[DX] (no subject)

Sun, 17 Mar 2002 13:56:48 -0700

Fab's program DX Telnet is a popular one and has been for quite a while.
I've have a registered version for maybe three years and like it. It has
lots of features, and he gives you many times (100?) to run it before you
have to pay the $35 (last price I knew).

You can use it with a TNC/radio or to telnet to cluster nodes with Internet
access, and he provides a long list of those (including mine, which is an
AR-Cluster node, using software by AB5K at http://www.ab5k.net/).

What he is talking about as an improvement to the cluster system, or maybe
as an improvement to DX Summit on the web, is the N6RT CQDX system, which is
described at http://dx.qsl.net/cqdx/.  I haven't used it, but a screen shot
of it is on that web site.  DX Telnet is one way to access it.

Though DX Telnet is very powerful and a bargain, in my opinion, it does not
replace computerized logging, such as DXbase (http://www.dxbase.com/) or the
others, which include TNC/RF access to clusters and/or to telnet nodes too.
It can be used with the logging programs if you want to connect to more than
one cluster node.

There's my opinion, for what it's worth.  I hope I don't have any facts
incorrect, but I can't promise.

Jim McDonald - N7US
Mesa, Arizona
[email protected]

N7US AR-Cluster:
telnet://n7us.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Smith" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 12:51 PM
Subject: [DX] (no subject)

Is this for real?  Has anyone checked it out? It
sounds great, and he is listed in QRZ.com, but I'd
like some feedback before I download the software.

Gary
WA1TJB

Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 08:38:37 -0500

From: "Fab Sarti" <[email protected]> | Block Address
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To: [email protected]

Subject: The CQDX Node: a MUST for the serious DXers

Dear OM,

This is Fab, (callsign IK4VYX).

I hope I do not disturb you with this email;
if so, please, accept my apologies.
I've read your email address on the QRZ online
database (www.qrz.com) so I suppose you are
interested in knowing from other hams.

In any case, this is a one shot email so there
is no need to unsubscribe from any list.
(Note: if you happen to receive two close copies
of this email, that is due to a server error;
it happens sometimes and it is very annoying...)

Of course, if you contact me for more details
about the topic of this message, I'll be glad
to answer your questions.

I thought to send you some info that you might
find original and useful, especially if you are
a DXer; let's go with the info then.

Maybe you didn't know that you can get plenty
of world wide DXspots *REAL TIME*, from an internet
dedicated node, named CQDX, thought and
created by hams for the ham community, with
free access.

This means to receive DX info even minutes
before than with a traditional packet radio
based system.

We both know how important even one minute is when
the spotted DX is a most wanted, in huge pileups...

But this is not the only advantage you can take
when using the CQDX node.
You can submit your own DX spots (they will be routed
to the classic cluster network) and chat with
many other DXers on the same node, about skeds,
propagation, dxpeditions, pileups and other.
This helps, for example, when local cluster nodes fall

off duty; this happens often during major contests
or for accidental reasons such as lightning strokes.
In these cases CQDX will still work cause it has
backup
feedings!

To verify with facts what I'm saying in words,
just read the further part of this message.

Connecting to CQDX is very simple:
For example you can download DXTelnet,
a "Click and Play" software package.

DXTelnet can be downloaded from:

http://213.193.24.214/dxtelnet/download.htm

To download, scroll down the page and click on the
bottom icon.

The above URL will prompt you to download
DXT51ENG.EXE:
a 1 Meg self extracting self installing file.
Once downloaded, just open (or double click) it
to install and create the startup icons.

DXTelnet will allow you to connect to several DX
Clusters all over the world, via internet, with
just one click.
Among them, of course, also the above mentioned
CQDX node, which is the default one.
You can even connect via packet radio gateway
using DX-TNC, an application included in the
DXTelnet package.

DXTelnet will allow you to:

* Replace packet radio (saving costs for hardware)
with a robust internet connection (by the way
DXTelnet works also via packet radio, if no
internet is available)

* Select/Reject DX spots by originating area,
band, mode and contained words

* Retrieve DX, QSL, Iota, Propagation, and Solar info
together with many other interesting DX related
resources

* Feed your existing logging software with the
DX spots received by DXTelnet

* Get alerts on incoming new ones.
(even via SMS messages on your cellular phone!).

This and much more.

Now if you keep DXTelnet running on CQDX together
with your local cluster, you'll experience
the *GREAT DIFFERENCE*!

To connect to CQDX with DXTelnet, double click
the "DX-Telnet" icon to start the main program.
The very first time you start DXTelnet, it will
prompt you to enter your callsign.
Just type it and press enter.
Now you will get the node list; select the CQDX-IRC
node and press enter to connect.
Note: the very first time you start DXTelnet
the CQDX-IRC node will appear as selected
(it is the default node); also, of course,
your PC must be connected to an inernet provider
before attempting any connection...

Once connected:

To submit a DX, just type:
DX freq call remark <Enter>
(example: DX 14195.0 T77C Tony)

To submit an ANNOUNCEMENT, just type:
ANN announcement_text <Enter>
(example: ANN p.se QSL info for T77C)

Anything else you type is read by the other users
of the node; this way you can chat with
everybody else on the node.

For QSL info on a certain spotted callsign, just
right click (click with the right mouse button) on it!

For QSL info on any (even not spotted) callsign
press Shift+F6 and type the call.

Note: chat is welcome on the CQDX system, while it is
someway forbidden on traditional cluster systems.
Here you can stay and just have a look at the incoming
DX info (the same you do on traditional clusters) and
also (why not) chat with other DXers, if you like it.
Finally the DX info you get on this node come from
the collection of many dx cluster nodes, world wide.
You will hardly find any other classic cluster
system bringing in the same huge amount of info...
Too many spots? no problem: you can set custom
filters.
In a few words, this is the new evolution of a
DX Cluster system!

I am the developer of DXTelnet so with this email
I am proud to invite you to test my software,
together with the CQDX node, sure that facts
will speak much better than words.

Our target is having the best DXers world wide
on the same node; cause several ears are always better
than 2 :-)

Please let me know if you have any problem.

Please visit:

http://213.193.24.214/dxtelnet/comments.htm

to read some users' real words...

Bye for now.

Best (((73))) de Fabrizio (IK4VYX)

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