Stations tree table

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General notes

Stations tree table displays Stations, broadcasts, and programs in Radio Explorer in a tree‐like way, so that you can expand table rows corresponding to transmissions of a more general character to display detailed information about transmissions that are more specific.

In an HFCC schedule, there may be table rows that contain information only in the Name column, and the cells for all the other columns are blank. This situation means that a station is included into the stations table of the HFCC schedule, but there are no broadcasts that refer to that station in the HFCC seasonal schedule table.

Some broadcasts in FCC HF Seasonal, Prime Time Shortwave, and SWBC schedules may have the status attribute set to inactive. Such broadcasts, as well as stations that have only inactive broadcasts, are displayed in the gray color.

See also
What schedule types are supported?
About viewing schedules in the Stations view
Expand or collapse a table row to show or hide broadcasts or programs
Get a better overview of a programming schedule
Stations view
Stations view, Gantt chart
Stations Query toolbar

Columns

Some column descriptions include information specific to particular schedule types. Such information is indicated by EiBi EiBi icon, FCC HF Seasonal FCC HF Seasonal icon, HFCC HFCC icon, Prime Time Shortwave Prime Time Shortwave icon, or SWBC SWBC icon.

There are some remarks that apply specifically to stations, to some types of broadcasts, or to programs. Such remarks are denoted by Station bar Station icon for stations, by Parallel broadcast bar Parallel icon for parallel broadcasts, by Serial broadcast bar Serial icon for serial broadcasts, by Overnight broadcast bar Overnight icon for overnight broadcasts, and by Program bar Program icon for programs.

As several transmissions form a more general transmission, there may be several candidates for an attribute value in the general transmission, coming from the corresponding values of the forming transmissions. In general, the three possible approaches to constructing a new value are: listing all the candidate values in a particular order, merging the values when it is possible, and placing the special Various value. Comments on the exact way of forming an attribute value are marked with Outline Outline icon. Note that when a programming schedule is opened, the attribute values of programs from the programming schedule do not affect the attribute values of broadcasts from the broadcasting schedule, although in this case programs are displayed as if they form broadcasts. In other words, data in programming schedules does not affect data in broadcasting schedules.

Rows in the Stations tree table are sorted in the following way: stations are sorted by their names in alphabetical order, broadcasts and programs are sorted first by language, then by the start and the end times, and finally by the days on which they are on air.

On
Name
Duration
Start
End
Days
Language
Format
Frequency
Power
Azimuth
Modulation
Target continents
Target area
Target zones
Status
Notes
Location
Region/province
Country
Longitude
Latitude
Location zone

On

Displays On Now On Now icons for broadcasts that are currently on air.

Name

For stations, displays station name in bold font. For broadcasts, displays the broadcast name when available, otherwise displays the station name. For programs, displays the program name in italic font. Also displayed is an appropriate bar icon.

HFCC If the station name is not available for some station code in a particular HFCC schedule, then the station code is displayed.
Parallel broadcast bar Broadcast name of a parallel broadcast is equal to broadcast name of any of the broadcasts forming the parallel broadcast.
Serial broadcast bar Broadcast name of a serial broadcast is equal to broadcast name of any of the broadcasts forming the serial broadcast.

Duration

Duration of a broadcast.

Parallel broadcast bar Duration of a parallel broadcast is equal to duration of any of the broadcasts forming the parallel broadcast.
Serial broadcast bar Duration of a serial broadcast is the sum of durations of all broadcasts forming the serial broadcast.
Station bar Duration for a station is the combined length of the periods of time when there is a broadcast on air for the station. Overlapping periods of several simultaneous broadcasts are counted only once. Such time periods are displayed as parts of normal thickness in station bar on the Stations Gantt chart.

Start

Either the local start time or the UTC start time of a broadcast, according to the active time display mode.

Set the local time or the UTC time display mode

Parallel broadcast bar Start time of a parallel broadcast is equal to start time of any of the broadcasts forming the parallel broadcast.
Serial broadcast bar Start times of all broadcasts that form a serial broadcast are different.
Station bar Start time for a station is the earliest of the start times of all its broadcasts.

