Hey,

When actively butt in the seat, trying to work DX -- no contest/internet/TV distraction -- I launch DX4Win, open the telnet link and filter for spots from K/VE only. It's color coding, based on my up-to-the-minute DXCC status is what I want to see. Currently have been using W1DX over the last year or so.

But, during normal time in the shack doing various things, waiting for select expeditions to show up, I use DX Summit in two windows.  One with no filters, and one filtered for target DXCC.  Like at the moment, I have S2 & JD1/m only on that one.

If monitoring FT-8, JT Alert color-coded, of course.

ON4KST for 6m and solar flux, etc.  

PSKReporter Map for any particular band I am calling on or monitoring for Prop.

73, Steve, W5KI

ADXA folks – Sitting here this morning thinking about DX clusters. What are you using these days? That question may be old school now since a lot of you FT8 folks are using JT alert and other things, but since I focus mostly on CW I still like to monitor a DX cluster. I normally use VE7CC but know there are others, and several of them are linked up.

 

So, insuring minds need to know. If you monitor or use one, which one?

 

73 Joel W5ZN