DX Spider Quick manual
Read full usermanual here: [ DX Spider usermanual ...]
Lets say you are connected. First time it looks about like this:
Hello SM6EAT, this is SK6LK-6 in Viared, Boras
running DXSpider V1.51 build 59.37
Cluster: 222 nodes, 2 local / 1053 total users Max users 1290 Uptime 5 11:26
Please enter your name, set/name <your name>
Please enter your QTH, set/qth <your qth>
Please enter your location with set/location or set/qra
Please enter your Home Node, set/homenode <your home DX Cluster>
SM6EAT de SK6LK-6 5-Apr-2005 1604Z dxspider >
The cluster asks kindly for your name, qth and so on. Then you must be polite and answer :
set/name Roland
Your name is now Roland <<< the cluster answers
Continue with:
set/qth Tranemo
set/qra JO67RL
set/homenode SK6LK-6(You shall of course type your own info ...)
Now you dont have to any more, just look at the spots, looks like this:
From: khz: DX: Info: Time Z:DX de IV3TMT: 14012.0 8Q7EX via DL2NBH 1743Z
DX de RA4LW: 1824.5 V73NS Neil Cqing 1741Z
DX de HB9DHG: 21289.9 TZ9A simplex strong 1745Z
Comand to the cluster is mostly divided in two parts divided by a "/" (slash), first part is the command, second part is what the command will do.
Last 10 spots:show/dx
Last spots about a prefix:
show/dx zd7 ;Shows 10
latest spots from ZD7 (St-Helena)
The command show can be shorted to "sh":
sh/dx zd7
DX-statistic:
sh/hfstats Shows a table with dxspots from the last 30 days
sorted on band:
Send your own spots: ( DX <call> <khz>
<info>):
You have heard YI1EM on14202khz and want the others on the network to know:
dx yi1em 14202
You have heard HV0A on 18143,1 khz. Big pileup and strong:
dx hv0a 18143.1 Vy strong, big pileup
Databases:
There are also databases you can ask for info. Lets presume you have worked 3B8MM.
What country?
sh/pre 3B8
3B8 DXCC: 273 ITU: 53 CQ: 39 LL: 20 18 S 57 30 E (3B8, Mauritius-3B8)
Search QRZ.COM (SH/QRZ call)?
sh/qrz 3b8mm
Name: MART MOEBIUS
Addr1: KIRCHPLATZ 10
Addr2: 04924 DOBRA
Country: GERMANY
Class: Codes:
Previous: 3B8/DL6U
QSL Mgr: DL6UAA
Email Addr: mart@dl6uaa.de
Home Page: http://WWW.DL6UAA.DE
Updated: 2004-04-12 18:25:01
Server: Lookups provided by http://www.qrz.com
QSL-info (SH/DB0SDX call):
sh/db0sdx 3b8mm
DL6UAA
UPDATED BY DL1SBF 2005-04-20 19:30 (SDXManager)
3B8MM QSL via DL6UAA (see also DL6UAA *) (ON6DP)
(c) www.qslinfo.de
Show who is connected:
sh/u Shows
localy connected
who Same
as sh/u, shows also connected nodes
sh/config Shows all nodes and users
sh/newc Same as sh/config but faster
eg:
sh/u
sm6cnn sm6eat sm6ade
Talk to SM6EAT (TALK <call> <text>):
t sm6eat Any DX?
Send a message to all local users (ANNOUNCE <text>):
ann Any DX?
Send a message to all users on all nodes (ANNOUNCE FULL <text>):
Please use this with sense, it shows out over the hole world. Write in english!:
ann full Any qsl-info vr2xmt?
| Command | Para | Help |
| ACCEPT | Set a filter to accept something | |
| ACCEPT/ANNOUNCE | [0-9] <pattern>
|
Set an 'accept' filter line for announce |
| ACCEPT/SPOTS | [0-9] <pattern>
|
Set an 'accept' filter line for spots |
| ACCEPT/WCY | [0-9] <pattern>
|
set an 'accept' WCY filter |
| ACCEPT/WWV | [0-9] <pattern>
|
set an 'accept' WWV filter |
| ANNOUNCE | <text> |
Send an announcement to LOCAL users only |
| ANNOUNCE FULL | <text> |
Send an announcement cluster wide |
| BYE | Logout from cluster | |
| DBAVAIL | Show a list of all the Databases in the system | |
| DBSHOW | <dbname> <key> |
Display an entry, if it exists, in a database |
| REJECT | Set a filter to reject something | |
| REJECT/ANNOUNCE | [0-9] <pattern>
|
Set a 'reject' filter line for announce |
| REJECT/SPOTS | [0-9] <pattern>
|
Set a 'reject' filter line for spots |
| REJECT/WCY | [0-9] <pattern>
|
set a 'reject' WCY filter |
| REJECT/WWV | [0-9] <pattern>
|
set a 'reject' WWV filter |
| SET/ADDRESS | <adress>
|
Record your postal address |
| SET/ANNOUNCE | Allow announce messages to come out on your terminal | |
| SET/ANNTALK | Allow talk like announce messages on your terminal | |
| SET/DX | Allow DX messages to come out on your terminal | |
| SET/DXCQ | Show CQ Zones on the end of DX announcements | |
| SET/DXGRID | Allow QRA Grid Squares on the end of DX announcements | |
| SET/DXITU | Show ITU Zones on the end of DX announcements | |
| SET/ECHO | Make the cluster echo your input | |
| SET/EMAIL | Set email address(es) and forward your personals | |
