KB4OLM PACKET CLUSTER OPERATION
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1. Display to the PacketCluster Also see Conference or Talk Mode DX frequency callsign misc info where frequency is of the format 14025 10 Misc info should be kept the date and time after it Packet Cluster Information ail messages which have th DIRECTORY NEW Display all mail messages which have been sent since DIRECTORY command ail messages which are addressed to you or specified e g DIR SUBJ DX the nn most recent mail messages The DX command allows you to announce DX spotting information to all other stations which are connected command SHOW DX While in use DX for example brief as the system will add Misc info is optional Command DX call Syntax Example Command EXECUTE Syntax Command FINDFILE Syntax Example Command READ T w The DX command with the call qualifier allows you to announce DX spotting information and to credit the DX spot to the station whose callsign you specify DX call frequency callsign misc info DX K1GQ 14001 1 3C0A This command is used to execute your private command procedure which has been uploaded with UPLOAD USERCMD EXECUTE This command is used to locate files on the PacketCluster You may specify either a full file name or a partial name with wildcards The system searches all defined file areas for the file FIndfile filename or filename mask FINDF2. PJ9 PY T30 T7 TA XE XX YB YS ZP 3B8 3 MORE DX CALLS WILL F BE A DD OCTOBER SUGGEST THAT YOU W ED ON THE D2 A0 4S7 5B4 5H 5V N EXT CD DISK REL FASE WHICH IS IN RITE THE ABOVE PREFIXES YOU WILL HAVE A R EADY R E E ER ENCE DOWN SO THAT AS TO WHAT YOU CAN GI BUCKMASTER File courtesy N4S Packet Cluster Information ET FROM THE DX CLUSTER POLICY ON FOR SALE This node permit advertisement is Basically ama can o Examp computers and co automobiles and prohibited You MAY post an asking negotiate a price ove R So m r PHONE NUMB amateur radio repair or for hi commercial dealers m you The SYSOPS commercial equipment t advertising y k trit of in hat the SYSOP transacti have noti s th not that means teurs in pursuit o cannot be adve es of what would be per mput othe re nature was purchased with such equipment on any of t nown to t S ag F adver the hobby rtised POSTINGS tisement of articles for sal in violation of Part 97 113 of the FCC ru you may advertise anything that Obviously we cannot so you are asked to use your good issible i nc list ude rigs e r such ma r the air y 5 Or
3. Q Packet Cluster Information Msg 2 From I will all This ce m N4SR Date 31 May 13262 Subj VE The last of the major feature changes for Versio R 5 CMDS S ET FIL n 5 is the Filter give a short description of what this does and some possibl ight have for it routine allows you to set up a spot filteri rtain spots to be sent to your station interested in receiving spots from certain bands ng file that wi For those of you who are only or certain modes this is ER INSTR option e uses you prevent for you For those who don t like to receive common dx you big guns you can specify those prefixes you do not wish to get Think of the ways you can use this you novices and techs are really interested in the 10 meter and above bands with this routine you can set it up so you will only receive those spots You big gun 5 band dx ers who want to work on one band only you can set it up to do that also DX filtering is done by band ode and DXCC country prefix Modes are either CW or SSB and the bands supported are 160 80 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 6 2 meters The default value for all users is ALL BANDS
4. ALL MODES in other words you get ita REMEMBER WHAT YOU PUT IN YOUR FILTER FILE IS STUFF THAT YOU WANT FILTERED OUT HERE S HOW YOU DO IT set filter options or to change your filter set nofilter options The general syntax to use is as follows SET FILTER MODE BANDS x x x prefix es som xamples are shown below set filter band 160 80 40 all this will filter out all spots both cw and ssb for 160 80 and 40 meters set filter cw band all ja vk zl this will filter out all ja vk and zl cw spots on all bands set filter ssb band all ja vk zl this wi do the same as above but for ssb set filter cw ssb band all ja vk this wi do the same but for both cw and ssb set filter band all ja ve this will filter out all ja and ve spots for all bands set filter cw band 17 12 ja this wi filter outa ja cw spots on 17 and 12 meters set filter ssb band 20 ja this wi filter out a ja spots on ssb for 20 meters set filter bands all g this wi filter out all G spots on all bands Packet Cluster Information You can review a filter by prefix only at this time To do so you would enter sh filter ja this would show you the filter you had set for JA spots When you establish your filtering a file is built with your call and the filtering you have selected This filtering will be loaded each time you connect so if you want to change anything you
