Map pane

Map elements
Tool tip
Context menu

Map elements

The map pane displays the world continental coastline, the equator and polar circles as background, using the azimuthal equidistant projection.

Above the background, the map pane displays your home home location and station transmitter transmitter locations for a station or a broadcast that is currently selected in the Stations tree table.

As a finish, the map pane displays the greyline and the MUF coloring. The greyline and the MUF coloring are painted for the first time when Radio Explorer starts. To update the greyline and the MUF coloring for the current time, click the Refresh Refresh button on the Map toolbar.

Note that the automatic refresh feature is not provided in this Radio Explorer version, since the greyline and especially MUF coloring calculations for large map areas can be computationally intensive.

Set your home location
Set solar information values
Refresh solar information from the Internet

Tool tip

The tool tip for the map pane displays the geographical coordinates and the MUF value for the location indicated by the mouse pointer.

If you rest the pointer close to a transmitter transmitter location, the tool tip displays complete information about the location, as provided by the current schedule.

Context menu

You can open the context menu for the pane by right‐clicking the pane or pressing SHIFT‑F10 when the pane has focus.

Center Here item
Centers the map on the click location. This item is not enabled if you open the context menu by pressing the SHIFT‑F10 shortcut key, because there is no click location specified.
Zoom In Zoom In item
If you open the context menu by right‐clicking the pane, zooms in on the click location. If you open the context menu by pressing the SHIFT‑F10 shortcut key, increases the zoom magnification for the map.
Zoom Out Zoom Out item
If you open the context menu by right‐clicking the pane, zooms out of the click location. If you open the context menu by pressing the SHIFT‑F10 shortcut key, decreases the zoom magnification for the map.
Refresh Refresh item
Refreshes the map display, repainting the greyline and the MUF coloring to correspond to the current time.

See also
About using the map
Map view
Map view, toolbar
Stations tree table