End

Either the local end time or the UTC end time of a broadcast, according to the active time display mode.

Set the local time or the UTC time display mode

Parallel broadcast bar End time of a parallel broadcast is equal to end time of any of the broadcasts forming the parallel broadcast.
Serial broadcast bar End times of all broadcasts that form a serial broadcast are different.
Station bar End time for a station is the latest of the end times of all its broadcasts.

Days

Displays days of week as rectangles, with the days on which a station, a broadcast, or a program is on air, displayed as filled rectangles.

The displayed days are either the days in the local time zone, or the days in the UTC time zone, according to the active time display mode.

The exact display style for days of week may change when you switch to a different interface language, and may also be specified directly.

Set the local time or the UTC time display mode
Set the display style for the days of week

EiBi With EiBi schedules, some broadcasts may have days information in a free text format. For example, a schedule may indicate that a broadcast is on air on a particular day of year, or on occasional days only. In such cases, days information is displayed as text. If a station has broadcasts with days information in both the standard format and the free text format, then days information for the station is displayed as standard rectangles, underlined with dots, followed by text. You may have either to resize the column to see the text, or to rest the mouse pointer over the table cell to have the text displayed in a tool tip.
Parallel broadcast bar Days of a parallel broadcast are equal to days of any of the broadcasts forming the parallel broadcast.
Serial broadcast bar Days of a serial broadcast are equal to days of any of the broadcasts forming the serial broadcast.
Outline Days for a station are computed by merging the days values of all its broadcasts.

Language

Language of a broadcast.

EiBi EiBi schedules include language names in English and German. So, an English name or a German name is displayed, according to the active interface language.
Parallel broadcast bar Language of a parallel broadcast is equal to language of any of the broadcasts forming the parallel broadcast.
Serial broadcast bar Language of a serial broadcast is equal to language of any of the broadcasts forming the serial broadcast.
Outline Language for a station is a listing of languages of all its broadcasts in alphabetical order.

Format

Broadcast kind or format.

Parallel broadcast bar Format of a parallel broadcast is equal to format of any of the broadcasts forming the parallel broadcast.
Serial broadcast bar Format of a serial broadcast is equal to format of any of the broadcasts forming the serial broadcast.
Station bar Format for a station is a listing of formats of all its broadcasts in alphabetical order.

Frequency

Broadcast frequency in kilohertz (kHz). The exact frequency display format depends on the active interface language.

What are the underlines that appear in the Frequency column?

Serial broadcast bar Frequency or frequencies of a serial broadcast is or are equal to the frequency or the frequencies of any of the broadcasts forming the serial broadcast.
Outline Frequency for a station or for a parallel broadcast is a listing of frequencies of all station’s broadcasts, or of all broadcasts forming the parallel broadcast, in numerical order.

Power

Broadcast power in kilowatt (kW). The exact power display format depends on the active interface language.

EiBi With EiBi schedules, power information, which is available for some transmitter locations, is not displayed. This may change in a future version of Radio Explorer.
FCC HF Seasonal
HFCC
Available with FCC HF Seasonal and HFCC schedules.
Outline Listing of powers of all forming broadcasts in numerical order.

Azimuth

Azimuth of the transmitter antenna in degrees. When the azimuth value is available, an arrow icon is displayed close to the value for quick view.

FCC HF Seasonal
HFCC
Available with FCC HF Seasonal and HFCC schedules.
Outline Indicated as Various.

Modulation

Broadcast signal modulation.

EiBi
FCC HF Seasonal
HFCC
Prime Time Shortwave
Available with EiBi, FCC HF Seasonal, HFCC, and Prime Time Shortwave schedules.
Outline Listing of modulations of all forming broadcasts in alphabetical order.

Target continents

Broadcast target continents.

