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September
2022
17:02

Commands of the DX cluster «AR cluster»

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29 September 2022 17:02

The article provides commands for managing the DX cluster "AR-cluster".

List of AR-cluster commands

Team Action
ANNOUNCE Make an announcement
BYE Disconnect from a node, i.e. exit. Abbreviated B
CLEAR Clear screen
DX Send DX spot. (Syntax:
DX ‹Callsign› ‹Frequency›
DX ‹Callsign› ‹Frequency› ‹Comment›
DX ‹Frequency› ‹Callsign›
DX ‹Frequency› ‹Callsign› ‹Comment›)
DXTEST DX test command. The DXTEST command result is visible only to the current user and will not be sent over the network.
(Example: DXT P5NOW 14006.265- convenient for debugging)
HELP Help: Brief information about commands
SET/ANN/COUNT Set the default number of ads to display
SET/ANN/DEFAULT Reset ad settings to their defaults
SET/ANN/FILTER Set ad filter
SET/ANN/MODE Set filter mode: Open / Filter / Debugging
SET/ANN/OUTPUT Set Output Type: Disabled / Enabled
SET/ANN/WRAP Set ad transfer: Off / On
SET/DX General command to set DX options:
set/dx count - set the number of DX spots to display
set/dx filter - install DX filter
set/dx mode - set the current DX filter mode: Open, Filter, Needs or Debug
set/dx output - set the current DX spot output mode: Off or On (default)
set/dx extension- display additional information in the comment field
SET/DX/Count Set the default number of DX spots displayed.
Example:set/dx count 20
SET/DX/Default Reset DX spot options to their initial values
SET/DX/Extension... Enable displaying additional information about DX spots. This information appears on the right side of the comment field only if there is enough space on the line.

Additional data that appears in the comment field may include: LOTW, CTY, State, Section, County, Grid, CQZone, ITUZone, and Name.

