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The DXSpider User Manual v1.50 Ian Maude, G0VGS

1. DIR T G1 10 DIR S QSL 10 100 5 11 21 directory lt nn gt directory lt nn gt List last lt nn gt messages 11 22 directory all directory all List all messages 11 23 directory from lt call gt directory from lt call gt List all messages from lt call gt 11 24 directory new directory new List all new messages 11 25 directory own directory own List your own messages 11 26 directory subject lt string gt directory subject lt string gt List all messages with lt string gt in subject 11 27 directory to lt call gt directory to lt call gt List all messages to lt call gt 11 28 dx by lt call gt lt freq gt lt call gt lt remarks gt dx by lt call gt lt freq gt lt call gt lt remarks gt Send a DX spot This is how you send a DX Spot to other users You can in fact now nter the lt freq gt and the lt call gt either way round DX FROG 144 600 DX 144 600 FROG DX 144600 FROG will all give the same result You can add some remarks to the end of the command and they will be added to the spot DX FROG 144600 this is a test You can credit someone else by saying DX by G1TLH FROG 144 600 he isn t on the cluster The lt freq gt is compared against the available bands set up in the cluster See SHOW BANDS for more information 11 29 echo lt line gt echo lt line gt Echo the line to the output This command is useful in scripts and so forth for printi
2. lt nn gt blank lt string gt lt nn gt Print nn default 1 blank lines or strings In its basic form this command prints one or more blank lines However if you pass it a string it will replicate the string for the width of the screen default 80 and then print that one or more times so blank 2 prints two blank lines blank prints a row of characters once blank abc prints abcabcabcabcabcabc This is really only of any use in a script file and you can print a maximum of 9 lines 11 10 bye bye Exit from the cluster This will disconnect you from the cluster 11 11 chat lt group gt lt text gt chat lt group gt lt text gt Chat or Conference to a group It is now possible to JOIN a group and have network wide conferencing to that group DXSpider does not and probably will not implement the AK1A conference mode as this seems very limiting is hardly used and doesn t seem to work too well anyway This system uses th xisting ANN system and is compatible with both other DXSpider nodes and AK1A clusters they use ANN lt group gt You can be a member of as many groups as you want To join a group types JOIN FOC where FOC is the group name To leave a group type LEAVE FOC You can see which groups you are in by typing STAT USER and you can see whether your mate is in the group if he connects to the same node as you by typing STAT USER gltl
3. 11 54 send noprivate lt call gt send noprivate lt call gt Send a message to all stations All the SEND commands will create a message which will be sent either to an individual callsign or to one of the bulletin addresses SEND lt call gt on its own acts as though you had typed SEND PRIVATE that is it will mark the message as personal and send it to the cluster node that that callsign is connected to If the lt call gt you have specified is in fact a known bulletin category on your node eg ALL then the message should automatically become a bulletin You can have more than one callsign in all of the SEND commands You can have multiple qualifiers so that you can have for exampl SEND RR COPY 123 PRIVATE G1TLH GORDI which should send a copy of message 123 to GITLH and GORDI and you will receive a read receipt when they have read the messag SB is an alias for SEND NOPRIVATE or send a bulletin in BBS speak SP is an alias for SEND PRIVATE The system will ask you for a subject Conventionally this should be no longer than 29 characters for compatibility Most modern cluster software should accept more You will now be prompted to start entering your text You finish the message by entering EX on a new line For instance bye then Jim 73 Dirk ex If you have started a message and you don t want to keep it then you can abandon the message with ABORT on a
4. 11 73 set page lt lines per page gt set page lt lines per page gt Set the lines per pag Tell the system how many lines you wish on a page when the number of line of output from a command is more than this The default is 20 Setting it explicitly to 0 will disable paging SET PAGE 30 SET PAGE 0 The setting is stored in your user profile 11 74 set password set password Set your own password This command only works for a telnet user currently It will only work if you have a password already set This initial password can only be set by the sysop When you execute this command it will ask you for your old password then ask you to type in your new password twice to make sure you get it right You may or may not see the data echoed on the screen as you type depending on the type of telnet client you have 11 75 set prompt lt string gt set prompt lt string gt Set your prompt to lt string gt 11 76 set qra lt locator gt set qra lt locator gt Set your QRA Grid locator Tell the system what your QRA or Maidenhead locator is If you have not done a SET LOCATION then your latitude and longitude will be set roughly correctly assuming your locator is correct For example n ET QRA JOO2LQ 11 77 set qth lt your qth gt set qth lt your gth gt Set your QTH Tell the system where you are For example SET QTH East Dereham Norfolk
5. Location GOVGS sh sun 5b4 would look like this sh sun 5b4 Location 5B Cyprus 5B Morecambe Rise Lancashire Rise 04 23Z 15 402 You can also specify multiple arguments like this sh sun gw4veq 5b4ab zs and then the output would look like this sh sun gw4veq 5b4ab zs Loca GW4VEQ Brungwran 5B ZS ZS ZS tion Cyprus 5B So Africa So Africa So Africa 5 2 Moon Example This program however for a prefix or callsign elevation of the sun at these locations show moon ea Rise Isle of Anglesey IO 07 142 04 232 ZS1 ZS 04 312Z ZS5 ZS 03 44Z ZS6 ZS 03 5927 Set OTOZ LTE SIZ Set Set 17 482 15 402 17 282 16 342 16 42Z Azim 205 3 Azim 244 0 Azim 204 244 289 ZEB Zhe nO Uo Elev 24 1 The SHOW MOON command works in the same way as the SHOW SUN command calculates the rise and set times of the moon together with the current azimuth and Elev 18 8 dB he he he he The output from this command would look like this sh moon ea Location Rise Set Azim Elev RGain EA Spain EA 08 15Z2 20 09Z 257 2 9 55 You can see that the output is similar to the SHOW SUN command with slightly different fields 5 3 Heading The SHOW HEADING command works in the same way as the SHOW SUN and SHOW MOON commands but outputs beam headings for a specified callsign or prefix Reciprocal beam headings ar
6. The command SHow OBL provides Russian Oblast information and location of station derived from the callsign prefix and suffix figure and lst letter of suffix Syntax SHow OBL Partial Callsign e g 9F for RX9FM 12 1 7 SH QSL and SH QSL INF The command SHow QSL provides access to a file carrying almost 300 000 entries providing information on possible QSL routes for DX stations Syntax SHow QSL Callsign e g SH QSL J52US 12 1 8 SH POST and SH POST INF The command SHow POST provides Irish postal rates effective 1 January 2003 for priority mail for weights not greater than 25 50 100 250 500 and 1000 grammes Syntax SHow POST weight e g SH POST 25 for normal letters 12 1 9 SH VHF and SH VHF INF The command SHow VHF indicates the QTH Locator Grid Square of stations active on bands above 30 MHz In addition stations operating froma particular locator or grid square can be identified Syntax SHow VHF Callsign EI3IO G3SDL etc or Show VHF Locator IO63WF etc 12 1 10 SH WAS and SH WAS INF The command SHow WAS provides the two letter State designators which are converted from the first six letters ONLY of a State s name Syntax SHow WAS 6 letters e g NORTHC for North Carolina IDAHO for Idaho 12 2 Bulletins and Files WARNING some files can be quite large and may generate large amounts of traffic on a radio channel 12 2 1 The current years information SH FILEINFO Use the command
7. so you can see how you did against all your mates You can also say all which will then print the worldwide statistics sh vhftable all 11 113 show wcy show wcy Show last 10 WCY broadcasts 11 114 show wcey lt n gt show wcey lt n gt Show last lt n gt WCY broadcasts Display the most recent WCY information that has been received by the system 11 115 show wm7d lt callsign gt show wm7d lt callsign gt Show callbook details on a US callsigns This command queries the WM7D callbook server on the internet and returns any information available for that US callsign This service is provided for users of this software by http www wm7d net See also SHOW QORZ 11 116 show wwv show wwv Show last 10 WWV broadcasts 11 117 show wwv lt n gt show wwv lt n gt Show last lt n gt WWV broadcasts Display the most recent WWV information that has been received by the system 11 118 sysop sysop Regain your privileges if you login remotely The system automatically reduces your privilege level to that of a normal user if you login in remotely This command allows you to regain your normal privilege level It uses the normal system five numbers are returned that are indexes into the character array that is your assigned password see SET PASSWORD The indexes start from zero You are expected to return a string which contains the characters required in the correct order You may intersperse those characters
8. 2 4 Logouts Logging out can be done by simply issuing the standard BYE command Fl You could also send a disconnect if you are using AX25 or a CLOS command if you are connected via telnet If you do not log out gracefully using one of the above commands you may find you are unable to get a full connect next time This may also happen if a netrom connection drops You may get connected but nothing else will happen because the program thinks you are still connected and will not let you connect twice under the same call However you could reconnect by adding a number to the end of your call for example GOYLM 2 This can be done by either altering your MYCALL setting in the TNC or by altering your program configuration 3 Setting your personal details Once logged in to the cluster you should set your details so that anybody who wishes to contact you can find out who and where you are There are four items to set your name qth location and home node Setting these details also allows the use of the SHOW HEADING and SHOW SUN commands from within the cluster Unless you set your QTH and location these commands cannot function Once you have set your n s o 1 ame DXSpider will greet you with it next time you login Your QTH etting is where you live and it is a good idea to add your locator to his as the location setting is converted to latitude and longitude nce inputted You can actually set your locatio