5. WX information WX FULL information Packet Cluster Information Msg 1 From N4SR Date 29 May 1152Z Subj VER 5 CMDS MORE ON USERCMD HERE ARE A FEW MORE GOODIES FROM VER 5 0 AGAIN BY UPLOADING COMMANDS TO YOUR USER COMMAND FILE SEE PREVIOUS MSG ON HOW TO DO THIS YOU CAN CAUSE THINGS TO HAPPEN OR NOT TO HAPPEN AT THE TIME OF LOG ON KEEP IN MIND THAT IF YOU WANT THESE THING TO EITHER HAPPEN OR NOT HAPPEN WHEN YOU PUT THEM IN THIS COMMAND FILE THEY ARE GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY TIME YOU LOG O IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT ONLY WANT THESE COMMANDS TO BE ACTIVE FOR T RRENT SESSION DON T PUT THEM IN THIS FILE HE NODE AFTER YOU LOG ON HEY WILL GO AWAY AT F A FEW MORE NEW COMMANDS jam Q q RATHER JUST SEND THEM TO THE END OF THE SESSION HE Pe D W NOBEEP KEEPS ALL BEEPS FROM COMMING TO YOU NOANNOUNCEMENTS KEEPS ANNOUNCEMENTS AWAY FROM YOU e EMENTS DON T ALLOW DX ANNOUNCEMENTS TO COME TO YOU NOTALK KEEP TALK MESSAGES AWAY FOR YOU UNSOCIABLE TYPES NOWWV_ANNOUNCEMENTS KEEP WWV ANNOUNCEMENTS AWAY T CO Cn Cn Cn WN 5 SN N Z O R3 x lt D z z Gq
6. executes when you log on othe r times this allows you to execute it Msg 4 From N4SR Date 31 Jan 2342Z Subj AVAILABLE DATABASES HE FOLLOWING DATABASES ARE CURRENTLY ON LINE ON THE N4SR NODE SOME OF HESE CAN ALSO BE ACCESSED FROM THE OTHER NODES DATABASE SYNTAX DESCRIPTION SH IOTA SH IOTA Gives IOTA info SH QSL SH QSL callsign The W6GO QSL MANAGERS DATABASE SH QSLNEW SH QSLNEW QSL updates gathered on this cluster ALLOC SH ALLOC prefix Gives country assigned to a prefix BUREAU SH BUREAU prefix Gives QSL bureas address CONTEST SH CONTEST month Gives contest info for desired month IRC SH IRC prefix Gives IRC s required ZONE SH ZONE prefix Gives zone of desired prefix BUCK SH BUCK callsign Gives address of USA VE and some dx DX de W7UG 21000 0 ZF2MU 19492 INFO SH INFO Info library from Awards to Zones TODAY SH TODAY On this day in history For more complete information on these databases just do a SH database with no prefix or callsign ex SH ALLOC Of course the most popular and widely used database is the Buckmaster which has addresses of USA VE and some DX stations A short description of how to use the Buckmaster follows To use the buckmaster callbook simply type in SH BUCK callsign
7. nfiguration nected ation ER ENCE except mode ar nc nex otherwise th t to their command is used to delete mail messages on the If no message number is specified nessage read will be deleted the last on Command DIRECTORY Command Command Command Command Command Command Command DX Syntax Syntax DIRECTORY ALL DIRECTORY OWN DIRECTORY SUBJ DIRECTORY nn This command mail messages are connected A hyphen message number indicates b indicates m ssag indicates a private If you specify a call on messages only sent by or DIRectory qualifier DIRectory callsign Display a active y the station to which it set to indicates both read an essag ail is used to display a list of the current on the PacketCluster node to which you cnat next to a particular mail the message has been read was addressed a plus sign noauto_delete an asterisk d noauto_delete anda p oO he command you will see that station ct ct O messages By default only the five most recent messages or all since your last use of the DIREC ORY command whichever is greater will be displayed DIRECTORY BULLETIN Display mail messages addressed to ALL your last use of the Display were sent by you Display text in the subject
8. BBS forwards its traffic mail through the use of a forwarding file which for NTS purposes includes a list of Zip Codes and 5 letter State Designators The designators consist of the letters NTS followed by the two letter Postal abbreviation for the State For example NTSCA means route this message to California NTSNC means route this message to North Carolina etc A packet ssage headed for Hampton VA would look like this ST 23666 NTSVA HOW TO ORIGINATE NTS TRAFFIC AT A BBS Once logged in or connected to a BBS you will be left at the prompt This is normally a greater than gt sign and is the indication that the BBS is ready for further instructions 1 Send the ST command to S end T raffic followed by a space the Zip Code of the addressee a space the sign a space and the NTSXX of the state The transfer would look like this ST 10016 NTSME lt this ssage is headed for Maine Zip 10016 2 After entering the command information you will be prompted for the subject of the message Enter the subject like this BANGOR 403 234 403 234 are the first six digits of the telephone number beginning with the area code 3 Once the subject is entered you will be prompted for the actual message The first line of the text should be the preamble For example 34 R HXE K4ABT 21 PHOENIX AZ JAN 6 Now some explanation 34 your m
