Identifying Special Callsigns

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SpotCollector's Special Callsign List can be used to accomplish three objectives:

  1. to specify callsigns that should be ignored when spotted, e.g. PIRATE or SLIM 

  2. to specify callsigns whose spots should be ignored, and that should be ignored when spotted

  3. to associate callsigns with groups or activities so they can be rapidly identified when spotted

The Special Callsign List is displayed on the Configuration window's Special Callsigns tab. Each entry on the Special Callsign List contains a callsign and optionally a tag; a tag is string of up to 32 characters. 

When a new spot arrives, SpotCollector checks the Special Callsign List for an entry matching containing the spot's callsign. 

Adding entries to the Special Callsign List

You can add an entry to the Special Callsign List directly, or by importing from a comma-delimited  text file. To add an entry directly,

To load Special Callsign List Entries from a comma-delimited text file, click the Load button to display a navigation window that lets you specify the file to be loaded. Each line of this file should contain a callsign, followed optionally by a comma and a tag:

BROKE
W2NRA,DXLab

BUST

BOZO

SP3E,DXLab

B0ZO
DX
MUSIC
SLIM

W4TV,DXLab
G6CSY,DXLab
V1DEO
VIDEO
BCI
BROADCAST
PIRATE
SL1M
BAD

K3BZ,DXLab

AA6YQ, DXLab

Loading a file containing the above text  into your Special Callsign List would specify 15 callsigns to ignore and 6 callsigns to tag as members of the DXLab group.

 

If a line of a comma-delimited file being loaded contains a callsign already present in Special Callsign List, then the tag in the existing Special Callsign List Entry will be updated to match the tag specified in the comma-delimited file line; if no tag is specified, then the tag in the existing Special Callsign List Entry will be cleared.

 

Sorting the Special Callsign List

 

You can arrange the Special Callsign list in ascending order of Callsign by clicking the Sort button.

 

Saving the Special Callsign List

 

You can save the contents of the Special Callsign list to a tab-delimited text file by clicking the Save button; SpotCollector will display a navigation window that lets you specify the name and location of the file to be save.

 

Clearing the Special Callsign List

 

To clear the Special Callsign List, click the Clear button. This is useful as a prelude to re-loading the list from one or more text files.