9. GW origin_zone lt prefixes or numbers gt origin_state lt states gt eg VA NH RI NH by_dxcc lt prefixes or numbers gt by_itu lt prefixes or numbers gt by_zone lt prefixes or numbers gt by_state lt states gt channel lt prefixes gt wx 1 filter WX announces dest lt prefixes gt eg 6MUK WDX distros some examples acc ann dest 6MUK acc ann 2 by_zone 14 15 16 this could be all on one line acc ann dest 6MUK or by_zone 14 15 16 or acc ann by G M 2 for american states acc ann by_state va nh ri nh You can use the tag all to accept everything eg acc ann all but this probably for advanced users 11 3 accept spots 0 9 lt pattern gt accept spots 0 9 lt pattern gt Set an accept filter line for spots Create an accept this spot line for a filter An accept filter line means that if the spot matches this filter it is passed onto the user See HELP FILTERING for more info Please read this to understand how filters work it will save a lot of grief later on You can use any of the following things in this line freq lt range gt eg 0 30000 or hf or hf cw or 6m 4m 2m on lt range gt same as freq call lt prefixes gt eg G PA HB9 info lt string gt eg iota or qsl by lt prefixes gt call_dxce lt prefixes or numbers gt eg 61 62 from eg sh pre G call_itu lt prefixes or numbers gt or G GM GW call_zone lt prefixes or numbers gt call_state lt
10. SHow Fileinfo to check the categories of information available in the BULL directory The following regularly updated bulletins are currently held on EI7SDX SHANDX 425 File 425 DX News ARRL File ARRL DX News CAL File 425 DX Calendar DATA File Detailed Database Information INFO File Technical details of EI7SDX SHANDX IRTS File IRTS weekly Irish amateur radio news NEWS File SHANDX News OPDX File Ohio Penn DX Bulletin RSGB File RSGB weekly UK amateur radio news To access the latest information just type the name of the file To look at previous bulletins in the same year use the command SH 425 SH OPDX etc However DATA INFO and NEWS are single files and the command SH will not function To access a previous file use syntax e g type bull opdx 593 12 2 2 Previous years information SH year Use the command SH ARC to view the directories which are available from the immediately previous year To look at the archived files available for a particular year use the command SH year e g SH 2002 To access a file from that year use syntax e g type 2002 opdx 561 12 3 Aliased Commands In addition to the SH commands mentioned in 12 1 and 12 2 above some addi AH A SH B SH B SH E tional commands have been provided which alias a normal DXSpider command DR SH QRZ Access to the QRZ com data base EAM SH H Beam heading UCK SH QRZ Access to the QR
11. State of a Callsign held on the FCC database if his is being run on this system eg sh usdb k1xx 11 111 show vhfstats days date show vhfstats days date Show the VHF DX Statistics Show the VHF DX spots breakdown by band for the last lt days gt no of days default is 31 starting from a date default today 11 112 show vhftable days date prefix show vhftable days date prefix Show the VHF DX Spotter Table Show the VHF DX Spotter table for the list of prefixes for the last lt days gt no of days default is 31 starting from a date default today If there are no prefixes then it will show the table for your country Remember that some countries have more than one DXCC country in them eg G to show them assuming you are not in G already which is specially treated in the code you must list all the relevant prefixes sh vhftable g gm gd gi gj gw gu Note that the prefixes are converted into country codes so you don t have to list all possible prefixes for each country If you want more or less days than the default simply include the number you require sh vhftable 20 pa If you want to start at a different day simply add the date in some recognizable form sh vhftable 2 25nov02 sh vhftable 2 25 nov 02 sh vhftable 2 021125 sh vhftable 2 25 11 02 This will show the stats for your DXCC for that CQWW contest weekend You can specify either prefixes or full callsigns
12. announces dest lt prefixes gt eg 6MUK WDX distros some examples rej ann by_zone 14 15 16 and not by G M 2 You can use the tag all to reject everything eg rej ann all but this probably for advanced users 11 44 reject spots 0 9 lt pattern gt reject spots 0 9 lt pattern gt Set a reject filter line for spots Create a reject this spot line for a filter A reject filter line means that if the spot matches this filter it is dumped not passed on See HELP FILTERING for more info Please read this to understand how filters work it will save a lot of grief later on You can use any of the following things in this line freq lt range gt eg 0 30000 or hf or hf cw or 6m 4m 2m on lt range gt same as freq call lt prefixes gt eg G PA HB9 info lt string gt eg iota or qsl by lt prefixes gt call_dxcce lt prefixes or numbers gt eg 61 62 from eg sh pre G call_itu lt prefixes or numbers gt or G GM GW call_zone lt prefixes or numbers gt call_state lt states gt eg VA NH RI ME by_dxcc lt prefixes or numbers gt by_itu lt prefixes or numbers gt by_zone lt prefixes or numbers gt by_state lt states gt eg VA NH RI ME origin lt prefixes gt channel lt prefixes gt For frequencies you can use any of the band names defined in SHOW BANDS and you can use a subband name like cw rtty data ssb thus hf ssb You can also just have a simple rang
13. changed It is now possible to set filters for just about anything you wish If you have just updated from an older version of DXSpider you will need to update your new filters You do not need to do anything with your old filters they will be renamed as you update There are 3 basic commands involved in setting and manipulating filters These are accept reject and clear First we will look generally at filtering There are a number of things you can filter in the DXSpider system They all use the same general mechanism In general terms you can create a reject or an accept filter which can have up to 10 lines in it You do this using for example accept spots reject spots where are the specific commands for that type of filter There are filters for spots wwv announce wcy and for sysops connects See each different accept or reject command reference for more details There is also a command to clear out one or more lines in a filter They are clear spots 1 clear spots all There is clear xxxx command for each type of filter and you can check that your filters have worked by the command show filter For now we are going to use spots for the examples but you can apply the same principles to all types of filter 10 2 Types of filter There are two main types of filter accept or reject You can use either to achieve the result you want dependent on your own preference and which is more s
14. com See also SHOW WM7D for an alternative 11 105 show route lt callsign gt show route lt callsign gt Show the route to the callsign This command allows you to see to which node the callsigns specified are connected It is a sort of inverse sh config sh route n2tly 11 106 show satellite lt name gt lt hours gt lt interval gt show satellite lt name gt lt hours gt lt interval gt Show tracking data Show the tracking data from your location to the satellite of your choice from now on for the next few hours If you use this command without a satellite name it will display a list of all the satellites known currently to the system If you give a name then you can obtain tracking data of all the passes that start and finish 5 degrees below the horizon As default it will give information for the next three hours for every five minute period You can alter the number of hours and the step size within certain limits Each pass in a period is separated with a row of characters So for example SH SAT AO 10 SH SAT FENGYUNI1 12 2 11 107 show station lt callsign gt show station lt callsign gt Show information about a callsign Show the information known about a callsign and whether and where that callsign is connected to the cluster SH ST G1TLH If no callsign is given then show the information for yourself 11 108 show sun ndays lt prefix gt lt callsign g
15. doing You can arrange your filter lines into logical units either for your own understanding or simply convenience Here is an example reject spots 1 on hf cw rejyect spots 2 on 50000 1400000 not by_zone 14 15 16 or call_zone 14 15 16 What this does is to ignore all HF CW spots and also rejects any spots on VHF which don t either originate or spot someone in Europe This is an example where you would use a line number 1 and 2 in this case if you leave the digit out the system assumes 1 Digits O 9 are available This make it easier to see just what filters you have set It also makes it more simple to remove individual filters during a contest for example You will notice in the abov xample that the second line has brackets Look at the line logically You can see there are 2 separate sections to it We are saying reject spots that are VHF or above APART from those in zones 14 15 and 16 either spotted there or originated there If you did not have the brackets to separate the 2 sections then Spider would read it logically from the front and see a different expression entirely on 50000 1400000 and by_zone 14 15 16 or call_zone 14 15 16 The simple way to remember this is if you use OR use brackets Whilst we are here CASE is not important And BY_Zone is just the same as and by_zone As mentioned earlier setting several filters can be more flexibl than simply setting one complex one Doin
16. dxcc oq2 You can also use this with the by keyword so eg by W dxcc DX 9m0 DX on 20m info iota DX 9a on vhf day 30 rflp qsl x iota iota eu 064 qra jn86 dxcc oq2 dxcc oq2 by w dxcc CDUUU0 UV x x xX NANNANNNHNNWN I I S N T T A R 0 x 11 90 show dxcc lt prefix gt show dxcc lt prefix gt Interrogate the spot database by country This command takes the lt prefix gt which can be a full or partial callsign if desired looks up which internal country number it is and then displays all the spots as per SH DX for that country This is now an alias for SHOW DX DXCC The options for SHOW DX also apply to this command e g SH DXCC G SH DXCC W on 20m iota This can be done with the SHOW DX command like this SH DX dxcc g SH DX dxcc w on 20m iota 11 91 show dxqsl lt callsign gt show dxqsl lt callsign gt Show any QSL info gathered from spots The node collects information from the comment fields in spots things like VIA EA7WA or QSL G1ITLH and stores these in a database This command allows you to interrogate that database and if the callsign is found will display the manager s that people have spotted This information is NOT reliable but it is normally reasonably accurate if it is spotted enough times For example sh dxqsl 4k9w You can check the raw input spots yourself with sh dx 4k9w qsl This gives you more background information 11 92 show
17. in a WWV filter or to remove the whole filter see CLEAR SPOTS for a more detailed explanation TAA Ps dbavail dbavail Show a list of all the Databases in the system Title says it all really this command lists all the databases defined in the system It is also aliased to SHOW COMMAND 11 18 dbshow lt dbname gt lt key gt dbshow lt dbname gt lt key gt Display an entry if it exists in a database This is the generic user interface to the database to the database system It is expected that the sysop will add an entry to the local Aliases file so that users can use the more familiar AK1A style of enquiry such as SH BUCK G1TLH but if he hasn t and the database really does exist use DBAVAIL or SHOW COMMAND to find out you can do the same thing with DBSHOW buck G1TLH 11 19 directory directory List messages 11 20 directory lt from gt lt to gt directory lt from gt lt to gt List messages lt from gt message lt to gt message List the messages in the messages directory If there is a p one space after the message number then it is a personal message If there is a between the message number and the You can use shell escape characters such as and in the lt call gt fields You can combine some of the various directory commands together eg DIR TO G1TLH 5 or DIR SUBJECT IOTA 200 250 You can abbreviate all the commands to one letter and use akla syntax