9. to the sender Syntax Send Send Private Send NOPrivate Send RR Command SET The SET command is used to set user specific options on the PacketCluster n Syntax Et qualifier Additional help available for the following SET qualifiers ALIAS ANSI BEEP DX_ANNOUNCEMENTS FILTER HERE HOME_NODE LOCATION LOGIN_ANNOUNCEMENTS LOGOUT_ANNOUNCEMENBTS MAIL_ANNOUNCEMENTS NAME NEED NOALIAS NOANSI NOBEEP NODX_ANNOUNCEMENTS NOFILTER NOHERE NOLOGIN_ANNOUNCEMENTS NOMAIL_ANNOUNCEMENTS NONEED NOPRIVILEGE NOTALK NOWWV_ANNOUNCEMENTS PAGE PRIVILEGE QTH TALK WWV_ANNOUNCEMENTS Command SET ALIAS These commands set or clear an alias callsign for SET NOALIAS your connection This allows two call families to use the same packet station to connect to the PacketCluster Use the SWITCH command to change your call This parameter only lasts for the duration of your session use the user defined command procedure to have this set up on each connection Syntax SEt ALias call Et NOALias n Packet Cluster Information Command SET ANSI These commands inform the PacketCluster whether or not SET NOANSI yo
10. ILE ARRL DAT FINDFILE ARRL his command is used to read a mail message which is shown in the DIRECTORY display A READ without a message number ill read the oldest unread mail message addressed to you Any mail message may be read if the message number is s pecified on the READ command Syntax Read Read message Read nopage message Command REPLY Syntax Command REPLY DE Syntax Packet Cluster Information his command is used to reply to the last mail message which as read The subject of the resulting message will be the aE w same as that of the previously read message with an RE p E receding it You may also specify a message number to eply to so that reading it first is unnecessary REPly REPly msg LETE This variation of the REPLY command does the same function but also deletes the messages to which you are replying REPly Delete Command SEND This command is used to send a mail message to another station You will be prompted for the station being sent to the subject and th ssage Th ail message may be terminated with either a ctrl Z or the text EXIT If you wish to cancel the mail message send a ctrl Y to the system The PRIVATE qualifier sends a privat ssage th NOPRIVATE qualifier sends a public message The RR qualifier requests a return receipt so that when the addressee reads the mail a confirmation is returned
11. KB40LM PACKET CLUSTER OPERATION Access direct on 145 075 MHz or via 145 750 MHz DXHBG 145 670 MHz DXAFTN This document contains the command information for the KB40LM DX Packet Cluster serves hams in the Central Shenandoah Valley Primary and Augusta counties The information in files available on the cluster That cluster nod coverage area is Page Rockingham this document is derived from the help Compiled by David R Fordham KD9LA November 21 2000 Packet Cluster Information PacketClu c 1986 ster 1992 tm Pavillion Software v5 4 The available PacketCluster commands are a general announcement to all connected stations lp for that particular command last read mail message ters ketCluster tion information isplay various PacketCluster information ANNOUNCE mak BYE bye disconnect from the PacketCluster CONFERENCE enter conference mode DELETE delete mail message DIRECTORY list active mail messages DX DX spotting info announcement EXECUTE execute your personal command procedure FINDFILE locate file s on the system HELP or help displays this listing HELP command display he KILL delete mail message LIST list active mail messages QUIT bye disconnect from the PacketCluster READ read mail message REPLY reply to the SEND send mail message SET set user specific parame SHO
12. NC SET TNCs wi w1ll not embers have been aski TNCs attaching t FRC Packet fol th INGS FO User s Manual by work be approp lowing discussion commended s R DX CLUSTER CONNECTIONS ng me what the recommended o the PacketCluster Here is a N3RD detailing th ight ou iate in of the box thei each case for Pack will address sever r d fo replac you will Fo for MFJ even wit any time conversi Switches There are several AX25L2V2 BEACON CHECK DIGIPEAT The DWAIT FRACK ERSIST ESPTIM ETRY OT P R R S IM F IME ESP o th r examp nave CO E conve ESP IME is Te OR nd Ka newe set ns a h Fo ON OFF OFF OFF ntronics r you to READ YO un ttings It is not UR TNC MANUAL Also ters for use in you increments of 10 ay not be univ the parame expressed in its but this r versions ings will be r your particular uni or 0 Switches of the abov expressed ntioned units s you will ne m neal which should be set as fo more on CHECK later Timing Parameters system 200ms 5 64 1500ms 10 10 They should be set as follows intended settings n excerp ose setti ngs r defaul etCluste al TNC K ct to in some cases r particul
