Dxcluster

Usage Questions
1

Hi all

I noticed that dxcluster functions are added to the 1.57 but how to use them? I managed to add a server. That was a bit tricky. I had to also give the :portnumber in the server name box to get access to the rest of the boxes. So I can now see the server in the registry in windows. But how do I connect to the cluster? There is no connect button and it does not auto connect.

Tried to look in the documentation but could not find anything.

Otherwise it looks great. Now only missing split operation. And cw of course.

Br
SB7S George

2

Hi.

You need to type in the cluster name and hit ENTER. This will then enable the other fields.

73 Phil M0VSE

3

Incidentally, to connect/disconnect, once the details are filled-in, just uncheck/check the enable checkbox.

You will see the connection appear in the log below if it is successful.

73 Phil M0VSE

4

Greetings, thanks again for the great work!

After successfully connecting to a cluster server, what do/can we do with that data? I see it flowing in the settings window, and I’ve seen references to it on the waterfall, but it appears the documentation has caught up to the features yet. 73, Tim W8TGB

5

wfview will show you, on the upper portion of the frequency spectrum (above the waterfall), locations where stations have been heard. You’ll see the callsigns show up.

What you can do with the data is find interesting stations to listen to and/or communicate with.

–E
de W6EL

6

thanks @eliggett. Do I need to enable the spots on the waterfall is my real question. Because I don’t see any. (and I do know what the cluster is for :wink:)

7

I’m having the same issue with spots not showing on the waterfall. wfview 2.03 is connecting to rbn.telegraphy.de port 7000 and showing spots, but it isn’t showing the spots on the waterfall. Below are a few spots shown in the settings screen. Are there other settings that need to be set to get them to show on the waterfall?
Thanks

DX de VE6JY-#: 14057.0 TM3STU CW 11 dB 18 WPM CQ 1757Z
DX de VE6JY-#: 14051.0 K5PE CW 19 dB 21 WPM CQ 1757Z
DX de VE6WZ-#: 28044.0 K3ES CW 9 dB 20 WPM CQ 1757Z
DX de AC0C-1-#: 14051.0 K5PE CW 27 dB 21 WPM CQ 1757Z
DX de W3OA-#: 14051.0 K5PE CW 14 dB 21 WPM CQ 1757Z

8

Can you verify that your scope is ranged to show those frequencies, plus and minus some KHz, and also, that the floor and ceiling sliders are set to show the full spectrum?

9

Elliot,

I think you have me confused with someone else. I don’t use DxCluster.

Dave WV5A

10

Hi Dave,

I think you must be subscribed to messages from the wfview support forum. You will get all sorts of messages from here.

We recommend using our web interface instead of email because it makes it more clear when a message is for you versus messages for other people.

With that said, check the email Subject, this should help you see if an email from this group is likely to be of interest.

—E
de W6EL

11

I’ve got N1MM accessing the cluster as well and change the frequency by clicking on them there most of the time to tune in a station. It tunes to the frequency and I hear and see the station centered on the graphs (not the callsign), so at least it should be in range. The Ceiling is set to the Max and Floor is set to the Min. I’m probably missing something obvious.
Thanks,
Robert

12

After changing the cluster to hamalert.org, callsigns from that site showed up. Perhaps it is a formatting difference?

13

Quite possibly, it has only been tested with DX Spider based clusters, so there may be differences that we aren’t aware of?

14

This is the format we are expecting:

DX de ON6ZQ-#:   10116.3  OM3CAZ       CW  12dB Q:9 Z:15,20           1355Z
DX de F8UKP-#:   14020.9  UR5UEY       CW  10dB Q:9* Z:15,18,20       1355Z
DX de S53F-#:    10127.5  DL7DAX       CW  14dB Q:9* Z:14             1355Z
DX de GI4DOH-#:   7031.5  DK1VD        CW   7dB Q:9 Z:15              1355Z
DX de TI7W-#:    28016.0  II4FPUS      CW  17dB Q:2 Z:5               1355Z
DX de NG7M-#:    14043.6  K1SM         CW  10dB Q:9*+ Z:4,5,7,32      1355Z

I have just connected to the cluster you mentioned originally, and the format looks slightly different, with slightly more padding, which may be the issue?

DX de OH6BG-#:   14058.5  R1OA           CW    25 dB  21 WPM  CQ      1352Z
DX de BD7DT-#:   18069.8  V73WW          CW    29 dB  39 WPM  CQ      1352Z
DX de KM3T-3-#:  14031.0  NE5A           CW    26 dB  27 WPM  CQ      1352Z
DX de HA1VHF-#:  28017.8  VE3RIA         CW     4 dB  30 WPM  CQ      1352Z
DX de IK3STG-#:  28017.9  VE3RIA         CW     4 dB  30 WPM  CQ      1352Z
15

That cluster does format things differently for sure. That is probably the issue. Thanks.