| SET/HERE | Tell the system you are present at your terminal | |
| SET/HOMENODE | <clusternode>
|
Set your normal cluster callsign |
| SET/LANGUAGE | <lang> |
Set the language you want to use |
| SET/LOCATION | <lat & long> |
Set your latitude and longitude |
| SET/LOGININFO | Inform when a station logs in locally | |
| SET/NAME | <name>
|
Set your name |
| SET/PAGE | <lines per page>
|
Set the lines per page |
| SET/QRA | <locator>
|
Set your QRA Grid locator |
| SET/QTH | <your qth>
|
Set your QTH |
| SET/TALK | Allow TALK messages to come out on your terminal | |
| SET/USSTATE | Allow US State info on the end of DX announcements | |
| SET/WCY | Allow WCY messages to come out on your terminal | |
| SET/WWV | Allow WWV messages to come out on your terminal | |
| SET/WX | Allow WX messages to come out on your terminal | |
| SHOW/CHAT | Show any chat or conferencing | |
| SHOW/CONFIGURATION | Show all the nodes and users visible | |
| SHOW/CONTEST | <year and month>
|
Show all the contests for a month |
| SHOW/DATE | [<prefix>|<callsign>] | Show the local time |
| SHOW/DB0SDX | <callsign>
|
Show QSL infomation from DB0SDX database |
| SHOW/DX | <callsign> or <prefix> | Interrogate the spot database |
| SHOW/DXCC | <prefix>
|
Interrogate the spot database by country |
| SHOW/DXQSL | <callsign>
|
Show any QSL info gathered from spots |
| SHOW/DXSTATS | [days] [date] | Show the DX Statistics |
| SHOW/FILES | [<filearea> [<string>]] |
List the contents of a filearea |
| SHOW/FILTER | Show the contents of all the filters you have set | |
| SHOW/FILTER | Show the contents of all the filters you have set | |
| SHOW/HFSTATS | [days] [date] | Show the HF DX Statistics |
| SHOW/HFTABLE | [days] [date] [prefix ...] | Show the HF DX Spotter Table |
| SHOW/MOON | [ndays] [<prefix>|<callsign>] |
Show Moon rise and set times |
| SHOW/MUF | Show the likely propagation to a prefix | |
| SHOW/NEWCONFIGURATION | [<node>] |
Show all the nodes and users visible |
| SHOW/PREFIX | <callsign> |
Interrogate the prefix database |
| SHOW/PROGRAM | Show the locations of all the included program modules | |
| SHOW/QRA | <lat> <long> |
Convert lat/long to a QRA Grid locator |
| SHOW/QRA | Show distance between QRA Grid locators | |
| SHOW/QRZ | <callsign>
|
Show any callbook details on a callsign |
| SHOW/SATELLITE | Show tracking data | |
| SHOW/STATION | <callsign> | Show information about a callsign |
| SHOW/SUN | [ndays] [<prefix>|<callsign>] |
Show sun rise and set times |
| SHOW/TIME | [<prefix>|<callsign>] |
Show the local time |
| SHOW/USERS | Show local users | |
| SHOW/USDB | [call ..] | Show information held on the FCC Call database |
| SHOW/WCY | Show last 10 WCY broadcasts | |
| SHOW/WCY | <n>
|
Show last
|
| SHOW/VHFSTATS | [days] [date] | Show the VHF DX Statistics |
| SHOW/VHFTABLE | [days] [date] [prefix ...] | Show the VHF DX Spotter Table |
| SHOW/WM7D | <call>
|
Show callbook details on a US callsigns |
| SHOW/WWV | Show last 10 WWV broadcasts | |
| SHOW/WWV | <n>
|
Show last
|
| TALK | <call> <text> |
Send a text message to another station |
| TALK | <call> |
Talk mode. /EX to end |
| UNSET/ANNOUNCE | Stop announce messages coming out on your terminal | |
| UNSET/ANNTALK | Stop talk like announce messages on your terminal | |
| UNSET/DX | Stop DX messages coming out on your terminal | |
| UNSET/DXCQ | Stop CQ Zones on the end of DX announcements | |
| UNSET/DXGRID | Stop QRA Grid Squares on the end of DX announcements | |
| UNSET/DXITU | Stop ITU Zones on the end of DX announcements | |
| UNSET/ECHO | Stop the cluster echoing your input | |
| UNSET/EMAIL | Stop personal msgs being forwarded by email | |
| UNSET/HERE | Tell the system you are absent from your terminal | |
| UNSET/LOGININFO | Inform when a station logs out locally | |
| UNSET/PROMPT | Set your prompt back to default | |
| UNSET/TALK | Stop TALK messages coming out on your terminal | |
| UNSET/USSTATE | Stop US State info on the end of DX announcements | |
| UNSET/WCY | Stop WCY messages coming out on your terminal | |
| UNSET/WWV | Stop WWV messages coming out on your terminal | |
| UNSET/WX | Stop WX messages coming out on your terminal | |
| WHO | Show who is physically connected |
BYE - At last if want to disconnect, type:
b
For more info please read the DXSpider user manual ...
Good luck, hope this will bring you many new DX!