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The Control Panel has several sections and packs a wide range of information and functions into a small space.
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### **Operating Information**
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➤ **_Practice Tip:_** _Click on the line with date/time info to toggle between UTC and your local time._
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**"Working Callsign / Location"** 
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**"Working Callsign / Location"** 
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The two lines after the date and time show the callsign and geographic location of the station you've most recently either sent a message to or received a message from, their grid square and the dB level of their Tx. It also shows their country, distance between your station and their station, and the azimuth.
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This button shows the status of WSJT-X operation.
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Click on the Tx/Rx status button to ignore incoming messages from other GridTracker Users
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### **Band Activity**
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This bar graph shows data retrieved from PSK Reporter based on the grid square you use as your QTH. (_Note: the feed from PSK Reporter may be stopped or delayed if their servers are overwhelmed._) This graph shows:
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### **QSO Status**
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* **RX Calls:** Number of callsigns received in WSJT-X in your current start up of Gridtracker.
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* **QSO:** Your total number of contacts to date. By default this is the total number of contacts reflected in your current, working WSJT-X log. If you elect to import QSO data from additional logs then that number will increase accordingly.
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This section allows you to decide what type and how much information to be shown on the GridTracker Map in the master grid overlay. (Other overlays such as time zones and grayline are handled separately in the GridTracker Features menu.)
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➤ \*\*_Important Practice Tip: _\*\*the options in this box affect how much and what type of data is shown in not only the "day-to-day" working grid map but **_also in the award overlays and Statistics table!_** The colored grid omap viewverlay for your logbook data reflects the band, mode, and propagation options you've picked. If you want to see a grid overlay with **all** of your contacts regardless of band, mode or data then choose "Mixed" on all three of those Map View Filters options. \
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➤ **_Important Practice Tip:_** the options in this box affect how much and what type of data is shown in not only the "day-to-day" working grid map but **_also in the award overlays and Statistics table!_** The colored grid omap viewverlay for your logbook data reflects the band, mode, and propagation options you've picked. If you want to see a grid overlay with **all** of your contacts regardless of band, mode or data then choose "Mixed" on all three of those Map View Filters options.
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**Band**
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Gridtracker automatically tracks WSJT-X. That means that it will show the “grid status”, i.e., whether you have worked a grid or if a station within any particular grid is actively transmitting on the band you've selected. There are some bands in the drop down list where United States hams can't operate. But GridTracker is available for users worldwide and other countries have different band privileges.
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Gridtracker automatically tracks WSJT-X. That means that it will show the “grid status”, i.e., whether you have worked a grid or if a station within any particular grid is actively transmitting on the band you've selected. There are some bands in the drop down list where United States hams can't operate. But GridTracker is available for users worldwide and other countries have different band privileges.
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* **Auto:** shows the grid status of the band currently in use in WSJT-X (or last used if you’re starting a new session.)
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* **Mixed**: shows the grid status of all bands
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* **Specific Band**: shows the grid status of that specific band.
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**_NOTE_**_: Each of these choices is further refined by the **Data** stream you select: Logbook, Live, or Logbook & Live, see below._ 
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**_NOTE_**_: Each of these choices is further refined by the **Data** stream you select: Logbook, Live, or Logbook & Live, see below._
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**Mode**
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The mode selector lets you refine the grid display as broadly or as narrowly as you please. The drop down list lets you choose a _type or mode_ of transmission such as phone, digital, or CW; a specific digital protocol, (FT-8, PSK, JT9, etc.) or "Auto" or "Mixed".
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* **Auto:** shows the grid status of the _mode currently in use_ in WSJT-X (or last used if you’re starting a new session.)
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* **Mixed: shows the grid status of all the contacts you've loaded into Gridtracker regardless of mode. SSB, CW, all digital or individual digital modes all mixed together. There are over 100 modes to choose from!**
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* **Digital, CW, FT-4, FT-8, PSK31, WSPR, etc. Shows your QSO grid for the specific mode you select.**
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* **Mixed:** shows the grid status of all the contacts you've loaded into Gridtracker regardless of mode. SSB, CW, all digital or individual digital modes all mixed together. There are over 100 modes to choose from!