If the user is participating in LOTW, the + symbol will be indicated. For regular DXing or competitions, the multiplier for the new country is important. So you can include LOTW and country (or state). For active days - you may need to include LOTW, Country and County.
For competitions that use ARRL sections, turning on the ARRL section may be useful.
SET/DX/Extension Name Show username - relevant for Ragchewing chatter. Examples:set/dx/extension Name
SET/DX/Extension LOTW Show sign + sign of call sign participation in LOTW
SET/DX/Extension CTY Show country prefix to the right of the DX spot
SET/DX/Extension LOTW CTY Show LoTW signs and country code - relevant for hunting for rare countries from which they can send QSL cards via LoTW
SET/DX/Extension CQZone Show CQ zone number (for CQ WW contests)
SET/DX/Extension CQZone CTY Show CQ zone number and country prefix (for CQ WW contests)
SET/DX/Extension ITUZone Show ITU zone number (for ARRL contests)
SET/DX/Extension ITUZone CTY Show ITU zone number and country prefix (for ARRL contests)
SET/DX/Extension Section Show ARRL section for ARRL Sweepstakes Contests
SET/DX/Extension Сounty Show County for State QSO Parties and County Hunting (USA) activity days
SET/DX/Filter Set DX spot filter: general command (...)
SET/DX/Filter call=‹Callsign› Call sign of the DX radio station. Example:SET/DX/Filter call=R1AAU
SET/DX/Filter freq=‹Frequency› Frequency of DX radio station.
Examples:SET/DX/Filter Freq=14205- frequency 14205 kHz
set/dx/filter Freq<30000- only short waves
SET/DX/Filter cty=‹Country Code› Country prefix DX radio stations.
Examples:SET/DX/Filter CTY=ES
SET/DX/Filter Cty<>UN or Call=R5AA- find all spots not on Russia or spots on R5AA - your callsign.
SET/DX/Filter state=‹State Code_USA› DX radio station state code. Example:SET/DX/Filter State=FL
SET/DX/Filter county=‹county_USA› The US county code from which the DX radio station operates. Counties are often small satellite towns. For example, the New York and Long Island section includes the Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond, and Suffolk counties.
SET/DX/Filter arrlsection=‹Section_ARRL› ARRL Section - for IARU competitions in the USA. The United States is divided into 71 amateur radio administrative sections. Sections combine amateur radio clubs. In turn, the sections are included in 15 divisions. Each of the 71 sections is headed by a section manager (SM). Most often, sections include the entire state, but some states have more than one section.
SET/DX/Filter comment=‹Comment› Filter by DX spot comment field.
Example:SET/DX/Filter comment=IOTA
SET/DX/Filter dts=‹Time stamp› Filter by time stamp. Example:SET/DX/Filter dts>2020-12-01 03:04:55
SET/DX/Filter cont=‹Continent› Filter by continent from which the DX radio station operates. Search by continent is relevant for the WAC diploma ("Worked All Continents" sponsored by the IARU. Example:SET/DX/Filter cont=OC
Options:
A.F.- Africa,
AS- Asia,
EU- Europe,
N.A.- North America
S.A.- South America
O.C.- Oceania,
AN- Antarctica.
SET/DX/Filter cqzone=‹Number› Filter by CQ zone in which the DX radio station is located. CQ zones are relevant for the diploma WAZ ("Worked All Zones") example:SET/DX/Filter CQZONE=11
Also, a filter may be useful SET/DX/Filter LoTW.
Example:SET/DX/Filter CQZONE=19 and LoTW
Map of CQ zones