13. OP or INFORMATION ON LISTING M When messages ar following categories FORSALE CONTEST Messages can be ESSAGES BY DATABASE CATEGORY originated the author classifies them into one of the with the SEND command WANTED OSLINFO OSLREC HELP LOCAL ALL ALLNODES DXINFO isted by category by the user with the L LIST command The letter L foll 5 most recent ent L N FORSALE L 10 FORSAL owed by a space ities in that ca Other available combinations of this are A FS EN FORSA L 20 FORSALE ES A FS FORSALE Desired If In frequent categorie s ge ge ca ly KG4W 9 27 94 NNNN Packet Cluster Information 20 FORSA n be replaced by any of ES For example L the other 9 categories you are mainly interested in certain categories and you log you could use the L N command along with your desired and stay up to date on those items ts you all new messages of all categories all mixed ts yo only the new dxinfo msgs since the last time you did a L N DXINFO up followed by the category will get you the tegory FORSALE listed above as Whereas a plain ole L N a L N DXINFO R E COMM END Some are fo fro the While setti opera parame no ngs tio te S n he rs and th n FD T
14. This database has USA VE and some DX calls in it This database is updated every 6 months so sometimes it will not be completely current If you have the name of somebody whom you would like to know their callsign this is for U S A ONLY leave me a ssage with the persons name and address and approximate age I am able to do global searches of the USA part of the database and usually can find who you are looking for If you know a USA callsign that needs to have the information changed or you have a DX stations address you think would be of interest just send me note with the pertinent information and I will update the database QSL routes and managers should still go to the W6GO list which is accomplished by doing the UPDATE QSLNEW command Many thanks to Dan K3SKE who spent countless hours getting the errors out of the ZONES database File courtesy N4SR Packet Cluster Information Msg 5 From N4SR Date 11 May 12112 THE IN ADDITION TO THE A2 A4 A7 A9 AP C2 C3 C6 C9 C HK HL HP H TK TL TN T 52Z 7P 70 8 R 9 FOLLOWING COUNTRI ES ARE U S A AN R HV J5 J7 J8 JT JW R V2 V3 V4 V6 V8 VP2E H 9J 9N 9Y NOW INC D VE Subj BUCK 1UD CALLS ED IN THE THERE B ARE Bi CT CU FA EA6 8 9 EI A X OHO OH ON OY PJ2 UCKMASTER DATABAS AND DX E H4 HA HBO HC HJ HKO
15. W da SWITCH change to alias call TALK talk to specified station TYPE display a pa UPDATE update a custom database UPLOAD upload a file to the Pac WWV log announce WWV propaga WX announce weather conditions Command ANNOUNCE Syntax Command BYE Syntax Bye co discon instead of Bye Packet Cluster Information This command is used stations which are co wish to make announcement a particular PacketCluster node of the node on the command to the local node a cl using the FULL qualifi specify a distribution command may be used wh Mode by prefacing it wi An An An An nounce msg nounce call msg nounce Full msg nounce distro msg mand nect The ANNOUNCE to only those users connected you can specify the call command defaul rticular file on the PacketCluster to send a text string out to all nnected to the PacketCluster If you to CS uster wide announcement requires er on the command list as a qualifier ile in Conference Mode or Talk th an asterisk You can also The ANNOUNC Pl informs the PacketCluster that you wish to This is the recommended way of disconnecting using the D command to your TNC Command CONFERENCE Syntax Command Command DELETE Syntax Packet Cluster Information While in Conference Mode This com see all input Conference Mode the local confe ctr
16. ar TNC milliseconds ms ersally true Therefore ed to make the llows following parameters affect the way your TNC performs while connected to th sets the delay your TNC imposes on sending an ACK back a R p s h f system aft ve a different R ACKs back at the node rom 1500ms to 3000ms WAY affects the speed at which you DWAIT P aggress before t ERSIS ive r your TNC ransmitting a are variables in a ca r receiving a packet ackets to many users at once aggered back to the system Since PacketC In an ideal world ESPTIME F setting would be T So feel ree to vary your R re wondering this eceive packets fro a n case you a E and SLOT F r IME if available on your TNC fte cu is DWAIT sets the minimum r the channel is clear P ation which is performed each Packet Cluster Information luster sends it is important that the ACKS be each use would no collisions ESPTIME setting ry setting IN NO time you ERSIST a m the system Ffect how TNC waits nd SLOTTIME e your TNC a EI wants to transmit NC generates a random number be If PERSIST is set at 64 there is a 25 probability that t number will be less than the setting and that the TNC will If the random number for an amou a new rando is abo