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* **Digital, CW, FT-4, FT-8, PSK31, WSPR, etc.** Shows your QSO grid for the specific mode you select.
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**Prop\[agation\]**
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Select Propagation Mode to display. The \*\*_default _\*\*value is Mixed however you can also choose "unknown" along with 18 others.
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Select Propagation Mode to display. The **_default _**value is Mixed however you can also choose "unknown" along with 18 others.
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N6OPE is clueless about how to use this in practice. I just feel lucky if my signals get out; a guru may have to flesh out this section ….
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**Data** 
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**Data**
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Clicking on this box cycles the main GT map through three options: Logbook, Logbook & Live, or Live. Alternatively you can just type the **Hotkey Q** as long as GridTracker is your active window.)
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Clicking on this box cycles the main GT map through three options: Logbook, Logbook & Live, or Live. (Alternatively you can just type the **Hotkey Q** as long as GridTracker is your active window.)
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* **Logbook Data**: Grids are highlighted if you have logged a contact \[have a QSO\] in the grid in the past. The highlighting color scheme is shown in the map legend. The default color assigned to QSOs is yellow but you can change the color scheme in the [**Settings > Grids**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZYOQZ060W4E2uim1y_dX4xfV0kA_WujFKEKsYiGMUOk/edit#heading=h.l7jmg3fv35o) submenu.
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* **Logbook Data**: Grids are highlighted if you have logged a contact \[have a QSO\] in the grid in the past. The highlighting color scheme is shown in the map legend. The default color assigned to QSOs is yellow but you can change the color scheme in the [**Settings > Grids**](GridTracker-Overview/Settings-Sub-Menus#grids-tab) submenu.
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➤ **_Practice Tip:_** The information shown in the **Logbook** overlay depends on the options selected in the [**Settings>Logging** ](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZYOQZ060W4E2uim1y_dX4xfV0kA_WujFKEKsYiGMUOk/edit#heading=h.57jsyp516alh)submenu. If you want to incorporate QSO data from anything other than your working log in WSJT-X then you must choose the options to load that data from LoTW, QRZ.com, etc. in the form of an ADIF file.
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➤ **_Practice Tip:_** The information shown in the **Logbook** overlay depends on the options selected in the [**Settings>Logging**](GridTracker-Overview/Settings-Sub-Menus#logging-tab)submenu. If you want to incorporate QSO data from anything other than your working log in WSJT-X then you must choose the options to load that data from LoTW, QRZ.com, etc. in the form of an ADIF file.
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If you want the grid overlay to show QSL data then you must load data from a local ADIF file, LoTW, QRZ.com, etc. Again: the data stream and log records from WSJT-X don't know whether or not another station has confirmed a QSO.
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### **GridTracker Features Menu**
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The screen grab to the left shows you the default version of the GridTracker Features Menu. If you choose certain options in the Settings submenus you'll see additional buttons for additional features.
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The screen grab above shows you the default version of the GridTracker Features Menu. If you choose certain options in the Settings submenus you'll see additional buttons for additional features.
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#### **_Open Call Roster - Hotkey ➔ R_** 
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#### **_Open Call Roster - Hotkey ➔ R_** 
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The [Call Roster](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZYOQZ060W4E2uim1y_dX4xfV0kA_WujFKEKsYiGMUOk/edit#heading=h.htu6hxunf4pv) function is so extensive it has its own section in this manual. But, in short, it's a mult-function feature that you can use to track and pounce on stations calling CQ.
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The [Call Roster](Making-GridTracker-Work-For-You/Using-Call-Roster) function is so extensive it has its own section in this manual. But, in short, it's a mult-function feature that you can use to track and pounce on stations calling CQ.
