DX Toolbox updated for Leopard
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Feb 1, 2008 at 2:55am
Black Cat Systems has updated DX Toolbox— a radio propagation/conditions analysis and forecasting tool for amateur radio operators, shortwave listeners, and other radio enthusiasts—to version 3.2.0. It’s updated for Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”).
Version 3.2.0 also tweaks the user interface and adds automated updating of the three propagation forecasting displays as the cursor is moved around the world map DX Toolbox helps amateur radio operators and shortwave listeners estimate radio propagation conditions.
Several propagation forecasting charts are available to estimate signal levels and path conditions between any two points on the Earth. A grayline map of the world is also available. In addition to several propagation forecasting tools, DX Toolbox also gathers a variety of solar and geomagnetic information from real-time online sources, and presents them in charts and tables,
DX Toolbox sells for US$24.99, though version 3.2.0 is a free upgrade for registered users. DX Toolbox is available native for Mac OS X, Mac OS 8/9 and Windows. It requires an active Internet connection to run.
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