17. command saying that they are not actually available Only local users are displayed by default if you want to see all users use the FULL qualifier SHow Users SHow Users Full Displays the version of the PacketCluster software SHow Version Command SHOW WWV Displays the 5 most recent WWV propagation statistics which Syntax Command SHOW WX Syntax Command SWITCH Syntax Command TALK Syntax have been logged In Conference or Talk Mode use SHOW WWV SHow Wwv Displays 5 most recent entries SHow Wwv nn Displays nn most recent entries Displays previously announcement weather conditions You may also specify a word to look for in the announcement SHow WX SHow WX text This command switches your connection between your normal call and an alias call that you have specified with a SET ALIAS command SWITCH The TALK command is used to talk to various stations which are connected to the PacketCluster There are two types of TALK Talk Mode to another station and a one line alk function alk call Talk to the specified station This provides one way talk capability to that station If that station wants to communicate back they ust also do a T command A ctrl Z will only terminate your side of the talk his allows you to send a one line message to the specified station It does NOT put you Talk call msg into talk mode and hence no ctrl Z
18. configuration local users the total number of users the number of and the highwater mark for connected stations SHow CLuste Displays w hat system operator defined SHOW commands are available on the PacketCluster SHow COMma nds Displays the physical configuration of the PacketCluster In particular the nodes which are running the PacketCluster software are listed as well as what users are connected to each node Specifying a node on the command lists the stations connected to that station Syntax SHow Ciguration SHow Configuration call Command SHOW DISTRO This command displays the distribution lists which have been defined on your node If you include the name of the distribution list filename minus the LST extension the actual list is displayed Syntax SHow DIStro SHow DIStro distro name Packet Cluster Information Command SHOW DX Syntax Example Command SHOW EXCLUDE a particula length or f are shown entries you last 15 ent he default QM HO ct mh K arch for n of the call r band Band requency bt You may also wish to see ries on 20m of 5 entries Talk Mode use SHOW D a call or partial call is specified PacketCluster will it along with e pecify number of entrie will be match his command is used to view previously logged DX calls on may be specified in either
19. essage number usually counted from the beginning of each month R a routine message not E mergency or P riority or T est HXE the most common handling instructions dont go to any expense to deliver this message but send me a msg advising if u CANNOT deliver K4ABT the station who originated the messag 21 the number of the words in the text not counting the signature PHOENIX AZ the place of origin JAN 6 the date the message was originated Packet Cluster Information 4 The next 3 or 4 lines should each be ended with a carriage return CR For example Jack Frost 1234 Anyplace St Anywhere ST 99999 123 456 7890 5 Now enter the TEXT of the message with 5 words per lin nd each line with a carriage return CR For example Pat and I will meet lt this is 5 words you and Karen at the lt this is 5 words First Presbyterian Church parking lot lt this is 5 words at five oclock local on lt this is 5 words Saturday lt this is 1 word lt total words this msg 21 Fred KZ9XYZ this signature is not part of the word count 5 End your message with CTRL Z or EX on a line by itself It is requested that the text of the in to the PBBS so that all you have upload a previously prepared file Some of the above procedures ar essage be formulated prior to checking to do when prompted for the text is to slightly modified on some PBBS s but this should be close enough to
20. get you sta PBBS system NNNN Packet Cluster Information rted sending NTS traffic on your local
21. ion light has g Here s how they work When DWAIT has elapsed your tween 0 and 255 If that random number is less than the setting of PERSIST then your TNC will send its packets he random transmit the TNC waits then creates What PERSIST to your DWAIT by tending er node If to the to recommend to eliminate test experiences d apparently happen if the he user s TNC t the system n minutes As ion is held off he TNC will te if no to detect when n a location I hope this excerpt will help you PacketCluster node of your choice volume and squelch levels and be get to the node you use Any more node user S and is a violation of keep a more reliab conn one out ction to the Please also remember to sure you use just enough is wasteful interferes w FCC regulations Please use your PacketCluster system wisely It is here for us all Only if we work together can we maintain our reputa Greatest Contesting Club in the Universe Do your part Packet Cluster Information check your power to reliably ith your fellow the benefit of tion as the FORMATTING MESSAGES IN THE NTS FORMAT FOR PACKET HANDLING Note DX PacketCluster does not forward NTS traffic This information is for use on any regular PBBS NOT THE DX CLUSTER A packet radio