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#### **_Push-Pin Mode - Hotkey ➔ P_** 
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#### **_Push-Pin Mode - Hotkey ➔ P_** 
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This feature turns the grid color legend off and places a "push pin" in the center of every grid where you've made a contact instead. If you are in Live mode there will be a gold pin in every active grid (i.e. a grid with an active station.) In Logbook mode there will be a red pin in the grids where you have made a QSO. In Logbook & Live mode you'll see a mix of gold and red pins
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#### **_Open Callsign Lookup Window - Hotkey ➔ R_** 
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#### **_Open Callsign Lookup Window - Hotkey ➔ R_** 
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You can look up who owns a callsign any time -- whether you have WSJT-X running or not -- by clicking this button, typing the call into the Callsign box and either clicking on the “Lookup” button or typing the “Enter” key on your keyboard.
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* GridTracker uses Callook.info as the **default** website for a callsign lookup. However you can manually change to another website in the **SETTINGS>Lookups** sub-menu.
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* Since GridTracker is linked with WSJT-X you can select an option to have GridTracker automatically open a window with callsign information every time you transmit on WSJT-X. _See_ [**_Settings>Lookups_**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZYOQZ060W4E2uim1y_dX4xfV0kA_WujFKEKsYiGMUOk/edit#heading=h.u2suwzs1cdy6) _f_or those settings_._ When you click on a CQ in WSJT-X to respond to it, this feature will automatically look up that station.
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* Since GridTracker is linked with WSJT-X you can select an option to have GridTracker automatically open a window with callsign information every time you transmit on WSJT-X. _See_ [**_Settings>Lookups_**](GridTracker-Overview/Settings-Sub-Menus#lookups-tab) for those settings. When you click on a CQ in WSJT-X to respond to it, this feature will automatically look up that station.
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**➤ Practice Tip:** The amount and type information shown in the Callsign Lookup window is dependent on the website you choose for your lookups.
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#### **_Show Stats - Hotkey ➔ I (the letter i)_** 
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#### **_Show Stats - Hotkey ➔ I (the letter i)_** 
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This is your GT logbook and statistics window. The data it contains can be filtered and sorted in nearly innumerable ways. While the Awards button lets you see a visual representation of the extent of your contacts; the Statistics feature lets you see them in list form.
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➤ **_Practice Tip:_** The information shown on the Statistics page(s) depends on the options selected in both the [**Map View Filter**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZYOQZ060W4E2uim1y_dX4xfV0kA_WujFKEKsYiGMUOk/edit#heading=h.p8sjpm138tzm) and the [**Settings>Logbook**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZYOQZ060W4E2uim1y_dX4xfV0kA_WujFKEKsYiGMUOk/edit#heading=h.55fadv9cx2sa) submenu.
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➤ **_Practice Tip:_** The information shown on the Statistics page(s) depends on the options selected in both the [**Map View Filter**](GridTracker-Overview/Control-Panel#map-view-filters) and the [**Settings>Logbook**](GridTracker-Overview/Settings-Sub-Menus#user-logbook-tab) submenu.
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?? Means you aren't or can't connect to the Gridtracker website? and/or other web-based sites like LoTW???**_Note:_** _some GridTracker features aren't available in Offline Mode._
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Toggles the Online/Offline status of GridTracker. When offline, online maps are not available and the default offline map is used. Also GridTracker will not attempt to log QSOs to or sync from online logging services and OAMS and Spotting services are not available. This mode optimizes GridTracker for use when Internet connection is not available or highly unreliable (such as Field Day and POTA activities).
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#### **_Grayline On/Off - Hotkey ➔ N_** 
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#### **_Grayline On/Off - Hotkey ➔ N_** 
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Choose to show or not show the grayline between daylight and night.
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#### **_GridTracker Map Legend On/Off_** 
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See [**Settings>Grids**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZYOQZ060W4E2uim1y_dX4xfV0kA_WujFKEKsYiGMUOk/edit#heading=h.l7jmg3fv35o) for details on the map legend.
