DXSkyView

DX SkyView is a live world map for radio amateurs. It shows the greyline, the aurora forecast, the MUF across the world, DX cluster spots and propagation predictions to any country from your own station. DX SkyView was developed by our team at DX Holiday in 5B.

Open DX SkyView Online map version 1.3.0 · What's new

What you can do

• See day, night and the greyline, with CQ and ITU zones and all DXCC prefixes.
• Follow the MUF map from live ionosonde readings, with contour lines at the band edges.
• Watch DX cluster spots blink on the map, and point at a country for frequencies, modes and calls.
• Get a 24-hour band prediction to any country and a coverage map for any band, calculated with the ITU's own method (ITU-R P.533) for your power, antenna and mode.
• Check Kp, solar flux, the A index, sunspots and the solar wind at a glance.

Set your callsign, locator and station in the app's Settings. They are saved in your browser only. The app works on computers, tablets and phones. Help is under the Help button inside the app.

DX SkyView desktop app for Windows, Mac and Linux

The online map on this page is free. The DX SkyView desktop app, for Windows, macOS and Linux, does more: it reads your own log and tells you which spotted countries you still need. It also logs in to the DX cluster with your own callsign and alerts you when a station you're waiting for shows up.

Download for Windows version 1.9.0 (Windows 10 and 11, 84 MB) · What's new

Download for Mac version 1.5.0 (Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, macOS 14 or later, 6 MB) · What's new

Download for Linux .deb for Ubuntu/Debian version 1.9.0 (64-bit PC; AppImage for any distribution, 111 MB; .deb 77 MB) · What's new

Try everything free for 30 days

Every feature works for the first 30 days. After that, the app keeps running as a free version with the world map, greyline, aurora, the MUF map, space weather and the DX cluster. These premium features stop at the end of the trial:

• propagation predictions (the ITU-R P.533 24-hour band wheel and the coverage map);
• your station (your callsign, QTH, power and antenna; the free version uses a station in Cyprus);
• My DXCC (ADIF log import, needed countries and band-countries);
• watched callsigns with sound alerts and notifications.

Your settings and log are kept, and they come back as soon as you enter a licence key.

Get a licence key

DX SkyView is made by radio amateurs for radio amateurs. To keep the premium features, please make a donation of any amount from 5 euro (donate here). All proceeds go to station upgrades, maintenance and repairs. Include your callsign, and you'll get a licence key by email. One key can be active on 2 computers.

Installing on Windows

Run the installer. It isn't code-signed yet, so Windows may say “Windows protected your PC”. Click More info, then Run anyway. The app checks for new versions by itself. When one is ready, just click Update now.

Installing on Mac

Open the .dmg and drag DX SkyView to Applications. The app isn't signed by Apple yet, so the first time macOS says it can't check it: click Done, open System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll down to “DX SkyView was blocked…” and click Open Anyway, then enter your password. After that it opens normally. (On older macOS: right-click the app and choose Open.) The app checks for new versions by itself. When one is ready, just click Update now.

Installing on Linux

AppImage (any distribution): make it executable with chmod +x DXSkyView-Linux-1.9.0-x86_64.AppImage, then double-click it or start it from a terminal. AppImages need FUSE 2: on Ubuntu 22.04 run sudo apt install libfuse2, on Ubuntu 24.04 and later sudo apt install libfuse2t64. The AppImage checks for new versions by itself. When one is ready, just click Update now.

.deb (Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint): in the folder where you downloaded it, run sudo apt install ./DXSkyView-Linux-1.9.0-amd64.deb. DX SkyView then appears in your applications menu. To update, download the new .deb and install it the same way.

To improve DX SkyView we count visits and which features are used, with the visitor’s country. We use no cookies and don’t store IP addresses. The desktop apps send one anonymous message at first start (app, version, platform, country) and nothing after that.