left side of the atlas (overview of cities, of states, islands). It is possible to vote (with leva) display: prefix, cities, islands, and above the map – classic display, azimuth display, globus (the last three buttons above the map are used to control the map).
• Map – there are several options:
  – classic display
  – azimuth display
  – globus
  – X: only a list of it will be displayed, what you already have selected on the bar (prefixy, cities, islands)
  – Labels: settings display prefixes, cities, islands on the map – it is also possible to turn it off.
  – Grid: will display CQ,ITU zones, azimuthal latitude and longitude, locator – it is also possible to turn it off.
  – Relief: turn the display of the plastic map on and off
  – Gray line:turn day and night display on and off
  – Pin: It is used to mark places with a colored pin according to your request on the map (for example DXCC, cities where you called).The pin can also be removed.
  – Change home location: changing your locator – (QTH)
• Tools – Go to location: go to ...you can enter azimuthal latitude and longitude or a locator.
  – Resolve callsing: when writing an amateur mark, the state and prefix are written in the table, and after clicking on the prefix, a cross appears on the map in the given place corresponding to the data in the table.
  -Index legend: explanatory notes to the list of prefixes,states and islands. When the right button is pressed, if you have a city marked in the left half, island, the state will show you details for e.g: to the city, and you can have it shown to you, where it is on the map.
  – Square totals: evaluation of the status of how many locators you have worked with.
  – Settings: you can set the entire atlas in other colors here (the original settings are not the best, so I recommend your own, then the globe and the maps will stand out), relief, contrast, inospheric map etc.
• Help: it is mainly used for registration and there are also explanations, but of course in English.

Now to the map itself:

– If you turn off the list in the left part, the size of the map will increase. Above the map you have similar buttons as I described and the control principle is the same.
– The shape of the map is controlled by the classic view buttons, azimuth display, globus (the last big three buttons above the map )
– You control the size either with the wheel on the mouse or by moving the magnification in the upper right corner under the date (there is a different magnification for each different map view)
– On the right side there are also buttons for enlarging the map “plus” a “minus”, “setting the basic size of the map”, “map view”, “distance measurement from your QTH” a “scrolling the map”.

There is only one new in the program itself:

– Good news for you: Atlas works even after 30 days, which are for registration.
– The worse one: Iono maps are calculated only up to a year 2005, but the atlas should probably continue to work, So that one, those who want functional Iono maps will have to download them, or with the new version they will probably be new.
– I have been using the described atlas for more than a year and I am very satisfied with it. It's better than looking in a world atlas, unless of course you have a computer. Thanks to this, I also replaced the old one last year 486/33 for something better, to make everything work for me.
– The atlas itself is very well developed. I haven't met a better one yet. If you would like to try it, you can find the latest version including the add-on at the address http://www.dxatlas.com

One more thing: quite important!!!!
– There is an addon for the version 2.1 namely supplementary maps with more detailed relief (30 map). The total package has approx 58 MB and atlas has then 67,5 MB. It must be installed immediately after installing the atlas!!! If you happen to install up to the 30 daily trial period, you won't be able to split the atlas after installing the maps. Atlas will only work if you delete the add-on. When, that you have had atlas for a long time, it is necessary to clean the registries after uninstalling. In the worst case, reinstall the entire system.
– If you don't, so it won't appear after the next installation, that it is 30 daily version and you're done, as if you hadn't uninstalled it.

So try it out too

Best regards, Vlado