SpotCollector Online Help

Introduction

• Collecting Spots

• Collecting WWV information

Prerequisites

Downloading and Installation

Connecting to Spot Sources

• Telnet DXClusters

• PacketClusters

• the #CQDX Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel

Using the Spot Database

• the Spot Database Display

  • Identifying Entries for needed stations

  • Identifying Entries for stations known to participate in LotW

  • Identifying Entries for Authenticity-Guaranteed members eQSL.cc

• Formatting

• Sorting

• Filtering

  • Filtering by Need, Callsign, DXCC entity, Frequency, and Tag

  • Filtering by Band, Mode, Continent, and Origin

  • Filtering by LotW participation

  • Filtering by Authenticity Guaranteed eQSL participation

  • Hiding entries: individually, and automatically by keyword

  • Filtering with SQL expressions

• Audio Alarms

• Selecting

• Navigating

• Deleting

• Spotting

• Statistics

• WWV Propagation Information and History

• Pruning

• DXCC and USAP Databases

• Spot Database Fields

Viewing the Spot Database from Another PC on your LAN

Interacting with the CQDX IRC channel

Interacting with DXClusters

Interacting with PacketClusters

Configuring SpotCollector

• General

  • Sub-band Definitions

• Spot Sources

• Spot Source Display

• Spot Database Display

• Spot Database

• Entity Overrides

• Terminal Node Controller

• Audio

• Special Callsigns