18. more lines of it or clear out one line For example reject spots 1 on hf ssb or clear spots 1 To remove the filter in its entirty clear spots all There are similar CLEAR commands for the other filters clear announce clear wcy clear wwv ADVANCED USERS Once you are happy with the results you get you may like to experiment my example that filters hf cw spots and accepts vhf uhf spots from EU can be written with a mixed filter eg rej spot on hf cw acc spot on 0 30000 acc spot 2 on 50000 1400000 and by_zone 14 15 16 or call_zone 14 15 16 each filter slot actually has a reject slot and an accept slot The reject slot is executed BEFORE the accept slot It was mentioned earlier that after a reject test that doesn t match the default for following tests is accept the reverse is true for first any non hf cw spot is passed to the accept line which lets thru everything else on HF The next filter line lets through just VHF UHF spots from EU Tist hedp help The HELP Command HELP is available for a number of commands The syntax is HELP lt cmd gt Where lt cmd gt is the name of the command you want help on All commands can be abbreviated so SHOW DX can be abbreviated to SH DX ANNOUNCE can be shortened to AN and so on Look at the APROPOS lt string gt command which will search the help database for the lt string gt you speci
19. or not see UNSET WCY if you don t want them This command is really provided for future use See HELP FILTER for information 11 5 accept wwv 0 9 lt pattern gt accept wwv 0 9 lt pattern gt set an accept WWV filter It is unlikely that you will want to do this but if you do then you can filter on the following fields by lt prefixes gt eg G M 2 origin lt prefixes gt origin_dxcc lt prefixes or numbers gt eg 61 62 from eg sh pre G origin_itu lt prefixes or numbers gt or G GM GW origin_zone lt prefixes or numbers gt by_dxcc lt prefixes or numbers gt by_itu lt prefixes or numbers gt by_zone lt prefixes or numbers gt channel lt prefixes gt for example accept wwv by_zone 4 is probably the only useful thing to do which will only show WWV broadcasts by stations in the US See HELP FILTER for information Pls6 lt announce lt text gt announce lt text gt Send an announcement to LOCAL users only lt text gt is the text of the announcement you wish to broadcast 11 7 announce full lt text gt announce full lt text gt Send an announcement cluster wide This will send your announcement cluster wide EES apropos lt string gt apropos lt string gt Search help database for lt string gt Search the help database for lt string gt it isn t case sensitive and print the names of all the commands that may be relevant 11 9 blank lt string gt
20. privilege for this session You can use this command to protect this session from unauthorised use If you want to get your normal privilege back you will need to either logout and login again if you are on a console or use the SYSOP command 11 134 unset prompt unset prompt Set your prompt back to default This command will set your user prompt to exactly the string that you say The point of this command to enable a user to interface to programs that are looking for a specific prompt or else you just want a different fixed prompt wn ET PROMPT clx gt UNSET PROMPT will undo the SET PROMPT command and set you prompt back to normal 11 135 unset talk unset talk Stop TALK messages coming out on your terminal 11 136 unset usstate unset usstate Stop US State info on the end of DX announcements If the spotter s or spotted s US State is known it is output on the end of a DX announcement there is just enough room A spotter s state will appear on the RHS of the time like SET DXGRID and the spotted s State will appear on the LHS of the time field Any information found will override any locator information from SET DXGRID Some user programs cannot cope with this You can use this command to reset or set this feature Conflicts with SET DXCQ SET DXITU Do a STAT USER to see which flags you have set if you are confused 11 137 unset wcy unset wcy Stop WCY messages coming out on y
21. set it with either SET LOCATION or SET QRA together with the current azimuth and elevation In addition it will show the illuminated fraction of the moons disk If all else fails it will show the Moonrise and set times for the node that you are connected to For example SH MOON SH MOON G1TLH W5UN You can also use this command to see into the past or the future so if you want to see yesterday s times then do SH MOON 1 or in three days time SH MOON 3 W9 Upto 366 days can be checked both in the past and in the future Please note that the rise and set times are given as the UT times of rise and set on the requested UT day 11 98 show muf lt prefix gt lt hours gt long show muf lt prefix gt lt hours gt long Show the likely propagation to a prefix This command allow you to estimate the likelihood of you contacting a station with the prefix you have specified The output assumes a modest power of 20dBW and receiver sensitivity of 123dBm about 0 15muV 10dB SINAD The result predicts the most likely operating frequencies and signal levels for high frequency shortwave radio propagation paths on specified days of the year and hours of the day It is most useful for paths between 250 km and 6000 km but can be used with reduced accuracy for paths shorter or longer than this The command uses a routine MINIMUF 3 5 developed by the U S Navy and used to predict the MUF given the pre
22. sh pre G origin_itu lt prefixes or numbers gt or G GM GW origin_zone lt prefixes or numbers gt by_dxcc lt prefixes or numbers gt by_itu lt prefixes or numbers gt by_zone lt prefixes or numbers gt channel lt prefixes gt for example reject wwv by_zone 14 15 16 is probably the only useful thing to do which will only show WWV broadcasts by stations in the US See HELP FILTER for information ILAT reply reply Reply privately to the last message that you have read 11 48 reply lt msgno gt reply lt msgno gt Reply privately to the specified messag 11 49 reply b lt msgno gt reply b lt msgno gt Reply as a Bulletin to the specified messag 11 50 reply noprivate lt msgno gt reply noprivate lt msgno gt Reply as a Bulletin to the specified messag 11 51 reply rr lt msgno gt reply rr lt msgno gt Reply to the specified message with read receipt You can reply to a message and the subject will automatically have Re inserted in front of it if it isn t already present You can also use all the extra qualifiers such as RR PRIVATE NOPRIVATE B that you can use with the SEND command see SEND for further details VL I2 send lt call gt lt call gt send lt call gt lt call gt Send a message to one or more callsigns 11 53 send copy lt msgno gt lt call gt send copy lt msgno gt lt call gt Send a copy of a message to someone
23. states gt eg VA NH RI ME by_dxcc lt prefixes or numbers gt by_itu lt prefixes or numbers gt by_zone lt prefixes or numbers gt by_state lt states gt eg VA NH RI ME origin lt prefixes gt channel lt prefixes gt For frequencies you can use any of the band names defined in SHOW BANDS and you can use a subband name like cw rtty data ssb thus hf ssb You can also just have a simple range like 0 30000 this is more efficient than saying simply freq HF but don t get too hung up about that some examples acc spot 1 on hf cw acc spot 2 on vhf and by_zone 14 15 16 or call_zone 14 15 16 You can use the tag all to accept everything eg acc spot 3 all for US states acc spots by_state VA NH RI MA ME but this probably for advanced users 11 4 accept wcy 0 9 lt pattern gt accept wcy 0 9 lt pattern gt set an accept WCY filter It is unlikely that you will want to do this but if you do then you can filter on the following fields by lt prefixes gt eg G M 2 origin lt prefixes gt origin_dxcc lt prefixes or numbers gt eg 61 62 from eg sh pre G origin_itu lt prefixes or numbers gt or G GM GW origin_zone lt prefixes or numbers gt by_dxcc lt prefixes or numbers gt by_itu lt prefixes or numbers gt by_zone lt prefixes or numbers gt channel lt prefixes gt There are no examples because WCY Broadcasts only come from one place and you either want them
24. the memory limitations of DOS Linux supports multitasking and is also multiuser It has support for AX25 ROSE NetROM and TCPIP built in making it the ideal choice for amateur radio It is also totally free DXSpider was conceived and begun in 1998 by Dirk Koopman GITLH as an xercise in perl programming It has developed rapidly and today is a very powerful cluster program It was designed to be totally compatible with the AK1A program although several commands have been extended to improve functionality This manual is designed to help you become familiar with the commands that DXSpider supports and to help you get the best from the program so you can enjoy working that rare DX As DXSpider is being improved all the time commands will be added as time goes by so make sure you have the most upto date version of this manual The latest version will always be included with the cluster program so if you are unsure simply ask your sysop The manual will also be available on the wesite 2 Logins and logouts You might not think that there is a lot of point of including a section on how to log in and out of DXSpider However you would be surprised at the difficulties some people have in simply getting in and out of the cluster There are several ways a login might be achieved dependant on how the sysop has DXSpider configured It is impossible for me to cover all variations but here are the basic ones 2 1 AX25 l
25. which can be a full or partial callsign or a prefix looks up which internal country number it is and then displays all the relevant prefixes for that country together with the internal country no the CQ and ITU regions See also SHOW DXCC 11 102 show gra lt lat gt lt long gt show gra lt lat gt lt long gt Convert lat long to a QRA Grid locator This is a multipurpose command that allows you either to calculate the distance and bearing between two locators or if only one locator is given on the command line the distance and beraing from your station to the locator For example SH QRA I092Q0L SH QRA JNO6 IN73 The first example will show the distance and bearing to the locator from yourself the second example will calculate the distance and bearing from the first locator to the second You can use 4 or 6 character locators It is also possible to convert a latitude and longitude to a locator by using this command with a latitude and longitude as an argument for example SH QRA 52 41 N 0 58 E 11 103 show gra lt locator gt lt locator gt show qra lt locator gt lt locator gt Show distance between QRA Grid locators 11 104 show qrz lt callsign gt show grz lt callsign gt Show any callbook details on a callsign This command queries the QRZ callbook server on the internet and returns any information available for that callsign This service is provided for users of this software by http www qrz
