Beam DX is a small freely distributable program from Gabriel F6DQM for quickly determining the azimuth or automatic rotation of the antenna to the selected location. It supports the following types of rotator interfaces: PourSat, FODTrack, EA4TX, GS232 and EasyComm. I haven't read anywhere about the PC requirements, given the simplicity it's likely to work on a 486 with W95 and up.
Installation consists of extracting nine files from a ZIP file. You will lose about 570 kB of disk space. At the first launch, the initialization window starts, in which you define your own parameters: locator QTH a druh použitého interface. V súčasnej verzii s Vami Beam DX dokáže komunikovať francúzsky a anglicky.
Controlling the program is very simple and intuitive. In the left part of the screen, the place where you want to turn the antenna is entered. You can enter a locator, geographical coordinates (in decadal form), or select DXCC zem zo zoznamu. Okrem toho má užívateľ možnosť vytvoriť si tri vlastné zoznamy. Môžete do nich nadefinovať napríklad svojich priateľov na VHF, districts, etc. However, their creation and modification is not possible directly from the program, it is necessary to use an external editor.
On the right side of the screen is an image of the virtual rotator panel, azimuth a QRB. Vzdialenosť je možné zobraziť v kilometroch alebo míľach. Pod panelom rotátora je tlačidlo LP, ktorého stlačením sa zobrazia údaje azimutu a vzdialenosti pre spojenie dlhou cestou. Pod nimi sú tri veľké tlačidlá, ktorými sa ovláda pripojený rotátor – GO, AUTO a STOP.
You can download the Beam DX program at CQ.sk.