DXSPOTS.COM N5IN AR-Cluster
The
DXSPOTS.COM, N5IN’s AR-Cluster, distributes World-Wide DX Spots and WWV Solar
Activity announcements via the web at N5IN-WebCluster
and via telnet at telnet://dxspots.com. AX/IP, AX/UDP and AX/TCP access using BPQ32 is also available. CC Cluster, as described at http://dxspots.net, is available at telnet://dxspots.net.
AR-Cluster User Manual
Your questions are likely addressed in the
AR-Cluster V4 User Manual found at www.ab5k.net.
Setting and Viewing Your Filters via N5IN-Telnet
When
you connect for the FIRST time to telnet://dxspots.com
your filters will be set automatically to:
set/filter k,ve/pass DX spots only from spotters
in K and VE
set/filter dxbm/pass hf Show
HF including 12, 17, and 30 meter spots
You may view
your currently effective filter options by typing: “show/filter”.
You may clear
all your filters and receive everything by typing: “set/nofilter”. After clearing your filters you may restore
your filters::
set/nofilter
Removes all your filters
set/filter k,ve/pass DX spots only from spotters
in K and VE.
set/filter dxbm/pass hf Show
HF including
12, 17, and 30 meter spots
show/filter To confirm your settings
If you wish
add 6 meters to the above you should substitute instead:
set/filter
dxbm/pass hf,6-cw,6-ssb,6-fm Show
HF,30,17,12,and 6 meter spots
The commands must be issued in the sequence
shown above in order to be effective!
Sending Test Spots
To verify the
system is working you may issue a test spot using the special call TE1ST. The test spot will echo back only to you,
making you a considerate AR-Cluster
user!
DX TE1ST 28050.0 This test spot echo’s only to me
Setting and Viewing Your Filters via N5IN-WebCluster
The N5IN-WebCluster provides a convenient way to set
and view all your account settings. You must
first disconnect if you are connected via telnet or packet, otherwise changes
you make via the web interface will not be effective. On the N5IN-WebCluster
initial page, from the –Choose Page- drop down
box select Account Settings and proceed to view
or change all your settings, including filters.
When selecting multiple filters, for example K and VE, you must
hold down the control key so that both K and VE will be
highlighted. These changes will apply
to your next telnet or packet access to telnet://dxspots.com.
Setting and Viewing Your Filters via the CC User Program
VE7CC’s free CC User Program provides a full-featured
telnet and packet interface to AR-Cluster, CC Cluster and DX Spider.
It will display your current filter setup and allow very easy entry of
desired changes. But this is just a
small part of its amazing features.
There is a users group at CC
Users.
SETTING UP A REMOTE RADIO ACCESS SITE FOR DX SPOTS