The DXSPOTS.COM, AE5E’s CC-Cluster, distributes World-Wide DX Spots and WWV Solar Activity announcements via Telnet to DXSPOTS.COM ports 23 or 7300. AX/IP, AX/UDP and AX/TCP access using BPQ32 is also available.
CC-Cluster Commands
Your questions are likely addressed in the CC-Cluster Commands Listing.
Setting and Viewing Your Filters via Telnet
I
would recommend instead using VE7CC’s CC-User
Program to access the cluster and configure your filters. You can set it up so that it acts as a proxy
between your logging program and your chosen CC-Cluster. It provides a lot of benefits, but if you
insist upon doing it the hard way, then….
When
you connect via Telnet to DXSPOTS.COM Port
23 or 7300 for the first time 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.
For reasons unknown
to me you may also need to explicitly turn off 6 meter
spots separately if so desired:
set/filter dxbm/reject 6-cw,6-ssb,6-fm Turn
off 6 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/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
set/filter dxbm/reject 6-cw,6-ssb,6-fm Turn off 6 meter spots
show/filter To confirm your settings
The commands must be issued in the sequence shown
above in order to be effective!
If you wish add 6 meters to the above you should replace the ‘reject’
command with:
set/filter dxbm/pass hf,6-cw,6-ssb,6-fm Turn
on 6 meter spots
Other often used commands:
sh/dx Show DX without regard
to your filters
sh/mydx Show DX using your filters
se/noann Stop announcements (many are often annoying!)
se/filter doc/pass K,VE Only receive spots
issued by K and VE stations
se/filter dxcty/reject K,VE Reject
spots of K and VE ‘stations
se/nowwv Stop WWV propagation announcements
Se/nowcy Stop WCY propagation announcements
Consult the CC-Cluster Commands Listing
for the full list.
Sending Test Spots
To verify the
system is working you may issue a test spot using the special command
DXTEST. The test spot will echo back
only to you, making you a considerate CC-Cluster
user!
DXTEST XX1XX 28050.0 A ‘DXTEST’ spot echoes only to me
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 CC
Cluster. 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.