22. is needed to terminate it Note This type of Talk is also available from within Conference mode by prefacing the T with an asterisk T KKK Note xxx The following commands are available from within Talk Mode DX SHOW DX ANNOUNCE TALK one line talk to another station SHOW USERS and SHOW WWV by prefacing them with an asterisk Command TALK TIMESTAMP This command instructs PacketCluster to timestamp Packet Cluster Information the one line message you are sending to the specified station Syntax Talk Timestamp call message Command TYPE Syntax Command UPDATE Syntax Example This command is used to display a file which uploaded to the PacketCluster shown by doing a The quali If no qualifie may be SHOW A SHOW c RCHIVE ommand the fi le resides in the BULLETIN TYpe a TYpe U key v rea filenam TYpe area nn filename SERCMD alue Command UPDATE APPEND Command UPLOAD Syntax Command WWV Syntax Packet Cluster Information Syntax Th wi on will on com UPlo UPDATE database UPDATE QSLNEW Enter key value 1AOQKM Enter text QSL 1AOKM via I0IJ EXI add you has been The files which are available SHOW FILES SHOW BULLETIN or fier be the same as that on the specified it is assumed area ust is displa
23. ise it will attempt to use the location of the PacketCluster station for the calculation SHow Heading dxcc prefix This command shows the status of the inactivity function and if enabled the inactivity timer value in hours SHow Inactivity Command SHOW LOCATION This command is used to display latitude longitude Syntax Command SHOW LOG Syntax Command SHOW NEED Syntax Command SHOW MUF Syntax Command SHOW NOTICE Syntax Packet Cluster Information yourself command information which has been previously entered by or another station with the SET LOCATION SHow LOCation SHow LOCation call This command is used to display entries from the PacketCluster user connects SHow LOG How LOG nn n Displays the to just show operations log which primarily consists of and disconnects Prints out the last 5 log entries Displays the last nn log entries needs database for the specified user or country prefix You may also specify a mode qualifer needs for that mode SHow NEed call SHow NEed prefix SHow NEed mode where mode is CW SSB or RTTY Displays maximum useable frequency MUF calculations for the country specified on the command The origination point is your station if you have previously specified it with the SET LOCATION command otherwise the latitude longitude of the PacketCluster station is
24. l Z or the Conference Mode level When in a plus sign CONFERence KKK rom any other Note that rence ext EXIT and the next to Wl local It KKK Note PacketCluster commands This is CONFERENCE FULL Syntax ANNOUNCE x ALK msg HOW DX HOW USERS HOW WWV WWV D T S S S S DX T This co that the cluster designa call in CONFE Ren The D Packe il ma specified by message number D D 34 ELETE tCluster lete t ANNO make a general a DX spotting func by default on your PacketCluster node ill cause you to leave return to the PacketC conference in the SHOW USERS di nnou tions and places you into Conference Mode station that is also in you are put into your luster You will A command call will have splay ncemen send a one lin show DX log how what statio s show WWV propaga a UNCE mand is identical Users in global ed with an asterisk the SHOW USERS di ce Full message m ssage ns a tion nnounce WWV informa to CONE conference is global throughout the confer splay ssag HOW CONFIGURATION display clus to ter co re con infor tion done by prefacing the command with an asterisk for example you are able to do the following t to all stations another station
25. longitude coordinates This information may be viewed by using the SHOW LOCATION call command Latitude longitude information is used by Packet Cluster for calculating beam headings and MUF information for your station n Syntax Et Location lat deg lat min N S long deg long min E W Example if your latitude is 41 degrees 15 minutes North and your longitude is 71 degrees 10 minutes West you would enter SET LOCATION 41 15 N 71 10 W Packet Cluster Information Command SET PAGE This command the number of command before a continue prompt is se p nly lasts fo rsonal command procedure to make this permanent is used to set yo lines sent to yo r the duration of nds control wheth sent to you ur page length This is u on a READ or TYPE nt This state your session use a er talk messages from This state only lasts for the duration of your session use a personal command procedure to make this permanent These commands Syntax SEt PAGe count Command SET TALK These comma SET NOTALK other users ar Syntax SEt TA1k Command SET WWV_ANNOUNCEMENTS SET NOWWV_ANNOUNCEMENTS Command SHOW Syntax SHow qualifier Additional help available for ANNOUNCE ARCHIVE CLUSTI COMMAND DX EXCLUDE FORWA HEADING LOG LOGON_M NOTICE PREFIX SUN TIME WWV WX Command SHOW ANNOUNCE Command SHOW ARCHIVE Packet Cluster Information S
