WorkedGrids is a Windows application that displays a map showing the amateur radio grid squares contacted and logged in using a third-party logging program. WorkedGrids uses colors to display information on a per-band basis. Up to four bands can be displayed concurrently
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The software is directed towards the VHF and above operators who collect grid squares for contesting or award purpose. It is designed to supplement a logging program and it replaces the pen and paper technique.
For its input, the program reads the plain-text (ASCII) log files generated by most logging programs. The file is read at a set interval and the worked grid squares on the map are updated in a dynamic way as the contest progresses and the log file is periodically saved.
A world map is implemented so any area of the world can be shown. The maximum map window size is 960 x 800 pixels.This provides a fixed-resolution continental viewpoint typical of a VHF grid square chase.