SET/DX/Filter ituzone=‹Number› Filter by ITU zone in which the DX radio station is located. ITU zones are used for scoring during ARRL World Shortwave Radio Championship- IARU World Championship. Example:SET/DX/Filter ITUZONE=20
SET/DX/Filter band=‹Number› Filter by band in which the DX radio station operates. Example:SET/DX/Filter band=20 of band=15 or band=10
SET/DX/Filter mode=‹Mode› Filter by type of work (mode). It is not recommended to use, because The filter is based on the boundaries of the emission modes for normal operation, while during contests extended frequency ranges are used. Example:SET/DX/Filter mode=CW
SET/DX/Filter Spotter=‹Call sign› Filter by callsign of the person who sent the DX spot. Example:SET/DX/Filter Spotter=RU2A-#
SET/DX/Filter SpotterNode=‹Call sign› Filter by the call sign of the DX cluster node to which the one who sent the spot is connected. Example:SET/DX/Filter SpotterNode=RW3XA-8
SET/DX/Filter SpotterCty=‹Country› Filter by country, which owns the call sign that sent the spot. Example:SET/DX/Filter SpotterCty=G or SpotterCty=F
SET/DX/Filter SpotterState=‹State_USA› Filter by US state of the call sign that sent the DX spot. Example:SET/DX/Filter SpotterState=TX or SpotterState=OK
SET/DX/Filter SpotterCont=‹Continent› Filter by continent to which the callsign that sent the DX spot belongs. Example:SET/DX/Filter SpotterCont=EU
Options: AF, AS, EU, NA, SA, OC, AN.
SET/DX/Filter Bob Filter by Bottom of Band (BOB) spots - usually comments.
Example:SET/DX/Filter not Bob
SET/DX/Filter CQ The CQ flag is a selection of radio station spots that broadcast a general call CQ (“to all”). Example:SET/DX/Filter CQ
SET/DX/Filter LoTW Filter radio stations by LOTW - radio stations from among DX spots that have an account in the "world hardware log" LoTW (serves to confirm countries). Example:SET/DX/Filter LOTW
SET/DX/Filter Grid=‹Square› Filter radio stations by QTH locator - DX radio stations that operate from a specific square - QTH locator are displayed. Example:SET/DX/Filter Grid=KP40
SET/DX/Filter Name=‹Name› Filter by DX radio station operator name. Example:SET/DX/Filter Name=Jim
SET/DX/Filter SpotterCQZone=‹Number› Filter by spotter's CQ zone (spotter is the one who sent the DX spot). Example:SET/DX/Filter SpotterCQZone=18
SET/DX/Filter SpotterItuZone=‹Number› Filter by spotter's ITU zone (spotter is the one who sent the DX spot).Example: SET/DX/Filter SpotterITUZone=19
SET/DX/Filter Master Flag "Master" indicates that the radio station's call sign is present in the Master call sign database. Enables a filter based on this flag.
SET/DX/Filter InCB Flag "InCB" indicates that the radio station is present in the "CallBook" - the American-Canadian call sign database (US and VE callbook)
SET/DX/Filter Top100 Flag "Top100" means that the CTY radio station is in the Top 100 countries. Filter by flag "Top100" countries from the so-called list of DXCC "Most Wanted" countries. Examples of such countries: 1) North Korea P5; 2) Bouvet Island 3Y/B; 3) Crozet Island FT5/W; ... ; 23) Turkmenistan EZ; 24) Syria YK; 44) Yemen 7O; 50) XZ Myanmar; 60) Somalia T5; 68) Burundi 9U; 63) Nauru C21; 66) United Nations 4U1UN; 68) Burundi 9U; 69) Tuvalu T2; 70) West Karibati T30; 71) American Samoa KH8; 80) Eritrea E3; 83) Libya 5A; 85) Republic of Congo TN; 86) East Karibati T32; 87) Bangladesh S2; 88) Chad TT; 89) Niue E6; 90) Niger 5U; 92) Micronesia V6; 93) Military Order of Malta 1A0; 95) Butane A5; 97) Vanuatu YJ; 98) Central African Republic TL; 99) Sierra Leone 9L; 100) Cameroon TJ.