26. need to reset your filtering for the particular prefix or if you want to eliminate all filtering fora prefix do a SET NOFILTER xxx If you want to eliminate all your filtering do a SET NOFILTER BANDS ALL ALL It is impertative that you use the PARENS around your band numbers that you put a comma between your prefixes and that you use the word ALL when appropriate File courtesy N4SR Packet Cluster Information Msg 3 From N4SR Date 9 Jun 0059Z Subj VER 5 CMDS WX SEND SH DX ETC Here are a few more version 5 goodies Some of them may be repeats of what I have put on the 3 other notes Send call call call This will allow you to send the same message to several different stations sh dx freq freq This will allow you to specify a range of freqs that you want to look at spots from For example if you are one of the rtty nuts you could do the following sh dx 14070 14100 this would give you the last 5 spots that were put out within that freq range this is the normal operating area of rtty stations WX weather report This allows you to send a system wide weather messag USE THIS WITH DISCRETION HOWEVER IF YOU HAVE WEATHER THAT IS SIGNIFICANT BY ALL MEANS PUT IT OUT sh wx This will show the last 5 WX reports execute This will execute your personal command file The file at This file courtesy N4SR Packet Cluster Information
27. rent ons over Finally he air ced some adver We ask that indi the tising ividuals that r peripherals used ree that we wa oth e are operating wer in rules the bet full T of our these guid ines Lcenses wil Should you have any questions f consult Part 97 Packet Cluster Information J eE r he amateur communi his request b terials used by the gene PRICE that is that transactions ca You are not pe nitted to advertise any you int that y amateurs but you are no auctioneering n be concluded by are not per is no nessages that has th antennas Household ral public are not permi le provided such Les is used by radio everything that judgment test gear goods tted to MUST include ns other than You ea services such as itted to conduct any to or from ent to ma appea are engaged in ke a profit rance of being reselling from refrain n nt to keep this r compliance of the law in jeopardy Messages which are not in be deleted by the sysops At t system nodes resource same tim Failure to th w o leav a messag Thanks in advance for your cooperation Dealers ar ty and we ask that they comp with y as open as must ensure that comply places compliance with for the SYS
28. ur terminal program understands and can accept ANSI scape sequences In particular PacketCluster makes use of reverse video sequences If your terminal understands that reverse video is ESC G 4 use the ALT qualifier The default mode for new users is SET NOANSI n Et Ansi Et Ansi ALT Et NOAnsi Syntax nn Command SET BEEP These commands control whether beeps are sent to you SET NOBEEP his state is set only for the current session use a personal command procedure to make it permanent r al n Syntax Et BEep Et NOBEep n Command SET FILTER These commands add or remove DX filtering from SET NOFILTER your filter record The keyword ALL can be used to specify all bands or all prefixes Mode is either CW or SSB Valid bands are 160 80 40 30 20 Ay Dy 125 10 6 and 2 n Syntax Et FILTER mode BAND x x x prefix es Command SET HERE These commands are used to give some indication to SET NOHERE other PacketCluster users whether you are actually available in your shack or just connected without being around Users who have done a SET NOHERE cause their callsigns to be displayed in parentheses in the SHOW USERS display and in their prompt lines SET HERE removes the parentheses Syntax SEt Here Et NOHere n Command SET LOCATION This command allows you to specify your latitude and
29. used SHow Muf dxcc prefix Displays the current system notice SHow Notice Command Command Command Command Command Command Command SHOW PREFIX Syntax Example SHOW STATE Syntax SHOW STATION Syntax SHOW TIME Syntax SHOW SUN D s b d a Syntax SH SHOW USERS Syntax SHOW VERSION Syntax Packet Cluster Information Displays the valid prefixes starting with the specified text SHow Prefix text SHOW PREFIX G will display G GD GI GJ etc Displays the current state of your session including what types of announcements are enabled etc SHow STA SHow STA Displays all information for the specified station SHow STation call Displays the current time If a DXCC prefix is specified the local standard time for that country is displayed SHow Time SHow Time dxcc prefix isplays the sunrise and sunset times for the country pecified on the command The country should be specified y the standard DXCC prefix The resultant times are isplayed in UTC If no prefix is specified sunrise nd sunset times for your location are calculated ow Sun dxcc prefix Displays what stations are currently connected to the PacketCluster An asterisk by the callsign signifies that the station is in Conference Mode A call which is displayed in parentheses signifies that user has done a SET NOHERE
