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

• Navigating

• Reformatting

• Sorting

• Filtering

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

  • Filtering by Band, Mode, Continent, and Origin

  • Filtering by LotW participation

  • Hiding entries: individually, and automatically by keyword

  • Filtering with SQL expressions

• Selecting

• Deleting

• Spotting

• Statistics

• WWV Propagation Information and History

• Pruning

• DXCC and USAP Databases

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
• Spot Sources
• Display Fonts
• Spot Database
• Entity Overrides
• Terminal Node Controller
• Audio
• Special Callsigns