UK Based Real-time Propagation Tool

Jim Bacon G3YLA has developed an online tool to show near real-time critical frequency over the UK and the predicted maximum usable frequency over different paths

The plots are designed to show the near real-time evolution of the critical frequency ( foF2 ) of the F2 layer as measured by the international network of ionosondes. The display system is setup to process data from the USAF ionosonde at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on the Cotswolds.

These data are automatically decoded from ionograms and where conditions do not allow a value to be determined automatically, a gap appears in the graph. The displays depend upon the data being uploaded from the measurement station and therefore depends upon many operational factors outside our control. Outages are usually of short duration, so keep checking periodically if data is missing.

The purpose of these graphs is to allow radio amateurs to use this professional ionosonde data to improve their understanding of radio propagation conditions heard on the air in relation to actual measured conditions on the ionosphere, as they happen.

Propagation tool - http://www.convectiveweather.co.uk/ionosphere/

German Radio Ham Map

Ulrich Thiel DK1UT/VK2UTL has produced a Google map of amateur radio stations in Germany based on the based on information published by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) 
 
Thiel has processed the data using Python, adding a visualisation a map of the location of the stations, overlaying the information on top of GoogleMaps.
 
There can be several amateur radio stations at one coordinate. Click on the mark for more information. A red mark stands for class A, one purple for class E and one blue for class A and E in the same place. 
 
Germany currently has two license classes:
Class A = CEPT Class 1 = UK Full
Class E = CEPT Novice = UK Intermediate
 
German Radio Map - https://fusiontables.googleusercontent.com/embedviz?q=select+col8+
from+1lGAOwlSUK7nCUsA0FlRRG9buB1QV51zNzJFUr7yj&viz=MAP&h=false&lat=51.2482144526009&lng=10.020759216308534&t=1&z=6&l=col8&y=2&tmplt=2

BNetzA German Amateur Radio Callbook May 2017 PDF -  https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Sachgebiete/Telekommunikation/Unternehmen_Institutionen/Frequenzen/Amateurfunk/Rufzeichenliste/Rufzeichenliste_AFU.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=28
 

Realtime Band Conditions

An experimental Web site has been set-up to provide actual realtime band condition information to CW QRPp, QRPe and CW/SSB for Contesters interested in increasing their scores, along with other Radio Amateurs uses to determine band conditions for Nets and casual QSO's.

 This information is NOT based on any software predictions or any kind of satellite based readings. It is based on a new Ionospheric sounding method called "HF Ionospheric Interferometry" which operates very similarly to the PolSAR system used by NASA.

 BandConditions - http://www.bandconditions.com