30. ve the setting of PERSIST nt of time equal to the to the SLOTTIME set number and checks the PERSIST setting again hen ing Cr ft 3 and SLOTTIME do in essence is to add a random time delay setting to reduce o This has a beneficial effect on system performance your TNC has these two parameters values suggested above he conve that the unnecessa contradic disconnec Cluster o CHECK or not to CHECK nt r eliminate packet collisions at the PacketClust available please set th ional wisdom among PacketCluster sysops has been NC CHECK function be disabled with a setting of 0 ry CHECK packets on a busy frequency HOWEVER con this idea Many users report that the Cluster ha ted them without their being aware of it This can retries out on your stream for whatever reason T is however still in a connected state and is unaware tha has disco long as packets are being sent to After ten minutes of no packets addressed to or connection and reset itself to a disco check th respons is received It will be up to the individual user nnected A reasonable setting of CHECK might be te HECK funct rom you t nected sta your TNC the 3s ma a disconnection has occurred Ideally your TNc should be i where you can easily notice when the connect
31. wav the band is omitted all bands specify the number of previous e g SHOW DX 15 14 will show the Omitting this number will cause to be displayed In Conference X whatever other parameters you s and or band Only the start ed if you want to locate the text anywhere in the call append an asterisk on the call SHow Dx SHow Dx nn 14 where nn be displ SHow Dx 80 OH find OH SHow Dx OH find any SHow Dx qsl find any comments SHow Dx 28025 28050 find is the number of entries to ayed stations on 80m station with OH in call spots with text gsl in field stations between 2 frequencies Displays the stations which have been excluded from receiving output from the node Syntax SHow Exclude Command SHOW FILTER Syntax Command SHOW FILES Syntax Command SHOW FORWARD Syntax Packet Cluster Information Displays the DX filter which you have set up for the list of prefixes you have specified on the command Displays the files which reside in the general FILI area SHow FILTer px px SHow FILes SHow FOrward EJ n Displays the mail forwarding database Command SHOW HEADING Displays the heading and distance to the country Syntax Command SHOW INACTIVITY Syntax specified on the command PacketCluster uses your latitude longitude information if you have specified it with the SET LOCATION command Otherw
32. yntax Syntax announcements a only lasts for session use a to make this pe SEt WWV_announc S Et NOWWV_annou control whether WWV re sent to you This state the duration of your personal command procedure rmanent ements ncements The SHOW command is used to display certain information on the PacketCluster Syntax Displays previously made SHow ANounce SHow ARchive the following SHOW qualifiers BULLADDR BULLETINS S CONFIGURATION DISTRO FILES FILTER INACTIVITY LOCATION ESSAGES MUF NEED STATE STATION USERS VERSION general announcements Displays the files which reside in the ARCHIVE area Command SHOW BULLADDR Syntax Command SHOW BULLETINS Syntax Command SHOW CLUSTER Syntax Command SHOW COMMANDS Syntax Command SHOW CONFIGURATION Displays t valid on t address i this node he lis he node signifies a LOCAL_CLUSTER Tt of bulletin addresses which are the word LOCAL follows the bu lletin which is local to means that mail sent to the associated address will be sent to only those nodes defi sysop for SHow BULLAddr ned in the local cluster ore information Contact your Displays the files which reside in the BULLETIN area SHow Bulletins Displays the number of PacketCluster nodes in the current cluster
33. ys on nn lines of file displays personal command file This command is used to update a database which has been setup by the sysop You will be asked for a key value The APPEND qualifier r new text to in the database Followed by the text which should be associated with this Databases which have b ay be displayed with the SHOW COMMANDS command n defined on your system Terminate with ctrl Z or EXIT instructs PacketCluster to the current entry which exists UPDATE database APPEND is command is used UPLOAD without a qualifier upload the file subsequent SHOW FI upload the file subsequent SHOW BUL to upload files to the PacketCluster or with the FILES qualifier to the files area and will be shown ES commands The BULLETIN qualifier to the bulletin area and will be shown ETIN commands To upload a personal and procedure ad filename UP UPlo ad Fi UPlo This command al information SHOW WWV ad Usercmd us the USERCMD qualifier load Bulletin filename les filename llows you to announce and log WWV propagation o display previously logged information In Conference or Talk Mode use use WWV Wwv SF xxx A xx K xx forecast Command WX This command allows you to announce weather conditions to the local cluster users If a cluster wide announcement is desired use WX FULL Syntax
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