26. with others to obscure your reply for any watchers For example and these values are for explanation password 012345678901234567890123456789 gt sysop 22 1 0 15 gt Fy 3 you type aa2ZbbbbO0ccc5ddd7xxx3n Of 2 10 5 7 3 er 20573 They will all match If there is no password you will still be offered numbers but nothing will happen when you input a string Any match is case sensitive 11 119 talk lt call gt gt lt node gt lt text gt talk lt call gt gt lt node gt lt text gt Send a text message to another station via a node Send a short message to any other station that is visible on the cluster system You can send it to anyone you can see with a SHOW CONFIGURATION command they don t have to be connected locally The second form of TALK is used when other cluster nodes are connected with restricted information This usually means that they don t send the user information usually associated with logging on and off the cluster If you know that G3JNB is likely to be present on GB7TLH but you can only see GB7TLH in the SH C list but with no users then you would use the second form of the talk message If you want to have a ragchew with someone you can leave the text message out and the system will go into Talk mode What this means is that a short message is sent to the recipient telling them that you are in a go to the station that you asked for All the usual announcements
27. 11 78 set talk set talk Allow TALK messages to come out on your terminal 11 79 set usstate set usstate Allow US State info on the end of DX announcements 11 80 set wcy set wcy Allow WCY messages to come out on your terminal 11 81 set wwv set wwv Allow WWV messages to come out on your terminal 11 82 set wx set wx Allow WX messages to come out on your terminal 11 83 show chat lt group gt lt lines gt show chat lt group gt lt lines gt Show any chat or conferencing This command allows you to see any chat or conferencing that has occurred whilst you were away SHOW CHAT on its own will show data for all groups If you use a group name then it will show only chat for that group 11 84 show configuration lt node gt show configuration lt node gt Show all the nodes and users visible This command allows you to see all the users that can be seen and the nodes to which they are connected This command is normally abbreviated to sh c Normally the list returned will be just for the nodes from your country because the list otherwise will be very long SH C ALL will produce a complete list of all nodes BE WARNED the list that is returned can be VERY long It is possible to supply a node or part of a prefix and you will get a list of the users for that node or list of nodes starting with that prefix SH C GB7DJK SH C SK 11 85 show configuration node show configur
28. 3 0 N 87 54 W 299 UT LT MUF Zen 1 8 3 5 7 0 10 1 14 0 18 1 21 0 24 9 28 0 50 0 18 23 11 5 35 mS0O mS2 3 19 011 2 41 mS0O mS2 3 indicating that you will have weak fading circuits on top band and 80m but usable signals on 40m about S3 inputing SH MUF W 24 will get you the above display but with the next 24 hours worth of propagation data SH MUF W L 24 SH MUF W 24 Long Gives you an estimate of the long path propagation characterics It should be noted that the figures will probably not be very useful nor terrible accurate but it is included for completeness 11 99 show newconfiguration lt node gt show newconfiguration lt node gt Show all the nodes and users visible This command allows you to see all the users that can be seen and the nodes to which they are connected This command produces essentially the same information as SHOW CONFIGURATION except that it shows all the duplication of any routes that might be present It also uses a different format which may not take up quite as much space if you don t have any loops BE WARNED the list that is returned can be VERY long 11 100 show newconfiguration node show newconfiguration node Show all the nodes connected locally Show all the nodes connected to this node in the new format 11 101 show prefix lt callsign gt show prefix lt callsign gt Interrogate the prefix database This command takes the lt callsign gt
29. 4 11 95 11 96 11 97 lh 9 8 1 99 100 101 104 105 14 L07 11 108 11 109 11 11 oman oF WNEHE OO set dxgrid set dxitu set echo set email lt email gt set here set homenode lt node gt set language lt lang gt set location lt lat amp long gt set logininfo set name lt your name gt set page lt lines per page gt set password set prompt lt string gt set qra lt locator gt set qth lt your qth gt set talk set usstate set wcy set wwv set wx show chat lt group gt lt lines gt how configuration lt node gt how configuration node how contest lt year and month gt s s s show date lt prefix gt lt callsign gt show db0sdx lt callsign gt show dx show dxcc lt prefix gt show dxqsl lt callsign gt show dxstats days date show files lt filearea gt lt string gt show filter show hfstats days date show hftable days date prefix show moon ndays lt prefix gt lt callsign gt show muf lt prefix gt lt hours gt long s how newconfiguration lt node gt show newconfiguration node show prefix lt callsign gt show qra lt lat gt lt long gt show qra lt locator gt lt locator gt show qrz lt callsign gt show route lt callsign gt show satellite lt name gt lt hours gt lt interval gt show station lt callsign gt show sun ndays lt prefix gt lt callsign gt show time
30. Example dx frequency callsign remarks Where frequency is in kilohertz and the callsign is the callsign of the station you have worked or heard ie not your own callsign The remarks section allows you to add information like the operators name or perhaps a location Actually DXSpider will allow the frequency and callsign fields to be entered in any order Example dx 14004 pa3ezl OP Aurelio 599 In fact all the following will give the same result dx 14004 pa3ezl OP Aurelio 599 dx pa3ezl 14004 OP Aurelio 599 dx pa3ezl 14 004 OP Aurelio 599 This posting or callout as it is known will be forwarded to all other connected stations both at the cluster you are connected to and other active clusters in the network The callout will also be sent to you as proof of receipt 5 Headings and propagation There are thr commands in DXSpider to help you get the best DX possible These are SHOW SUN SHOW MOON and SHOW HEADING These commands will only work for you if you have entered your personal details They use your entered location as a reference so if you have not entered it or have entered it incorrectly they will not return the correct information 5 1 Sun The SHOW SUN command can be used in three different ways It can be used to show sunrise and sunset times for your own station a particular callsign or a prefix Example show sun The output from this would look something like this sh sun
31. The DXSpider User Manual v1 50 Ian Maude GOVGS A complet referenc gOvgs gb7mbc net arch 2003 revision 0 4 EI7SDX local commands provided by EI3I10 for users of the DXSpider DXCluster program Table of Contents ee LO ETs Introduction 1 1 What is a DX Cluster 1 2 So what is DXSpider Logins and logouts 2 1 AX25 logins 2 2 Netrom logins 2 3 Telnet logins 2 4 Logouts Setting your personal details Getting and posting DX 4 1 Receiving DX 4 2 Posting DX Headings and propagation 5 1 Sun 5 2 Moon 5 3 Heading Announcements 6 1 Making announcements 6 2 Listing announcements Nodes and users 0 9 lt pattern gt 0 9 lt pattern gt lt pattern gt Talk mode Mail 9 1 The directory command 9 2 Reading mail 9 3 Sending mail 9 4 Replying to mail 9 5 Deleting mail Filtering From version 1 45 10 1 General filter rules 10 2 Types of filter 10 3 Filter options 10 4 Advanced filtering 10 5 A Filtering Tutorial Hints tips and common questions 11 1 accept 11 2 accept announce 11 3 accept spots 11 4 accept wcy 0 9 11 5 accept wwv 0 9 lt pattern gt PEPPY WO ono YOADOBWNE OC e H NN N NRO N A WWW WW DN DY BWwWDNY FO OW Wh Ws ww Bow uw AG oa AAN w A a OM NEOL OANA OBRWNEHE m H N w NNN YOu BWW WW Ww COO MAAD WM OOoOMaAN AUB WN HE announce lt text gt announce fu
32. Z com data base I SH C The Irish cluster configuration SH HAM SH QRZ Access to the QRZ com data base If other commands are required please contact EI3IO Sysop EI7SDX
33. ation node Show all the nodes connected locally Show all the nodes connected to this node 11 86 show contest lt year and month gt show contest lt year and month gt Show all the contests for a month Show all known contests which are maintained at http www sk3bg se contest for a particular month or year The format is reasonably flexible For example SH CONTEST sep2003 SH CONTEST 03 march 11 87 show date lt prefix gt lt callsign gt show date lt prefix gt lt callsign gt Show the local time This is very nearly the same as SHOW TIME the only difference the format of the date string if no arguments are given If no prefixes or callsigns are given then this command returns the local time and UTC as the computer has it right now If you give some prefixes then it will show UTC and UTC the local offset not including DST at the prefixes or callsigns that you specify 11 88 show db0sdx lt callsign gt show db0sdx lt callsign gt Show QSL infomation from DBOSDX database This command queries the DBOSDX QSL server on the internet and returns any information available for that callsign This service is provided for users of this software by http www qslinfo de See also SHOW QRZ SHOW WM7D 11 89 show dx show dx Interrogate the spot database If you just type SHOW DX you will get the last so many spots sysop configurable but usually 10 In addition you can add any number of these c
34. cements in the standard format with the SHOW command As before you can list just the last 5 or as many as you wish Example show announcements show announcements 10 Ts Nodes and users You can check which nodes are connected in the network who is logged on locally who is logged on at all the nodes or even just one node in particular This is handy if you wish to see whether a friend is connected at the node they use To see who is connected to the nodes the SHOW CONFIGURATION command is used Example show configuration show configuration nodes show configuration node_call show configuration prefix 10 The first of our three examples would output something like this sh c Node EI5TCR GB7ADX GB7BAA GB7BIG GB7BPQ GB7CDX GB7DJK GB7DXA GB7DXC GB7DXE GB7DXG GB7DXK GB7DX You will notice that not giving the actual callsigns Callsigns 7 users G4FPV GDOTEP GOINA G3JNB GOFYD G4TVR ON7WP GORDI GOHDB G30IL G1NNB GU6EFB GINTW G4XQY G1EUC MOBCT G8TIC GD3UMW GORCI G4ALR GOREK G7SQW G8SJIP GOWFK G4BGW GU7DHI G3IBI G7GAN G3GAF M1EMF G3AKU G1TLH K8AZ G1FYC G4FUT G3NSM G3LAS G30CA G4PEL G4S0OZ MOCTQ 1 MM1CXE G3KWK G3LME G4PDQ GW7SMV G3XAQ G4CUS G4ZTR G8WXU EI5TCR is showing only that it has 7 users and This means that this node is on a limited protocol of som
35. ct Once you have done this you will be asked to type your message Please remember that there is no automatic word wrap so unless you are uSing a client that wraps lines automatically remember to hit return at the end of each line Example send m0azm Enter Subject 30 characters See you Thursday Enter Message EX to send or ABORT to exit Hi Ian Just a quick note to say that I can make Thursday after all The appointment I had has cancelled so we are go Cheers Ian At this point you can either hit return and enter ex to send the message or use abort at any time to abort it You can now display the message in the normal way There are several send options and these are listed in the Command Set section These include sending mail to several recipients and asking for a return receipt 9 4 Replying to mail If mail is addressed to you or to a bulletin address you can use the REPLY command to reply to it Using this command the subject will be automatically set for you as Re subject whatever the subject was Example reply 2500 9 5 Deleting mail To delete a message you use the delete command You can only delete messages sent to or received by yourself Bulletins are dealt with automatically or by the sysop 10 Filtering From version 1 45 10 1 General filter rules Upto v1 44 it was not possible for the user to set their own filters From v1 45 though that has all
