Usage

How to Navigate the Dashboard

Navigate to KD3ALD’s Dashboard, once loaded wait at least 30 seconds for data to appear.

Note: This website is running at my home QTH in gridsquare FN21ni, on a semi-slow internet connection, load times may be longer than 30 seconds if under heavy use.

Once the Dashboard is loaded, something similar to the image below should be displayed Image of Loaded Dashboard

On the dashboard you will see many filters, they are all listed below (Left to Right):

  • Number of Spots Displayed

    • I would recommend around 250-400 Spots at a time if using Chrome

  • Date of Data Being Displayed

  • Time of Data Being Displayed

    • Note: Leaving both Date and Time blank displays latest data

  • Band Being Displayed

  • Country Being Displayed

  • Continent Being Displayed

  • CQ Zone Being Displayed

  • Map Auto Reload Interval

Whenever a change is made to filters you must click update to show filtered spots

Each Spot displayed is mapped based off of grid square. All spots and paths are clickable on the map. They display information for the spot that is being viewed. Information includes: Transmitting Callsign, SNR, Exact Frequency, Date and time, Band, and Number of spots decoded from that spot.

Spots are color coded by band. On the bottom right of the map, is the band counts. Below is all colors and band mappings.

Band

Color Name

Preview

160m

black

#211D1E

80m

red

#991F24

60m

orange-dark

#D43019

40m

orange

#EE8918

30m

yellow

#F5B72D

20m

green

#008B38

17m

green-light

#5AA429

15m

cyan

#21A2DA

12m

blue-dark

#183C52

10m

blue-dark

#183C52

6m

purple

#4E2960

4m

violet

#8B1E89

2m

pink

#BB4A99

70cm

white

#F5F4F5

unknown

green-dark

#004B22

Please contact Owen Ruzanski at owen.ruzanski@scranton.edu with any issues or suggestions!