SET/DX/Filter FOC The flag means that the call sign is part of the FOC team - the best telegraph operators First Class CW Operators' Club https://g4foc.org/members
SET/DX/Filter Skimmer Flag of the DX spot belonging to an automatic skimmer (Skimmer- this is a program that “listens” to the air, records received call signs and transmits them in the form of spots to the DX cluster on the Internet).
SET/DX/Filter SkimWPM=‹Number› Filter by telegraph speed (relevant for DX spots from a skimmer). Where WPM is the speed, words per minute.
Example:SET/DX/Filter SkimWPM < 22
SET/DX/Filter SkimDb Filter CW skimmer spots by signal strength (dbm). Example:SkimDb > 10- only signals with a level above 10 dbm
SET/DX/Filter Unique Useful filter - shows how many times a call sign has been marked in DX spots in the database. Allows you to cut off erroneous call signs, incorrectly received ones, etc. "bad".
SET/DX/Filter SkimCQ Filter by comment field - only DX spots marked "C.Q."
SET/DX/Filter SkimVadlid The CT1BOH filter for the skimmer - cluster sees that in DX spots in the +- 300 Hz area there are mentions of the same call sign.
SET/DX/Filter SkimQSY The CT1BOH filter for the skimmer - cluster sees that in DX spots in the area +- 300 Hz there was a mention of the same call sign (the spot was SkimVadlid), but its frequency has changed: in another spot it is at +- 400 Hz from the original frequency.
SET/DX/Filter SkimBusted CT1BOH filter for skimmer - checks whether there were similar call signs verified by SkimVadlid but incorrectly received call signs at the same frequency +- 100 Hz. Examples of “similar” call signs are when characters are inserted, deleted or replaced in the call sign (due to inaccuracy in their recognition).
SET/DX/Filter SkimUnknown CT1BOH filter for skimmer - shows all call signs, even unverified and erroneous ones - that are not marked with the Valid, Busted or QSY flags.
SET/DX/Filter SkimCtyCnt The number of skimmers that hear this call sign. Used for statistics and debugging - determining audibility in a particular country, using the CT1BOH algorithm for the skimmer.
SET/DX/Filter {Macros} Install a ready-made DX spot filter for competitions. The names of the filters speak for themselves.
set dx filter {ARRL-CW}
set/dx/filter {ARRL-SSB}
set/dx/filter {CQWW-CW}
set/dx/filter {CQWW-SSB}
set/dx/filter {CW-CONTEST-FREQ}
set/dx/filter {SSB-CONTEST-FREQ}
COMPLETE FILTERS All the filters provided above are simple. They can be combined into complex ones. It must be remembered that the AR cluster processes filters from left to right. The logical AND operator ("and") is always processed before the OR operator ("or"). To change the relationships between conditions, brackets are used, with the help of which you can provide the desired order for checking the fulfillment of conditions. A good practice is to break the filter into blocks using parentheses. Example of a compound filter:SET/DX/Filter ((SPOTTERCTY=K OR SPOTTERCTY=VE) AND (Freq >=1800 or Freq <=54000) AND Not Skimmer)
USING SQUARE BRACKETS Instead of listing conditions of the same type, selection criteria can be placed in square brackets. Example with countries:
set/dx/filter cty=[PY, LU, YV, ZP, OA, OB, OC, CE, CP, CX, CW, FY, HC, HD, HC8, HD8, HK, HJ, 5J, 5K, 8R, 9Y, 9Z, P4, PJ2, PJ4, PY0F, PY0S, PY0T, PZ, VP8, VP9G, VP8H, VP8O, VP8S]