36. d to send a one line comment or greeting to a specific user connected either at your node or another in the network You can also enter into a dedicated talk session with another user Talks will be automatically forwarded to other nodes if the station you are talking to is not connected locally You can find out who is connected by using the SHOW CONFIGURATION command described earlier Examples talk gOrdi Having a good day Iain This example would send the line Having a good day Iain to the user gOrdi but would leave you in normal mode talk gOrdi Entering Talkmode EX to end lt cmd gt to run a command Talk GORDI gt As you can see you can still run commands whilst in talk mode Simply prefix the command with a like sh dx and you will get the expected output If the user is connected to another node you may have to use a slightly extended version of the TALK command talk gOrdi gt gb7djk To exit talk mode you issue the command ex Whilst in talk mode you will still receive DX spots This means that you can chat to a friend whilst working DX 9 Mail You can send and receive both personal mail and bulletins with DXSpider quite easily 9 1 The directory command To list mail you would use the DIRECTORY command On its own this command will output the last ten messages received by the node either to or from yourself or bulletins such as DX and ALL As with other commands you can d
37. dicted flux day of the year hour of the day and geographic coordinates of the transmitter and receiver This routine is reasonably accurate for the purposes here with a claimed RMS error of 3 8 MHz but much smaller and less complex than the programs used by major shortwave broadcasting organizations such as the Voice of America The command will display some header information detailing its assumptions together with the locations latitude and longitudes and bearings It will then show UTC UT local time at the other end LT calculate the MUFs Sun zenith angle at the midpoint of the path Zen and the likely signal strengths Then for each frequency for which the system thinks there is a likelihood of a circuit it prints a value The value is currently a likely S meter reading based on the conventional 6dB S point scale If the value has a appended it means that it is 1 2 an S point stronger If the value is preceeded by an m it means that there is likely to be much fading and by an s that the signal is likely to be noisy By default SHOW MUF will show the next two hours worth of data You can specify anything up to 24 hours worth of data by appending the no of hours required after the prefix For example SH MUF W produces RxSens 123 dBM SFI 159 Rie 1 93 Month 10 Day 21 Power 20 dBW Distance 6283 km Delay 22 4 ms Location Lat Long Azim East Dereham Norfolk 52 41 N 0 57E 47 United States w 4
38. dress 20825 2 UK GOLRJ 23 Feb 08062 QSL REC LZ2CJ 1 CARD NO 750 20858 2 ALL GW7SMV 24 Feb 0905Z REC S92DX QSL CARD TDY 50Mhz 20921 200 ALL GM4FDM 27 Feb 2203Z Trip to VP8 20949 375 ALL KOMN 27 Feb 0428Z STOP cards are gd ARRL 20950 2 UK GOLRJ 28 Feb 08352 QSL REC SV9 IZOCKJ P EU 187 20987 569 ALL GDOTEP 1 Mar 1733Z Portable contests 21076 2 ALL G4AFJ 3 Mar 17432 kh6nd kh5 qsl received 21184 p 599 GW4HAT GOVGS 4 Mar 1518Z Re Time The first column is the actual message number If the message is a personal one to you you will see a letter p after this number If the message has been read there will be a between the messag number and the p This only works for personal messages The next column shows the file size of the message The third column shows the address the message was sent to and the next column shows who sent it The rest is fairly self explanatory Reading a message is as simple as typing read followed by the message number that you wish to read Example read 25 will read message number 25 However the mail will be displayed in it s entirety unless you specify a page length You can set your page length to any number you like and when the message reaches that number of lines you will get a prompt giving you options Example set page 20 9 3 Sending mail Sending mail is done in the time honoured way First you specify a recipient for the message then you will be prompted for a subje
39. dxstats days date show dxstats days date Show the DX Statistics Show the total DX spots for the last lt days gt no of days default is 31 starting from a lt date gt default today 11 93 show files lt filearea gt lt string gt show files lt filearea gt lt string gt List the contents of a filearea SHOW FILES on its own will show you a list of the various fileareas available on the system To see the contents of a particular file area types SH FILES lt filearea gt where lt filearea gt is the name of the filearea you want to see the con tents of You can also use shell globbing characters like and ina string to see a selection of files in a filearea eg SH FILES bulletins arld See also TYPI to s the contents of a file Gl 11 94 show filter show filter Show the contents of all the filters you have set Show the contents of all the filters that are set This command displays all the filters set for all the various categories 11 95 show hfstats days date show hfstats days date Show the HF DX Statistics Show the HF DX spots breakdown by band for the last lt days gt no of days default is 31 starting from a lt date gt default today ELX96 show hftable days date prefix show hftable days date prefix Show the HF DX Spotter Table Show the HF DX Spotter table for the list of prefixes for the last lt days gt no of da
40. e also calculated Example show heading zl The output from this command would look like this sh heading zl ZL New Zealand ZL1 ZL 7 degs dist 11238 mi 18087 km Reciprocal ading 355 degs ZL New Zealand ZhL2 ZL 9 degs dist 11540 mi 18574 km Reciprocal ading 353 degs ZL New Zealand ZL3 ZL 19 degs dist 11634 mi 18724 km Reciprocal ading 345 degs ZL New Zealand ZL4 ZL 34 degs dist 11783 mi 18963 km Reciprocal ading 332 degs 6 Announcements 6 1 Making announcements Occasionally you may wish to post something that does not fall into the normal parameters for a DX callout You may wish to tell everybody connected that 10 FM is open for example or ask if anyone knows the QSL manager for a certain callsign etc You can do this using the ANNOUNCE command Example announce 10 FM is open in IO84NB to Europe That would let everyone know locally that this was the case however it would not be forwarded to other nodes connected To send announcements to other connected nodes as well you would use the FULL extension Example announce full Anyone seen EA7WA today Be cautious in your use of announce full There are many other tools available to get the information you require and the judicious use of this command is frowned upon as it creates a great deal of traffic across the network 6 2 Listing announcements You can list previous announ
41. e kind probably because of a contest situation where slow radio links can block up and fail if too much information is sent between nodes The second exampl like this sh c n Node Callsigns GB7BAA GB7BAA GB7DXC GB7DX GB7YDX GB7BIG ELSTER GB7MBC PA4AB 14 PA4AB 14 PI4TUE 8 PI4TUE 8 If we insert th GB7BPQ GB7DXE GB7DXS KL7G GB7ADX GB7CDX GB7DXG GB7IPT N2TLY GB7BIG would just show the nodes connected in the network GB7DJK GB7DXA GB7DXK GB7DXL GB7MRS GB7UJS ONODXK GB7UDX node_call pi4dtue 8 into the third example then this would be the output Node Callsigns PI4TUE 8 9A1CMA 6 DF6PW DL4FAY DL4KAK DL4WF 2 F5NOD 2 F5PAC IZOCSR N6CR OH2BLD ON1LVL 13 ON4CBT ON4CJUP ON5DXL 14 ON7NQ PAORCT PA3DYS PA3FDO PA5SKW 4 PI4TUE 9 YTLXX As you can see only the users of the requested node are shown You can also use a prefix to show only a group of nodes For example you may only wish to see who is connected to the nodes in the UK To do this simply use a prefix like this show configuration gb7 To show the locally connected users the SHOW USERS command is used Example show users The output of this command would look like this Callsigns connected to GB7MBC GOJHC GONEI GOVGS GOVGS 2 GOYLM G3JAG G30WO G3UEU 8 Talk mode You can send a single comment or start a dedicated talk session to another user by using the TALK command Talk mode is use
42. e like 0 30000 this is more efficient than saying simply on HF but don t get too hung up about that some examples rej spot 1 on hf rej spot 2 on vhf and not by_zone 14 15 16 or call_zone 14 15 16 You can use the tag all to reject everything eg rej spot 3 all but this probably for advanced users 11 45 reject wey 0 9 lt pattern gt reject wey 0 9 lt pattern gt set a reject WCY filter It is unlikely that you will want to do this but if you do then you can filter on the following fields by lt prefixes gt eg G M 2 origin lt prefixes gt origin_dxcc lt prefixes or numbers gt eg 61 62 from eg sh pre G origin_itu lt prefixes or numbers gt or G GM GW origin_zone lt prefixes or numbers gt by_dxcc lt prefixes or numbers gt by_itu lt prefixes or numbers gt by_zone lt prefixes or numbers gt channel lt prefixes gt There are no examples because WCY Broadcasts only come from one place and you either want them or not see UNSET WCY if you don t want them This command is really provided for future use See HELP FILTER for information 11 46 reject wwv 0 9 lt pattern gt reject wwv 0 9 lt pattern gt set a reject WWV filter It is unlikely that you will want to do this but if you do then you can filter on the following fields by lt prefixes gt eg G M 2 origin lt prefixes gt origin_dxcc lt prefixes or numbers gt eg 61 62 from eg
43. er is a packet node where DX chasers on any band or mode can post rare or interesting stations that they have worked or heard Of course other people are doing the same thing too so you can find new DX as well as telling others about the stations you have worked Clusters tend to be linked to each other so that the amount of people using them is increased thereby increasing the amount of posted DX Other information can be found on clusters such as on line call books mail etc You can talk to other stations connected to the cluster network too in real time whether at the node you are logged into or on another node connected to the network You can also use converse mode where several stations can talk to each other in the same way Of course the DX is still posted to you all the while 1 2 So what is DXSpider PacketCluster nodes have been around since roughly 1985 The original PacketCluster idea came from Dick Newell AK1A and ran under DOS In about 1992 Dick stopped the development of the PacketCluster software for amateur radio Many systems are still using this relatively old DOS software today There are several new compatible cluster programs around now including DXSpider DXSpider is a clone of PacketCluster software that runs under several operating systems including Linux and Windows Linux is fast becoming the choice for amateur radio stations because of it s flexibility reliability and the lack of