Prime Time Shortwave
SWBC
With Prime Time Shortwave and SWBC schedules, data in this column is based on the data in the Target area column.
Outline Listing of target continents of all forming broadcasts in alphabetical order.

Target area

Broadcast target area.

EiBi
Prime Time Shortwave
SWBC
Available with EiBi, Prime Time Shortwave, and SWBC schedules.
Outline Listing of target areas of all forming broadcasts in alphabetical order.

Target zones

Broadcast target CIRAF zones.

CIRAF Zone glossary article
CIRAF Zones reference list

FCC HF Seasonal
HFCC
Available with FCC HF Seasonal and HFCC schedules.
Outline Target zones of all forming broadcasts are merged to obtain a more compact‐looking value, and listed in numerical order.

Status

Status either of the broadcast or of the information about the broadcast.

Stations and broadcasts that have inactive status are displayed in the gray color.

EiBi With EiBi schedules, status is displayed as Uncertain for broadcasts that follow the Subject to some uncertainty section line in the A03 seasonal schedule.
FCC HF Seasonal
Prime Time Shortwave
SWBC
Available with FCC HF Seasonal, Prime Time Shortwave, and SWBC schedules.
Outline Listing of the status values of all forming broadcasts in alphabetical order.

Notes

Additional information about a broadcast, often technical in character.

Outline Listing of the notes for all forming broadcasts in alphabetical order.

Location

Transmitter location name.

HFCC If the location name is not available for some transmitter location code in a particular HFCC schedule, then the transmitter location code is displayed.
Outline Listing of the location names of all forming broadcasts in alphabetical order.

Region/province

Region or province of the transmitter location.

EiBi With EiBi schedules, the data about the region or province, available for some locations, is displayed after the location name in the Location column.
Outline Listing of the regions or provinces for all forming broadcasts in alphabetical order.

Country

Transmitter location country.

HFCC HFCC schedules include country names in three languages, all of which are supported as interface languages in Radio Explorer, namely, in English, French, and Spanish. So, an English name, a French name, or a Spanish name is displayed, according to the active interface language.
Outline Listing of the countries for all forming broadcasts in alphabetical order.

Longitude

Geographical longitude of the transmitter location.

EiBi May not be available for some locations with EiBi schedules.
HFCC Available with HFCC schedules.
Outline Indicated as Various.

Latitude

Geographical latitude of the transmitter location.

EiBi May not be available for some locations with EiBi schedules.
HFCC Available with HFCC schedules.
Outline Indicated as Various.

Location zone

CIRAF zone of the transmitter location.

CIRAF Zone glossary article
CIRAF Zones reference list

Outline Listing of the location zones for all forming broadcasts in numerical order.

See also
See all contents of a table cell without resizing the column

Column header

You can move a column by dragging its heading. You can resize columns. If a column is not wide enough for the column name to be displayed, you can display the column name in a tool tip by resting the mouse pointer over the column header.

See also
Resize a table column
Rearrange columns in a table
See the column name without resizing the column

Row header

You can display detailed information about a station, a broadcast, or a program in a tool tip by resting the mouse pointer over the heading rectangle of the corresponding station, broadcast, or program row.

Tool tip

You can display detailed information about a station, a broadcast, or a program in a tool tip by clicking the station, broadcast, or program row and then clicking Show Tool Tip Show Tool Tip on the Help menu, or pressing CTRL‑F1.

Context menu

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

Expand Expand item
Expands selected tree table rows. If this command is not enabled, then there are no rows selected in the tree table, or the selected rows are already expanded.
Collapse Collapse item
Collapses selected tree table rows. If this command is not enabled, then there are no rows selected in the tree table, or the selected rows are already collapsed.
Select All item
Selects all cells in the tree table. If this command is not enabled, then all cells are already selected in the tree table.
Find… Find… item
Opens the Find dialog box, so that you can search the tree table for text that meets the criteria you specify.

See also
Copy table data to Clipboard
Drag‑and‑drop table data to another application
About selecting data
Select all data in a view
Find text
Find dialog box