An old friend returns - New Version for 2020

The North American Overlay Mapper



Overlay Maps of North America with built in USA/Canadian Callbooks, List Plotting, and lovely Great Circle Maps. Unique automatic mapping program - New Version

The County-Hunting Mapper



Make County, State, Section, or Grid Locator Maps by hand, from your ADIF or Cabrillo Logs, or via a live feed from N1MM Logger. Section definitions change on Apr 1st 2020

see the new ARRL/RAC Section Maps here



Brand new for 2020 - IARU Regions Map



Brand new for 2020 - EICC District Code Map



Brand new for 2020 - CQ Zone Maps



Brand new for 2020 - ITU Zone Maps



Welcome to the 'VK Callbook Mapper' - an Amateur Radio callbook for Australia that can be updated daily, can be visualised on Overlay and Online maps, and can be spatially queried and compared against other data tables (9 supplied), imported lists (many types), ContestRadar, and your own ADIF or Cabrillo logs. Most Callbooks are out of date as soon as they are printed. To refresh the data, you must wait until the following year's edition arrives. Not this one: it can be updated daily, if required, because all of the callbook data comes from the licencing dataset supplied online by the A.C.M.A. and installed automatically. Some callbooks can be sorted and listed, but few can be mapped, and even fewer, if any, can have the data for each callsign compared with a variety of other useful local data sources supplied by the program, downloaded online, or created by you. This calbook can do all of that, and much more besides.

For DXers and Contesters worldwide:

GOM - the 'Global Overlay Mapper' Ham Mapping Suite Fully updated and tested on Win 7, 8, 10

Now with geocoding and log-plotting facilities



Representing a new concept in the field of Ham Maps, the Global Overlay Mapping System is packed full of features for all Ham Radio enthusiasts, including : 1 World Map, with specialised satellite images and world region-boundaries.



8 Continental Maps - Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, Oceania, Arctic, Antarctica.



29 Sub Continental Maps, with Single Click Navigation for easy loading.



Each map has a background, 12 active layers, and custom Scalebar.



Country Outlines, CQ, ITU & Time Zones, Color Relief Map, Grid Locator & Lat/Lon meshes, 100s of Region Names.



2204 Major Cities - Europe:323, Asia:517, Africa:513, North America:314, South & Central America:359, Oceania:178.



The latest Prefix, IOTA, and Flag Information.



Real-Time Mouse Tracking, with continuous Positional and Grid-Locator information.



Easy-to-use Feature-Locate system - Jump to a position on a map from a full list of Prefixes, Capital Cities, Country Names, Admin Areas, IOTA Groups, and over 2500 Major Cities.



Go straight to any Latitude/Longitude position, or load a map from a 4 or 6 digit Grid Locator or Callsign.



Customised to your location, for instant Beam Headings and Distance Display.



Comprehensive multi-page Help System and Information Guide.



Perform online callbook lookups and plot the callsign on a map.



Plot an ADIF log, a list of positions, or grid-locators on a map.



Geocode an ADIF or Cabrillo log and plot it on a map.



See real-time NCDXF Beacon transmission schedules.



Customised to your location, for instant Beam Headings and Distance Display.

To find out more about this unique mapset, click Here To see Global Overlay Mapper screen-shots, click Here To download all the Ham Maps you'll ever need click Here To register the Global Overlay Mapper click Here

** STOP-PRESS ** July 2015

EI8IC's unique IOTA Bearing List has been updated with all the latest IOTA island numbers !! Create your own list of beam headings and distance, in miles or kilometers, to ALL of the IOTA island groups.

Exciting News for HF Operators and Contesters...

The KB1SG Rhombic Pages are now back online, hosted here on the EI8IC website !! ...meanwhile, lets continue with an introduction to the rest of this website, which is all about the hobby of Amateur Radio on the Short Wave Bands (HF), and the sport of Radio Contesting. There are eleven main sections : My Ham Station

HF Contesting

Irish Contesting

Buy And Sell It

Ham Links

Overlay Maps

Ham Maps

APRS Maps

Flags

Ham Downloads

Guestmap Archives My Ham Station Here you will learn about EI8IC, a brief biography of my radio amateur 'career', and be able to see the radio equipment and aerials that I use. You will also be able to view and search my contest logs without wasting time downloading a Java-Applet. HF Contesting The biggest of the section, reflecting my main interest. Here, in amongst nearly 50 pages, you can see a Calendar of Major HF contests that are coming up. You'll learn about ways of Budget Contesting that won't empty the pocket book. You'll browse through numerous Tips and Techniques. You'll read the Contest Stories from some of the World's Major Contesters. You'll see the latest VK4EM Contest-Bandplans. The Topband Frequency Allocations are here too. Overlay Maps The newest of the sections on this website, these pages showcase the most exciting development in the field of mapping for Amateur Radio: Overlay Maps, and include an introduction, feature list, and screen-shots of the North American Overlay Mapper, and the Global Overlay Mapper. Ham Maps The most popular section on this website, with a range of maps created by me for the Ham community. There's CQ Zone maps, IARU Zone maps, ITU Region maps, Great Circle maps, Prefix maps, Grid Locator maps, Time Zone maps, even a map of Irish Lighthouses. APRS Maps This section represents a new field in Amateur Radio, but one that is growing fast in popularity: APRS - the Amateur Position Reporting System. A short introduction is followed by live maps of Irish APRS stations, maps for use with the FindU APRS server, maps for use with the UI-View APRS program, and a range of free APRS logos for your website. Flags This section showcases a package of over 450 flags, available for use in your own project or website. All countries are represented, plus all US state flags, Australian state flags, and Canadian province flags. Ham Downloads A small section, with some exclusive content, available nowhere else on the web. The maps are available, in two zipped files. There's the full set of coloured Contest Bandplans. And a great Log-Search script written in Perl, as used on this website. Guestmap Archives The popular 'Guestmap', a new type of guestbook where you can mark your own position and leave your Callsign and comments, has only room for 100 entries at a time. This limit was soon exceeded, so it became necessary to create a series of archive-pages, where past visitors, no longer on the Guestmap, could have their calls and comments available to all.