44. es WAS USA State codes from first 6 letters of a US state In all cases the syntax for accessing these database is SH database SH database INF or SH database key text g SH QSL EJOSI SH VHF G3SDL SH CALL EI3IO SH IOTA EU 115 SH OBL 9F SH WAS NORTHC SH POST 25 SH COORD EI It is often possible to get additional information by typing SH database INF or SH database author 12 1 1 SH CALL and SH CALL INF The command SHow CALL provides the name and address of Irish experimenter s amateur radio stations Syntax SHow CALL Callsign EI3IO etc 12 1 2 SH COORD and SH COORD INF The SHow COORDinates command displays the Longitude Latitude and Grid Square for cities in the USA and DX locations SH COORD st where st is the 2 letter state abbreviation SH COORD pfx where pfx is the DX location primary prefix 12 1 3 SH DINFO DATA The command SH DINFO DATA provides information on the databases available on EI7SDX 12 1 4 SH IOTA and SH IOTA INF The command SHow IOTA requires an argument an Island reference number as detailed in the IOTA award programme e g EU 115 Syntax SHow IOTA Island Referenc NA 035 EU 115 etc 12 1 5 SH MGR and SH MGR INF The command SHow MGR manager indicates the callsigns of stations for which OSL Managers are believed to be responsible Syntax SHow MGR Callsign W3HNK G3SDL etc 12 1 6 SH OBL and SH OBL INF
45. fy and give you a list of likely commands to look at with HELP 11 32 join lt group gt join lt group gt Join a chat or conference group JOIN allows you to join a network wide conference group To join a group called FOC in this case type JOIN FOC See also CHAT LEAVE SHOW CHAT 11 33 kill lt from msgno gt lt to msgno gt kill lt from msgno gt lt to msgno gt Delete a range of messages 11 34 kill lt msgno gt lt msgno kill lt msgno gt lt msgno Delete a message from the local system 11 35 kill lt msgno gt lt msgno gt kill lt msgno gt lt msgno gt Remove or erase a message from the system You can get rid of any message to or originating from your callsign using this command You can remove more than one message at a time 11 36 kill from lt regex gt kill from lt regex gt Delete messages FROM a callsign or pattern 11 37 kill to lt regex gt kill to lt regex gt Delete messages TO a callsign or pattern TA 33 6 leave lt group gt leave lt group gt Leave a chat or conference group LEAVE allows you to leave a network wide conference group To leave a group called FOC in this case type LEAVE FOC See also CHAT JOIN SHOW CHAT 11 39 links links Show which nodes is physically connected This is a quick listing that shows which links are connected and some information about them See WHO for a list of a
46. g it in this way means that if you want to alter your filter you can just redefine or remove on or more lines of it or one line For example reject spots 1 on hf ssb would redefine our earlier example or clear spots 1 To remove all the filter lines in the spot filter clear spots all 10 3 Filter options You can filter in several different ways The options are listed in the various helpfiles for accept reject and filter 10 4 Advanced filtering Once you are happy with the results you get you may like to experiment The previous example that filters hf cw spots and accepts vhf uhf spots from EU can be written with a mixed filter for example rej spot on hf cw acc spot on 0 30000 acc spot 2 on 50000 1400000 and by_zone 14 15 16 or call_zone 14 15 16 Note that the first filter has not been specified with a number This will automatically be assumed to be number 1 In this case we have said reject all HF spots in the CW section of the bands but accept all others at HF Also accept anything in VHF and above spotted in or by operators in the zones 14 15 and 16 Each filter slot actually has a reject slot and an accept slot The reject slot is executed BEFORE the accept slot It was mentioned earlier that after a reject test that doesn t match the default for following tests is accept the reverse is true for accept In the example what happens is that the reject is execu
47. h To send a message to a group type CHAT FOC hello everyon or CH 9000 hello I am back See also JOIN LEAVE SHOW CHAT 11 12 clear announce 1 all clear announce 1l all Clear a announce filter lin This command allows you to clear remove a line in a annouce filter or to remove the whole filter see CLEAR SPOTS for a more detailed explanation 11 13 clear route l all clear route l all Clear a route filter lin This command allows you to clear remove a line in a route filter or to remove the whole filter see CLEAR SPOTS for a more detailed explanation 11 14 clear spots 0 9 all1 clear spots 0 9 all Clear a spot filter line This command allows you to clear remove a line in a spot filter or to remove the whole filter If you have a filter acc spot 1 on hf cw acc spot 2 on vhf and by_zone 14 15 16 or call_zone 14 15 16 and you say clear spot 1 you will be left with acc spot 2 on vhf and by_zone 14 15 16 or call_zone 14 15 16 If you do clear spot all the filter will be completely removed 11 15 clear wcy 1 all clear wey 1 all Clear a WCY filter line This command allows you to clear remove a line in a WCY filter or to remove the whole filter see CLEAR SPOTS for a more detailed explanation 11 16 clear wwv l all clear wwv l all Clear a WWV filter line This command allows you to clear remove a line
48. imple to do It is pointless writing 8 lines of reject filters when 1 accept filter would do the same thing Each filter has 10 lines of any length which are tried in order If a line matches then the action you have specified is taken ie reject means ignore it and accept means take it If you specify reject filters then any lines that arrive that match the filter will be dumped but all else will be accepted If you use an accept filter then ONLY the lines in the filter will be accepted and all else will be dumped For example if you have a single line accept filter accept spots on vhf and by_zone 14 15 16 or call_zone 14 15 16 then you will ONLY get VHF spots from or to CQ zones 14 15 and 16 If you set a reject filter like this rejyect spots on hf cw Then you will get everything EXCEPT HF CW spots You could make this single filter even more flexible For example if you are interested in IOTA and will work it even on CW even though normally you are not interested in CW then you could say reject spots on hf cw and not info iota But in that case you might only be interested in iota and say accept spots not on hf cw or info iota which achieves exactly the same thing You should choose one or the other until you are comfortable with the way it works You can mix them if you wish actually you can have an accept AND a reject on the same line but don t attempt this until you are sure you know what you are
49. inal 11 61 set dx set dx Allow DX messages to come out on your terminal 11 62 set dxcq set dxcq Show CQ Zones on the end of DX announcements 11 63 set dxgrid set dxgrid Allow QRA Grid Squares on the end of DX announcements 11 64 set dxitu set dxitu Show ITU Zones on the end of DX announcements 11 65 set echo set echo Make the cluster echo your input 11 66 set email lt email gt set email lt email gt Set email address es and forward your personals 11 67 set here set here Tell the system you are present at your terminal 11 68 set homenode lt node gt set homenode lt node gt Set your normal cluster callsign Tell the cluster system where you normally connect to Any Messages sent to you will normally find their way there should you not be connected eg SET HOMENODE gb7djk 11 69 set language lt lang gt set language lt lang gt Set the language you want to use You can select the language that you want the cluster to use Currently the languages available are en English de German es Spanish and nl Dutch 11 70 set location lt lat amp long gt set location lt lat amp long gt Set your latitude and longitude 11 71 set logininfo set logininfo Inform when a station logs in locally dele TZ set name lt your name gt set name lt your name gt Set your name Tell the system what your name is eg n ET NAME Dirk
50. information such as QSL details Examples show dx show dx 5 show dx 20 will show the last 10 5 and 20 spots received by the cluster respectively Examples show dx on 20m show dx 10 on 20m show dx 20 on 20m will show the last 5 10 or 20 spots on 20 metres only It is also possible to check for certain callsigns or fragments of callsigns in the same way Examples show dx g0vgs show dx 10 gOvgs would show the last 5 or 10 dx spots containing the callsign gOvgs You can check for DX by offset and also by specifying a comment to search for Examples show dx 30 40 show dx 14000 14033 show dx iota would show the spots that arrived between 30 and 40 spots ago and any spots with the word iota in the comment field The case of the comment is not important Checking DX posted on a certain day is possible too All you have to do here is to specify how many days ago it was like this Example show dx day 30 It is of course possible to specify multiple arguments Example show dx 20 prefix 9a on vhf day 30 This would show the last 20 spots posted by or about calls with the prefix 9a on vhf 30 days ago As you can see the SHOW DX command is very flexible so if you are not sure whether something will work or not try it and see More information can be found in the Command Set section 4 2 Posting DX To post DX you use the DX command The syntax is shown below
51. isplay more by specifying a number with the command You should be aware that Spider will accept these commands by separating with either a slash or a space so dir new and dir new work in the same way Example directory directory 20 directory 20 Of course most of the time you will only want to list new mail sent to you personally since your last login However you might also like to check for general mail received by the node In fact if there is new mail for you the cluster will tell you when you login You will also be informed if new mail arrives for you during the time you are logged in Mail is not only sent to callsigns though Mail can also be sent to subjects like all or local or dx etc You can treat these bulletins in the same way as personal mail with the directory command Examples directory new directory own directory own 10 directory all directory from lt call gt The last option will only show mail from a callsign if it was sent to you personally or was sent as a bulletin There are some additional commands and these can be found in the DXSpider Command Reference section 9 2 Reading mail The output of the DIRECTORY command could be something like this dir 20735 2 ALL GW7SMV 21 Feb 1204Z REC 9E1S QSL TDY 50Mhz 20823 308 UK GOHDB 22 Feb 2334Z Help which district code 20824 105 ALL W9AE 23 Feb 03492 SONY QSL ad
52. ll lt text gt apropos lt string gt blank lt string gt lt nn gt bye chat lt group gt lt text gt clear announce 1 all clear route 1l all clear spots 0 9 all clear wcey l all clear wwv 1 all dbavail dbshow lt dbname gt lt key gt directory directory lt from gt lt to gt directory lt nn gt directory all directory from lt call gt directory new directory own directory subject lt string gt directory to lt call gt dx by lt call gt lt freq gt lt call gt lt remarks gt echo lt line gt FELESEG sa help join lt group gt kill lt from msgno gt lt to msgno gt kill lt msgno gt lt msgno kill lt msgno gt lt msgno gt kill from lt regex gt kill to lt regex gt leave lt group gt links read read lt msgno gt reject reject announce 0 9 lt pattern gt reject spots 0 9 lt pattern gt reject wcy 0 9 lt pattern gt reject wwv 0 9 lt pattern gt reply reply lt msgno gt reply b lt msgno gt reply noprivate lt msgno gt reply rr lt msgno gt send lt call gt lt call gt send copy lt msgno gt lt call gt send noprivate lt call gt send private lt call gt send rr lt call gt set address lt your address gt set announce set anntalk set beep set dx set dxcq L163 1 64 11 65 11 66 LLG 1 68 11 69 11 70 1 71 1 29 TO T8 1 80 81 1 84 1 85 11 86 LB 1 88 1 89 1 90 Ppa dlh 9 3 11 9