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See [**Settings>Grids**](GridTracker-Overview/Settings-Sub-Menus#grids-tab) for details on the map legend.
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#### **_Share On-Air Status_** 
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Do or don't share your on-air status with other GridTracker users. However you won't be able to use the [**View GridTrackers Users**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZYOQZ060W4E2uim1y_dX4xfV0kA_WujFKEKsYiGMUOk/edit#heading=h.o4yp1ftgsnmj) function unless you are sharing your status.
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Do or don't share your on-air status with other GridTracker users. However you won't be able to use the [**View GridTrackers Users**](GridTracker-Overview/Control-Panel#view-gridtracker-users) function unless you are sharing your status.
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#### **_HotKey List - Hotkey ➔ F1_** 
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_See_ [**_Appendix "C" _**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZYOQZ060W4E2uim1y_dX4xfV0kA_WujFKEKsYiGMUOk/edit#heading=h.75143i98qzvo)_for a full list of the HotKey options._
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_See_ [**_Appendix C_**](Appendices/Appendix-C:-Hotkeys)_for a full list of the HotKey options._
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**➤ Practice Tip:** GridTracker must be your active computer window for this or any other HotKeys to work.
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#### **_Cycle Award Overlays - Hotkey ➔ = (equal sign)_**
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* Press this button (or its HotKey equivalent) to cycle through a series of overlays to show your status towards various awards.
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* Your award achievements can be filtered using the Map View Filters to show all your contacts or narrowed down to contacts by any combination of band or mode.
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* ____ : A line under the award cup is the default view; no awards shown (Hotkey **➔** 1) Note, you need to press “1” to clear any award overlays. The award overlay keys do not toggle on/off.
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* CQ : the CQ zones you’ve contacted (Hotkey **➔** 2)
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* __ : A line under the award cup is the default view; no awards shown (Hotkey **➔** 1) Note, you need to press “1” to clear any award overlays. The award overlay keys do not toggle on/off.
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* CQ : the CQ zones you’ve contacted (Hotkey **➔** 2)
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* ITU : ITU zones you’ve contacted (Hotkey **➔** 3)
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* WAC : Worked all Continents – the continents you’ve contacted (Hotkey **➔** 4)
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If you would like to see any of the Award Layers **_in addition to (or on top of) _** the highlighted grids displayed on the GridTracker map there are two ways to make that happen.
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1. Always Show Awards on top of Grid Status: Go to the [**Settings > Map**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZYOQZ060W4E2uim1y_dX4xfV0kA_WujFKEKsYiGMUOk/edit#heading=h.lv4r88l08i3p) menu and click the button for "Merge Award Overlay". This will "permanently" show an award layer superimposed on your base grid status layer.
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2. (a) Option to Show Awards on top of Grid Status: Leave the "Merge Award Overlay" button unchecked in the **Settings > Map** menu.
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(b) While you have an Award Layer active, type the letter **"U" (Hotkey ➔ U)**
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This will add the _active_ Grid Status map data underneath the Award Later. **Note:** Grid Status may be Live, Logbook, or Logbook & Live. And you can independently cycle through those three states.
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#### **_Lightning Strikes On/Off_**
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If you have this function turned on you will get an audio alert of any lightning strikes within **XX** miles of you. (It's a loud, lightning strike-explosion sort of sound! Since the warning captures information miles away it can be startling because you'll probably start getting these warnings well before the thunderstorm arrives outside your window.)
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You'll also get a message in the History section of the Control Panel that advises the date, time, distance, and bearing of the strike referenced to your QTH. _(source ??? or is a source needed??)_ (Is this using [https://www.lightningmaps.org](https://www.lightningmaps.org) ? Whatever the source, probably needs to be referenced in the copyright ist on P6)
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#### **_Moon Position Tracking - Hotkey ➔ D_** 
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#### **_Moon Position Tracking - Hotkey ➔ D_** 
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Shows the position of that big ball of cheese on your GT map.
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