Global QSO Visualization

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I got it into my head that I would like to see a spherical depiction of my QSOs. Azimuthal and other representations weren’t cutting it for me.

I managed to coax an LLM to output my ADIF into a KML so I could better visualize the reach of my QSOs, and I am quite stunned. 20m has almost complete global reach, as you’ll see below. Admittedly, on CW it probably does. In these visualizations, the vast majority of contacts are on FT8 20m, but there are a few dozen SSB contacts as far as Indonesia. Usually I made these contacts well before sunrise.

This is a representation of my entire logbook, so any QSO not from the SW US are 10m.

Setup: IC-7300, barefoot, 15m mast, and a 20m twinlead j-pole. Having been temporarily based in a residential area, I had quite a high noise floor from various EMI sources, and could have probably done better with weak stations had my noise floor been lower.

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Moving to the west:
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More west, Australia prominently visible:
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Antipodal view:
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Looking toward the east, the west coast of Africa coming into view:
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Africa; the lonely QSO east of Madagascar is Reunion Island, got this one on FT8:
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