53. ll connections 11 40 read read Read the next unread personal message addressed to you 11 41 read lt msgno gt read lt msgno gt Read the specified messag You can read any messages that are sent as non personal and also any messag ither sent by or sent to your callsign 11 42 reject reject Set a filter to reject something Create a filter to reject something There are 2 types of filter accept and reject See HELP FILTERING for more info 11 43 reject announce 0 9 lt pattern gt reject announce 0 9 lt pattern gt Set a reject filter line for announce Create an reject this announce line for a filter A reject filter line means that if the announce matches this filter it is passed onto the user See HELP FILTERING for more info Please read this to understand how filters work it will save a lot of grief later on You can use any of the following things in this line info lt string gt eg iota or qsl by lt prefixes gt eg G M 2 origin lt prefixes gt origin_dxcc lt prefixes or numbers gt eg 61 62 from eg sh pre G origin_itu lt prefixes or numbers gt or G GM GW origin_zone lt prefixes or numbers gt origin_state lt states gt eg VA NH RI ME by_dxcce lt prefixes or numbers gt by_itu lt prefixes or numbers gt by_zone lt prefixes or numbers gt by_state lt states gt eg VA NH RI ME channel lt prefixes gt wx 1 filter WX
54. lt prefix gt lt callsign gt show usdb call show vhfstats days date show vhftable days date prefix show wcy show wcey lt n gt show wm7d lt callsign gt show wwv show wwv lt n gt sysop talk lt call gt gt lt node gt lt text gt L2 T2 T2 gE 12 L201 T21 Tee Ted P21 TD lt A ele 12 12 12 12 11 120 talk lt call gt lt text gt 121 type lt filearea gt lt name gt 1 122 unset announce 1 123 unset anntalk 1 124 unset beep 1 125 unset dx 1 126 unset dxcq 1 127 unset dxgrid 128 unset dxitu 129 unset echo 130 unset email 131 unset here 132 unset logininfo 1 133 unset privilege 1 134 unset prompt 135 unset talk 136 unset usstate 137 unset wcy 138 unset wwv 1 139 unset wx 1 140 who 11 141 wx lt text gt 11 142 wx full lt text gt Specialised Facilities and Commands on 1 Databases 1 1 SH CALL and SH CALL INF 1 2 SH COORD and SH COORD INF 1 3 SH DINFO DATA 4 SH IOTA and SH IOTA INF 5 SH MGR and SH MGR INF 6 SH OBL and SH OBL INF 7 SH QSL and SH QSL INF 8 SH POST and SH POST INF 9 SH VHF and SH VHF INF 10 SH WAS and SH WAS INF 2 Bulletins and Files 2 1 The current years information SH FILI 2 2 Previous years information SH year 3 Aliased Commands EI7SDX EINFO Lx Introduction 1 1 What is a DX Cluster A DX Clust
55. n in atitude longitude or as a locator Setting your home node will tell the program where you wish mail to be sent to you Examples set name Ian set gth Morecambe Lancashire IO84NB set location 48 34 n 1212 e set qra IO84NB set home gb7mbc 4 Getting and posting DX When all is said and done this is the main function of a DX cluster In its simplest form you can just connect to the node and you will start to receive DX spots almost immediately You can check on recent postings in either a general manner or on a particular band or mode You can even check DX by callsign or a fragment of a callsign Of course once you get the hang of things it is expected that you start posting some yourself After all there would be no clusters if people did not post DX and you get the added thrill of the hunt 4 1 Receiving DX As we have already said it is possible just to connect to the cluster and you will receive spots automatically However you may wish to check on spots just posted Maybe you wish to see if a particular band is open or if a certain callsign is active perhaps a DXpedition The command to do this is SHOW DX Without any other arguments this command will output the last 10 spots posted It is possible to look at more than this for example the last 20 or 50 spots by adding the number to the command You can make it even more specific by adding a band in either wavelength or frequency and or any additional
56. new line lik line 1 line 2 oh I just can t be bothered with this abort If you abort the message it will NOT be sent When you are entering the text of your message most normal output such as DX announcements and so on are suppressed and stored for latter display upto 20 such lines are stored as new ones come along so the oldest lines are dropped Also you can enter normal commands commands and get the output immediately whilst in the middle of a message You do this by typing the command preceeded by a character on a new line so dx gltlh 144010 strong signal Will issue a dx annoucement to the rest of the cluster Also you can add the output of a command to your message by preceeding the command with thus sh vhftable This will show YOU the output from SH VHFTABLE and also store it in the message You can carry on with the message until you are ready to send it 11 55 send private lt call gt send private lt call gt Send a personal message 11 56 send rr lt call gt send rr lt call gt Send a message and ask for a read receipt LESSA set address lt your address gt set address lt your address gt Record your postal address 11 58 set announce set announce Allow announce messages to come out on your terminal 11 59 set anntalk set anntalk Allow talk like announce messages on your terminal 11 60 set beep set beep Add a beep to DX and other messages on your term
57. ng the line that you give to the command to the output You can use this in user_default scripts and the SAVE command for titling and so forth The script will interpret certain standard escape sequences as follows t becomes a TAB character 0x09 in ascii a becomes a BEEP character 0x07 in ascii n prints a new line So the following example echo GB7DJK is a dxcluster produces GB7DJK is a dxcluster on the output You don t need a n on the end of the line you want to send A more complex example echo GB7DJK n tgitlih tDirk n tg3xvf tRichard produces GB7DJK gitlh Dirk g3xvft Richard on the output 11 30 iltering filtering Filtering things in DXSpider here are a number of things you can filter in the DXSpider system hey all use the same general mechanism In general terms you can create a reject or an accept filter which can have up to 10 lines in it You do this using for example accept spots reject spots where are the specific commands for that type of filter There are filters for spots wwv announce wcy and for sysops connects See each different accept or reject command reference for more details There is also a command to clear out one or more lines in a filter and one to show you what you have set They ar clear spots 1 clear spots all and show filter There is clear xxxx command for each t
58. ogins Simplicity itself The usual CONNECT command will log you straight into the cluster and you will not have to do anything else Obviously you will have to connect to the correct callsign Some nodes use an SSID with their call so you would have to add that Examples connect GB7MBC connect GB7MBC 1 2 2 Netrom logins There are several possibilities here dependant on how the sysop has configured his system If you are connecting via netrom then you are most probably connecting from another station Listing the nodes in that station with the NODES command will tell you what callsign or netrom alias to connect to Then just issue the connect command from there It is possible that the netrom alias may connect you to a node with an alias for the cluster such as DXC Just type this and you will be connected Example connect MBCDX 2 3 Telnet logins With telnet connections the source callsign is not seen by DXSpider so you will be asked to login with your callsign To telnet to DXSpider you would connect to a specific port There is no standard at the moment for a cluster telnet port but ask the sysop if you are unsure Example telnet gb7mbc 8000 All the above are possible ways of connecting to a DXSpider cluster You may have some or all of these available to you There may be one or two additional ways to connect dependant on the network local to you However I am sure you get the idea
59. ommands in very nearly any order to the basic SHOW DX command they are on lt band gt eg 160m 20m 2m 23cm 6mm on lt region gt eg hf vhf uhf shf see SHOW BANDS on lt from gt lt to gt eg 1000 4000 14000 30000 in Khz lt from gt lt to gt lt number gt the number of spots you want lt from gt lt to gt lt from gt spot no lt to gt spot no in the selected list lt from gt lt to gt lt prefix gt for a spotted callsign beginning with lt prefix gt lt suffix gt for a spotted callsign ending in lt suffix gt lt string gt for a spotted callsign containing lt string gt day lt number gt starting lt number gt days ago day lt from gt lt to gt lt from gt days lt to gt days ago lt from gt lt to gt info lt text gt any spots containing lt text gt in the info or remarks by lt call gt any spots spotted by lt call gt spotter lt call gt is the same qsl this automatically looks for any qsl info on the call held in the spot database iota lt iota gt If the iota island number is missing it will look for the string iota and anything which looks like an iota island number If you specify then it will look for that island qra lt locator gt this will look for the specific locator if you specify one or else anything that looks like a locator dxcc treat the prefix as a country and look for spots from that country regardless of actual prefix eg
60. our terminal 11 138 unset wwv unset wwv Stop WWV messages coming out on your terminal 11 139 unset wx unset wx Stop WX messages coming out on your terminal 11 140 who who Show who is physically connected This is a quick listing that shows which callsigns are connected and what sort of connection they have 11 141 wx lt text gt wx lt text gt Send a weather message to local users 11 142 wx full lt text gt wx full lt text gt Send a weather message to all cluster users 12 Specialised Facilities and Commands on EI7SDX SHANDX The EI7SDX SHANDX DXSpider node has a number of additional facilities in respect of databases bulletins and aliased commands These are described below 12 1 Databases The SHANDX Packet Cluster node supports several internal Databases CALL December 2002 Irish Call Book by EI7GY COORD COORD displays the Longitude Latitude and Grid Square for cities in the USA and DX locations DINFO Information on the databases IOTA February 2003 database originally developed by EA5AFP MGR information on QSL managers from OZ7C OBL New Russian and old USSR Oblasts regions POST Irish postal rates from January 2003 QSL a database developed and maintained by OZ7C The MGR and QSL files are linked in the order shown and information is provided from the first data captured For safety check both files VHF VHF DX Group DL West database of station s Grid Squar
61. spots and so on will still come out on your terminal If you want to do something such as send a spot you preceed the normal command with a character eg DX 14001 GITLH What s a B class licensee doing on 20m CW HELP talk To leave talk mode type If you are in Talk mode there is an extention to the command which allows you to send the output to all the people you are talking to You do with the command For example sh hftable will send the hftable as you have it to all the people you are currently talking to T1302 0 talk lt call gt lt text gt talk lt call gt lt text gt Send a text message to another station 11 121 type lt filearea gt lt name gt type lt filearea gt lt name gt Look at the contents of a file in one of the fileareas Type out the contents of a file in a filearea So for example in fFilearea bulletins you want to look at file arld051 you would enter s TYP bulletins arld051 ti See also SHOW FILES to see what fileareas are available and a list of content 11 122 unset announce unset announce Stop announce messages coming out on your terminal 11 123 unset anntalk unset anntalk Stop talk like announce messages on your terminal The announce system on legacy cluster nodes is used as a talk substitute because the network is so poorly connected If you unset anntalk you will suppress several of these announces yo
