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6 Image 3. The result page at VOACAP Propagation Planner On the result page you will see the next steps to take. First, you will need to download the numeric VOACAP prediction on your computer. Download by right-clicking the hyperlink ( your VOACAP prediction as a text file ) with your (right-handed) mouse and save the target (the default filename is prediction.txt C feel free to rename it before saving) to an appropriate location on your hard disk. If you just click the link, you will see the raw data in textual form (see image

4 for an example). VOACAP Propagation Planner Page

7 Image 4. An example of the first few lines in a raw numeric VOACAP prediction. Next, you will need to download the PropPlanner software which is a simple propagation data extraction and analysis tool. Its main function is to read the raw numeric data into its internal database and filter the data so that it can be copied into Excel (or Excel compatible program) for final analysis. The PropPlanner program is available for Windows and Intel Macs (OS X). You must also download the ready-made Excel spreadsheet template which automatically creates zone-specific VOACAP predictions (80M to 10M, from the TX Site to

54 DX Site locations) from user-entered band-specific (80M to 10M) prediction data. VOACAP Propagation Planner Page

8 Step 2. Using the PropPlanner The PropPlanner prog........