Command Survey
DX Net
Generic version
Syntax
- Command
- Syntax
- Description
- Example
Only the bold letters are necessary.
- Common
- Announce
- Announce/Full
- Bye
- DX
- I
- Set
- SET/Here
- SET/HOME
- SET/LOCATOR
- SET/NAME
- SET/NOHere
- SET/QTH
- SET/USERCMD
- Show
- SHow/Announcements
- SHow/Configuration
- SHow/CLuster
- SHow/DX
- SHow/LANGuage
- SHow/PREfix
- SHow/User
- SHow/USERCMD
- SHow/VERsion
- SHow/WWV
- Databases
- SHow/COORD
- Talk
- Talk
- Mail
- Kill
- List
- LL
- LN
- LM
- Read
- Send
Common
- Announce
- A [msg]
- Send a local announcement.
- A Good conds on 10 m today
- See also the command: Announce/Full
- Announce/Full
- Announce/Full [msg]
- Send a cluster wide announcement.
- A/F Good conds on 10 m today
- See also the command: A
- Bye
- Bye
- Disconnect your station from the cluster.
- DX
- DX [freq] [call] [comments]
- where
- [freq] is frequency in kilohertz of the DX
- [call] is callsign of the DX station
- [comment] is short comment eventually.
- This command sends a DX SPOT to all the cluster users.
- DX 14205.3 FM5CD weak. qsl via bureau
- See also the command SH/DX to see the last dx spots.
- I
- I
- Gives software version.
Set
- SET/Here
- SET/Here
- This command informs the other users that you are back in the shack. It
should be used AFTER a SET/NOHere has been sent. Your callsign will now
display normally without brackets to the other users.
- SET/H
- See also the command: SET/NOHere
- SET/HOME
- SET/HOME [call]
- where
- [call] is your home node.
- This command allows you to enter your home cluster. This information
will be used to determine the routing when forwarding your private messages.
It will be broadcasted to the cluster network.
- SET/HOME SM5HJZ-6
- SET/LOCATOR
- SET/LOCATOR [locator]
- where
- [locator] is your grid
- This command allows you to inform the cluster with your geographic
position. It will be broadcasted to the cluster network.
- SET/LOCATOR JO99AV
- SET/NAME
- SET/NAME [name]
- where
- [name] is your first name
- This command allows you to inform the cluster with your name. It will be
broadcasted on the cluster network to maintain the users database on each
cluster node.
- SET/NAME Jonas
- SET/NOHere
- SET/NOHere
- This command informs the other users that you are NOT in the shack. It
should be used if you are not available. From then on, your call will
display in brackets (call) to the other users.
- SET/NOH
- See also the command: SET/Here
- SET/QTH
- SET/QTH [qth]
- where
- [qth] is your home town
- This command allows you to inform the cluster with your QTH. It will be
broadcasted on the cluster network to maintain the users database on each
cluster node.
- SET/QTH Almunge
- SET/USERCMD
- SET/USERCMD
- Create or modify your personal command file. You may add commands that
will executed when you login, e.g. SHow/DX, SHow/Users
- SH/DX
- SH/U
Show
- SHow/Announcements
- SHow/Announcements/n
- where
- n is number of announcements (default is 5)
- This command displays a list of the n last announcements.
- SH/A (5 last announcements)
- SH/A/10 (10 last announcements)
- SHow/Configuration
- SH/C
- This command displays the cluster network configuration.
- SH/C
- SHow/CLuster
- SH/CL
- This command displays the number of users and clusters actually
connected on the network.
- SH/CL
- SHow/DX
- SHow/DX/n [band] [prefix]
- where
- n is number of spots (default is 5)
- [band] is a specific band
- [prefix] is a specific prefix
- This command displays a list of the n last spots. The band and/or the
prefix may also be specified.
- SH/DX (5 last DX spots)
- SH/DX/10 (10 last DX spots)
- SH/DX 40 (5 last DX spots on the 40m band)
- SH/DX 2 PA (5 last DX spots with PA stations on the 2m band)
- SHow/LANGuage
- SHow/LANGuage
- Shows available languages.
- SH/LANG
- SHow/PREfix
- SHow/PREfix [prefix]
- where
- [prefix] is any valid prefix
- Displays the valid prefixe, CQ Zone, ITU Zone and long./lat.
- SH/PRE SM
- SHow/User
- SH/U [call]
- where
- [call] is a user callsign
- If no callsign is mentioned, this command returns the list of the users
locally connected to the cluster. Otherwise, the user profile of [call] is
returned (name, qth, ...) Not yet implemented!
- SH/U
- SH/U SM5HJZ
- SHow/USERCMD
- SH/USERCMD
- List your USERCMD file.
- SH/USERCMD
- See also SET/USERCMD
- SHow/VERsion
- SH/VER or SH/VER [call]
- where
- [call] is a node callsign
- This command displays the version number of the DxNet.
- SH/VER SM5HJZ-6
- SHow/WWV
- SHow/WWV/n
- where
- n is number of WWV spots (default is 5)
- This command displays the the n last WWV spots.
- SH/WWV
- SH/WWV/10
Databases
- SHow/COORD
- SH/COORD [st] or SH/COORD [pfx]
- where
- [st] is the 2-letter state abbreviation
- [pfx] is the DX location (primary prefix)
- This command interrogates the coordinate database at <node
call> and returns information on a specified prefix or state (USA).
The SHow/COORDinates command displays the Longitude/Latitude and Grid Square
for cities in the USA and DX locations.
- SH/COORD CA or SH/COORD SM
- Note: An (*) indicates an airport or VOR location; the plus (+) in the
Grid identifier indicates area covers several squares. This database is
read-only.
- The COORD Database for DX PacketCluster (c) 1991-97.
- By Chuck Strobel, K6PBT, P. O. Box 883, Magalia, CA 95954-0883. Email:
k6pbt@cestro.com.
- COORDinates Database - April 1997, Version 7.04
- SHow/DATAbase
- SHow/DATAbase
- List available databases on this node
-
Talk
- Talk
- T [call] [message]
- Sends a [message] to [call] (maximum one line)
- T KI5GF Hi Steve, How is DX this afternoon?
- Note: [call] must be connected to the cluster network.
- T [call]
- Used to enter in permanent talk (chat) mode with another user.
Everything will be sent to [call] until Ctrl-Z or /EX is sent.
- T KI5GF
- T [call] > [nodecall] [message]
- Used to address a message to [call] on DxCluster [nodecall] configured
with limited protocol (the users information's are not transmitted).
- T W5SS > KA5SWK Hi Chuck, How's DX in Austin?
Mail
- Kill
- K [n]
- where
- [n] is the number of messages to kill
- Kill the message number [n].
- K 123
- List
- L [n1-n2]
- where
- [n1-n2] are optional parameters and allows to show the headers from the
message n1 to n2.
- This command list the message titles of any new messages since your last
login.
- L 102-110
- LL
- LL [n]
- where
- [n] is the number of messages to list
- List of the last [n[ message titles.
- LL 10
- LN
- LN
- List of the new messages titles of any new messages sent to you since
your last login.
- LN
- LM
- LM
- List of the messages titles sent to you.
- LM
- Read
- Read [n]
- where
- [n] is the message number you want to read.
- Read the message number [n].
- R 123
- Send
- S [recipient]
- where
- [recipient] is the callsign or one of the following groups:
- ALL
- DX
- DXNEWS
- DXINFO
- EU
- INFO
- QSL
- WW
- This command sends a mail to [recipient]
- S SM5HJZ
- Note: Both commands SP or SB are supported as well.