62. t show sun ndays lt prefix gt lt callsign gt Show sun rise and set times Show the sun rise and set times for a list of prefixes or callsigns together with the azimuth and elevation of the sun currently at those locations H ia you don t specify any prefixes or callsigns it will show the times r your QTH assuming you have set it with either SET LOCATION or ET QRA together with the current azimuth and elevation Hh O n Gl If all else fails it will show the sunrise and set times for the node that you are connected to For example SH SUN SH SUN GITLH K9CW ZS You can also use this command to see into the past or the future so if you want to see yesterday s times then do SH SUN 1 or in three days time SH SUN 3 W9 Upto 366 days can be checked both in the past and in the future Please note that the rise and set times are given as the UT times of rise and set on the requested UT day 11 109 show time lt prefix gt lt callsign gt show time lt prefix gt lt callsign gt Show the local time If no prefixes or callsigns are given then this command returns the local time and UTC as the computer has it right now If you give some prefixes then it will show UTC and UTC the local offset not including DST at the prefixes or callsigns that you specify 11 110 show usdb call show usdb call Show information held on the FCC Call database Show the City and
63. t disconnected from the cluster and now I can t log back in again What is wrong A Probably the cluster thinks you are still logged on and will not let you reconnect using the same call to prevent loops Try logging on again adding an ssid to your callsign as DXSpider treats GOYLM and GOYLM 1 as different users Q How do I know if I have got the latest version of this user manual A The latest and greatest will always be on the Website It will also be included with every release of DXSpider As always if unsure ask your sysop what version number is the latest x ea ered accept accept Set a filter to accept something Create a filter to accept something There are 2 types of filter accept and reject See HELP FILTERING for more info 11 2 accept announce 0 9 lt pattern gt accept announce 0 9 lt pattern gt Set an accept filter line for announce Create an accept this announce line for a filter An accept filter line means that if the announce matches this filter it is passed onto the user See HELP FILTERING for more info Please read this to understand how filters work it will save a lot of grief later on You can use any of the following things in this line info lt string gt eg iota or qsl by lt prefixes gt eg G M 2 origin lt prefixes gt origin_dxcc lt prefixes or numbers gt eg 61 62 from eg sh pre G origin_itu lt prefixes or numbers gt or G GM
64. ted first any non hf cw spot is passed to the accept line which lets through everything else on HF The next filter line lets through just VHF UHF spots from EU 10 5 A Filtering Tutorial There is now an excellent primer tutorial on filtering written by Jim Samuels W3BG with an introduction by Dave Hawes N3RD that I strongly suggest you read You can read it here The DXSpider User Filtering Primer 11 Hints tips and common questions Q These commands seem very long Can I shorten them A Of course you can and the usual abbreviations work If you are unsure try it Q I am not sure if this command is correct Can I cause any harm if I try it A Do not be afraid to try a command to see if it will work at the worst you will get an error message If you require any help ona command just type help followed by the command you want help on Look at the DXSpider Command Reference section to see what help can be found Q How should I use the announce command A With respect Use the command by all means but please only use the full extension if absolutely necessary It can create a LOT of messages passing between clusters Q I like to be working in the shack while logged into the cluster but I can t be looking at the screen all the time How can I be alerted when anything happens T A Use the SET BEEP command You can find information on this in the DXSpider Command Reference section Q I go
65. u may miss the odd useful one as well but you would probably miss them anyway in the welter of useless ones set anntalk allows you to see them again This is the default 11 124 unset beep unset beep Stop beeps for DX and other messages on your terminal 11 125 unset dx unset dx Stop DX messages coming out on your terminal 11 126 unset dxcq unset dxcq Stop CQ Zones on the end of DX announcements Display both the Spotter s and the Spotted s CQ Zone on the end of a DX announcement there is just enough room Some user programs cannot cope with this The Spotter s CQ is on the RHS of the time the Spotted s CQ is on the LHS Conflicts with SET DXGRID SET DXITU SHOW USSTATI Fl Do a STAT USER to see which flags you have set if you are confused 11 127 unset dxgrid unset dxgrid Stop QRA Grid Squares on the end of DX announcements A standard feature which is enabled in version 1 43 and above is that if the spotter s grid square is known it is output on the end of a DX announcement there is just enough room Some user programs cannot cope with this You can use this command to reset or set this feature Conflicts with SET DXCQ SET DXITU Do a STAT USER to see which flags you have set if you are confused 11 128 unset dxitu unset dxitu Stop ITU Zones on the end of DX announcements Display both the Spotter s and the Spotted s ITU Zone on the end of a DX announcement there is just eno
66. ually you can have an accept AND a reject on the same line but don t try this at home until you can analyse the results that you get without ringing up the sysop for help Another useful addition now is filtering by US state accept spots by_state VA NH RI ME You can arrange your filter lines into logical units either for your own understanding or simply convenience I have one set frequently reject spots 1 on hf cw reject spots 2 on 50000 1400000 not by_zone 14 15 16 or call_zone 14 15 16 What this does is to ignore all HF CW spots being a class B I can t read any CW and couldn t possibly be interested in HF and also rejects any spots on VHF which don t either originate or spot someone in Europe This is an exmaple where you would use the line number 1 and 2 in this case if you leave the digit out the system assumes 1 Digits You can leave the word and out if you want it is implied You can use any number of brackets to make the expression as you want it There are things called precedence rules working here which mean that you will NEED brackets in a situation like line 2 because without it will assume on 50000 1400000 and by_zone 14 15 16 or call_zone 14 15 16 annoying but that is the way it is If you use OR use brackets Whilst we are here CASE is not important And BY_Zone is just and by_zone If you want to alter your filter you can just redefine one or
67. ugh room Some user programs cannot cope with this The Spotter s ITU is on the RHS of the time the Spotted s ITU is on the LHS Gl Conflicts with SET DXGRID SET DXCQ SHOW USSTATI Do a STAT USER to see which flags you have set if you are confused 11 129 unset echo unset echo Stop the cluster echoing your input If you are connected via a telnet session different implimentations of telnet handle echo differently depending on whether you are connected via port 23 or some other port You can use this command to change the setting appropriately The setting is stored in your user profile YOU DO NOT NEED TO USE THIS COMMAND IF YOU ARE CONNECTED VIA AX25 11 130 unset email unset email Stop personal msgs being forwarded by email If any personal messages come in for your callsign then you can use these commands to control whether they are forwarded onto your email address To enable the forwarding do something like SET EMAIL mike tubby somewhere com You can have more than one email address each one separated by a space Emails are forwarded to all the email addresses you specify You can disable forwarding by UNSET EMAIL 11 131 unset here unset here Tell the system you are absent from your terminal 11 132 unset logininfo unset logininfo Inform when a station logs out locally 11 133 unset privilege unset privilege Remove any
68. ype of filter For now we are going to use spots for the examples but you can apply the principles to all types of filter There are two main types of filter accept or reject which you use depends entirely on how you look at the world and what is least writing to achieve what you want Each filter has 10 lines of any length which are tried in order If a line matches then the action you have specified is taken ie reject means ignore it and accept means gimme it The important thing to remember is that if you specify a reject filter all the lines in it say reject spots for instance then if a spot comes in that doesn t match any of the lines then you will get it BUT if you specify an accept filter then any spots that don t match are dumped For example if I have a one line accept filter accept spots on vhf and by_zone 14 15 16 or call_zone 14 15 16 then automatically you will ONLY get VHF spots from or to CQ zones 14 15 and 16 If you set a reject filter like reject spots on hf cw Then you will get everything EXCEPT HF CW spots If you am interested in IOTA and will work it even on CW then you could say reject spots on hf cw and not info iota But in that case you might only be interested in iota and say accept spots not on hf cw or info iota which is exactly the same You should choose one or the other until you are confortable with the way it works Yes you can mix them act
69. ys default is 31 starting from a lt date gt default today If there are no prefixes then it will show the table for your country Remember that some countries have more than one DXCC country in them eg G to show them assuming you are not in G already which is specially treated in the code you must list all the relevant prefixes sh hftable g gm gd gi gj gw gu Note that the prefixes are converted into country codes so you don t have to list all possible prefixes for each country If you want more or less days than the default simply include the number you require sh hftable 20 pa If you want to start at a different day simply add the date in some recognizable form sh hftable 2 25nov02 sh hftable 2 25 nov 02 sh hftable 2 021125 sh hftable 2 25 11 02 This will show the stats for your DXCC for that CQWW contest weekend You can specify either prefixes or full callsigns so you can see how you did against all your mates You can also say all which will then print the worldwide statistics sh hftable all 11 97 show moon ndays lt prefix gt lt callsign gt show moon ndays lt prefix gt lt callsign gt Show Moon rise and set times Show the Moon rise and set times for a list of prefixes or callsigns together with the azimuth and elevation of the sun currently at those locations If you don t specify any prefixes or callsigns it will show the times for your QTH assuming you have

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