Example with call signs:
SET DX FILTER SPOTTER=[RA3A-#,RU1A-#,UA1B-#]

Example with CT1BOH filters:
SET DX FILTER Skimmer and SkimCQ and Not SkimDupe and Not SkimBusted
SET/DX/Mode Set the DX spot output mode: Open, Filter, Needs or Debug.

Open – Turn off DX filters and show all spots.
Filter – Enable filter using settings of SET/DX/FILTER
Needs – Filter by DX needs (see SET/STATION/Needs)
Debug – Activate the filter in accordance with the SET/DX/FILTER settings, showing the spots selected by the filter with the “-” symbol and unfiltered spots with the “+” symbol. Great for debugging. Examples:
set dx mode open
set/dx/mode filter
set/dx/mode debug
SET/DX/Output Set display type: Off / On
Off- disable real-time spots
On- display spots as usual (default value).
Examples:
set dx output off
set/dx/output on
SET/STATION/EMAIL Enter your e-mail address
SET/STATION/GRID Specify your QTH locator
SET/STATION/HERE Indicate the status "I'm here" -Here(reverse “Gone” - Away)
SET/STATION/LATLON Specify the coordinates of your radio station - Latitude LAT and Longitude LON - for subsequent execution of commands SHOW/HEADING AND SHOW/SUN
SET/STATION/Macros Set user specific macros
SET/STATION/Name Set your name
SET/STATION/Needs Set Your DX Needs
SET/STATION/Phone Set your phone number
SET/STATION/QTH Set your city or town (QTH)
SET/WX/Count Specify default number of weather messages (WX)
SET/WX/Default Reset Weather Message (WX) Settings to Default
SET/WX/Filter Set weather filter
SET/WX/Mode Set the weather filter mode: off - Off, on - Filter, debugging - Debug
SET/WX/Output Set weather output type: disabled - Off, enabled - On
Set/WWV/Count Set the number of records when displaying the geomagnetic situation WWV
Set/WWV/Default Reset WWV geomagnetic display settings
Set/WWV/Output Set the type of output of the geomagnetic situation: disabled - Off, enabled - On
SHOW/ANN Show previous listings
SHOW/ANN/OPTIONS Show ad settings
SHow/Cluster Show cluster configuration
SHow/COnteststation Show information about contest stations (for competitions)
SHow/Date Show node date and time
Show/DX Show previous DX spots
Show/DX - Show previous DX spots with filter turned off
Show/DX - Spotter=‹Callsign-#› Show previous DX spots from the spotter's callsign
Example: show/dx - spotter=R0SPT-#
Show/DX/‹number› Show the ‹number› of previous DX spots. Example: show/dx/20
Show/DX ‹Callsign› Show previous DX spots filtered by callsign ‹Callsign›
Example: show/dx vk1p
Show/DX call=‹Callsign› Show previous DX spots filtered by callsign ‹Callsign›
Example: show dx call=vk1p
Show/DX @ Show spots in real time
Show/DX/‹number @ Show the "number" of past DX spots, and new ones - in real time
show/dx freq=‹частота_кГц› Show the latest DX spots on frequency ‹frequency_kHz› or in a frequency range.
Examples:Show dx freq=14050
Show dx freq>=14000 and freq<=14080
Show/dx band=‹number› Show DX spots for the selected range. Where ‹number› is one of the following: 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 15, 17, 12, 10, 6, 2.
Example: show/dx band=15
Show/DX/Cty=‹country_code› Show DX spots by country ‹country_code›.
Example: Show dx cty=zs
**Show/DX cont=**‹continent_code› Show DX spots of the continent ‹continent_code›.
Examples: show/dx cont=an
Show dx cont=an
Show dx cont=eu.
List of continents: eu, an, as, asia, eu, af, ant, au
Show/DX comment=*‹text›* Search DX by comment.
Examples: show/dx comment=*iota*
show dx comment=*cq*
show/dx cqzone=‹number› Search DX by CQ-Zone
Example: Show dx cqzone=14
show/dx ituzone=‹number› Search DX by ITU-Zone
Example: Show dx ituzone=19
show/dx spotter=‹Callsign› Show DX spots by spotter with callsign ‹Callsign›
Example: show/dx spotter=UA2DD
show/dx spotternode=‹Callsign› Пprovide DX spots to a spotter with a call sign ‹Callsign›
Example: show/dx spotter=UA2DD
show/dx spottercty=‹country_code› Show DX spots by spotter's country code.
Example: show/dx/spottercty=LY
show/dx spotterstate=‹код_штата› Show DX spots by spotter's state.
Example: show/dx spotterstate=tx or spotterstate=nm
show/dx spottercont=‹continent_code› Show DX spots by spotter's continent.
Example: show/dx spottercont=eu
show/dx dts > ‹date_and_time_stamp› Selection of DX spots for the selected period by date and time stamp.
Example: show/dx dts>2020-12-01 03:04:55
COMPOSITE FILTER ACCORDING TO SEVERAL CONDITIONS Using keywords and or or you can create a complex filter.
Examples:
show/dx cqzone=19 and band=15
show/dx band=12 and cty=ja
show/dx call=r7ww and (band=20 or band=40)
show/dx dts>2020-12-17 03:04:55 and dts<2020-12-18 03:04:55
show/dx call=dx0dx and (comment=*qsl* or comment=*via*)
show/dx/options
(abbreviated sh/dx/op)		 Command sh/dx/op used to display current settings of DX options:
dx count - number of DX spots displayed at one time
dx filter - DX filter parameters
dx mode - current filter mode DX: Open, Filter, Needs or Debug
dx output - current DX spot output mode: Off or On (default)
dx extension - display additional information in the comment field
To set options see command set/dx
SHow/HAM ‹Call› Show call sign information from US (FCC) and Canada call sign database
SHow/Heading Show the direction to the station and the distance to it (from the coordinates of your station you specified) SET/STATION/LATLON)
SHow/Log Show connection log
Show/Nodes Show a list of nodes on the network
SHow/Users Show list of users
SHow/Qslinfo Request information about QSL cards
SHow/Sun Show sunrise and sunset times (for the coordinates of your station you specified) SET/STATION/LATLON)
SHow/Time Show the current date and time of a node
SHow/Uptime Show node uptime since last reboot
SHow/Version Show software version
Show/STATION ‹Callsign› Display information about the station connected to the node (SH/STA ‹Callsign›) - command for admins.
SHow/WWV Show information about geomagnetic conditions from WWV
SHow/WWV/Options Show settings for displaying geomagnetic conditions from WWV
Show/WX Show previous weather posts
Show/WX/Options Show weather message settings
WWV Create and send WWV ionospheric forecast (command for admins)
WX The WX team will send weather information to users (WX Sunny and Warm - for admins)
QUIT Disconnect from node (same as Bye)


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