📡 DX Hunter
DX HUNTER V6.3 · LINUX · WINDOWS · ANDROID

Chase DX.
Break the pile-up.

A ham-radio DX simulation game built around real operating ideas: propagation, pile-ups, split operation, greyline paths, DXpeditions, maritime mobile stations and weak-signal working.

The map gives you the world. The panadapter is where you make the catch. Work the right signal, pick your moments and try not to click the DX when everybody is shouting UP!

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DX Hunter gameplay showing the world map, logbook, awards, leaderboard and panadapter

Radio logic, game-sized.

DX Hunter is deliberately a game rather than a station simulator, but the decisions and terminology come from real amateur-radio operating.

🌍 Propagation-aware

Band choice, distance, greyline conditions and live propagation mood all influence what appears and how valuable it is.

📻 Pile-ups & split

Work ordinary signals, crack pile-ups, watch for region-only calls and remember that some DX is listening up.

🏆 Persistent progress

Your QTH, leaderboard, logbook, awards and preferences remain stored locally on your device.

📍 Set your QTH

Enter a Maidenhead locator or exact coordinates and DX Hunter uses your station position for distance and greyline calculations.

🎛 Six game modes

Contest, Free Play, DX Hunter, Greyline Challenge, Survival and Multi-Band Strategy each put a different spin on the same bands.

🔊 Radio-flavoured audio

Generated SFX, background hiss, speech call-outs and an adjustable ±6 dB master level add atmosphere without requiring an actual shack.

Downloads

Choose your platform. Linux and Windows are supplied as standalone desktop packages, while Android is available as a signed APK for phones and tablets.

🐧 Linux

x86_64

Standalone desktop build. Extract and run directly, or use the included installer script for application-menu integration.

Package DX-Hunter-1.0-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
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🪟 Windows

x86_64

Standalone Windows desktop edition. Extract the ZIP and run DX-Hunter.exe; saved game data is stored separately in your local application-data folder.

Package DX-Hunter-1.0-Windows-x86_64.zip
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🤖 Android

APK

Signed Android edition for phones and tablets. It is playable on a phone with scrolling where needed, and particularly well suited to larger tablet screens.

Package DX-Hunter-1.0-Android.apk
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Source code & licence

DX Hunter is free software under the GNU General Public License version 3. Commercial/proprietary licensing may also be available separately.

Source archive

The corresponding source includes the HTML/CSS/JavaScript game, Python desktop wrapper, Linux and Windows build material, Capacitor/Android project, local Leaflet assets and licence material.

DX-Hunter-1.0-Source.tar.gz
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Third-party components

DX Hunter uses third-party open-source components including Leaflet, pywebview, Qt/PySide6 and Capacitor. Map data and tiles are provided by OpenStreetMap.

Full notices are included with the application and source archives.

No advertising, cross-site tracking or user profiling is built into DX Hunter. This download page uses first-party analytics to count page views and download clicks.

Before you launch

Most of DX Hunter runs locally. A network connection is used for the world map and live propagation information.

Platform notes

  • Linux: extract the archive and run ./DX-Hunter; optional install.sh adds an application-menu entry
  • Windows: extract the ZIP and run DX-Hunter.exe
  • Android: install the signed APK; Android may ask you to allow installation from the browser or file manager you use

Online features

  • OpenStreetMap tiles require an internet connection
  • Live propagation conditions are retrieved from macalchemist.net
  • Saved QTH, scores, logbook, awards and settings remain local