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(Created page with "==Headings and propagation== There are three commands in DXSpider to help you get the best DX possible. These are SHOW/SUN, SHOW/MOON and SHOW/HEADING. These commands will only work for you if you have entered your personal details. They use your entered location as a reference, so if you have not entered it or have entered it incorrectly they will not return the correct information. ===Sun=== The SHOW/SUN command can be used in three different ways. It can be use...")
 
(Created page with "==Nodes and users== You can check which nodes are connected in the network, who is logged on locally, who is logged on at all the nodes or even just one node in particular. This is handy if you wish to see whether a friend is connected at the node they use. To see who is connected to the nodes, the SHOW/CONFIGURATION command is used. Example: show/configuration show/configuration/nodes show/configuration (node_call) show/configuration (prefix) The first of our f...")
 
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==Headings and propagation==
==Nodes and users==


There are three commands in DXSpider to help you get the best DX
You can check which nodes are connected in the network, who is logged
possible.  These are SHOW/SUN, SHOW/MOON and SHOW/HEADING. These
on locally, who is logged on at all the nodes or even just one node in
commands will only work for you if you have entered your personal
particular. This is handy if you wish to see whether a friend is
detailsThey use your entered location as a reference, so if you
connected at the node they useTo see who is connected to the nodes,
have not entered it or have entered it incorrectly they will not
the SHOW/CONFIGURATION command is used.
return the correct information.
 
===Sun===
 
The SHOW/SUN command can be used in three different ways.  It can be
used to show sunrise and sunset times for your own station, a
particular callsign or a prefix.


Example:
Example:


  show/sun
  show/configuration
 
  show/configuration/nodes
The output from this would look something like this ..
  show/configuration (node_call)
 
  show/configuration (prefix)
  sh/sun
Location                              Rise  Set      Azim  Elev
G0VGS  Morecambe, Lancashire          07:08Z 17:39Z  205.3  24.1
 
and
 
sh/sun 5b4
 
would look like this ...
 
  sh/sun 5b4
Location                              Rise  Set      Azim  Elev
5B    Cyprus-5B                      04:23Z 15:40Z  244.0  18.8
 
You can also specify multiple arguments like this ...
 
  sh/sun gw4veq 5b4ab zs


and then the output would look like this ...
The first of our four examples would output something like this,


  sh/sun gw4veq 5b4ab zs
  sh/c
  Location                              Rise  Set      Azim  Elev
  Node        Callsigns
  GW4VEQ Brungwran, Isle of Anglesey IO 07:14Z 17:48Z 204.9  24.9
  EI5TCR      (7 users)
  5B     Cyprus-5B                      04:23Z 15:40Z 244.5  18.3
  GB7ADX
  ZS     So-Africa-ZS1-ZS               04:31Z 17:28Z 289.9  41.3
  GB7BAA      G4FPV        G8TIC
  ZS    So-Africa-ZS5-ZS               03:44Z 16:34Z 278.5  32.0
GB7BIG      (GD0TEP)     GD3UMW
  ZS     So-Africa-ZS6-ZS               03:59Z 16:42Z 277.6  35.0
  GB7BPQ      (G0INA)      G0RCI        G3AKU        G3OCA
  (GB7CDX)     G3JNB        G4ALR
GB7DJK      G0FYD        G0REK        G1TLH        G4PEL        G4SOZ
              G4TVR        G7SQW        K8AZ        M0CTQ-1      MM1CXE-10
               ON7WP
  GB7DXA      G0RDI        G8SJP
  GB7DXC      (G0HDB)      G0WFK        (G1FYC)      G3KWK        G3LME
               G3OIL        G4BGW        G4FUJ        (G4PDQ)      GW7SMV
  GB7DXE      G1NNB
  (GB7DXG)     GU6EFB      GU7DHI
GB7DXK      G1NTW        G3IBI        G3NSM        G3XAQ        G4CUS
               G4XQY        G7GAN
  GB7DXM      G1EUC        G3GAF        G3LAS        G4ZTR        G8WXU
              M0BCT        M1EMF


===Moon===
You will notice that EI5TCR is showing only that it has 7 users and
not giving the actual callsigns.  This means that this node is on a
limited protocol of some kind, probably because of a contest situation
where slow radio links can block up and fail if too much information
is sent between nodes.


The SHOW/MOON command works in the same way as the SHOW/SUN command.
The second example would just show the nodes connected in the network,
This program however, calculates the rise and set times of the moon
like this,
for a prefix or callsign, together with the current azimuth and
elevation of the sun at these locations.
 
Example:


  show/moon ea
  sh/c/n
Node        Callsigns
GB7BAA      GB7BAA      GB7BPQ      (GB7CDX)    GB7DJK      GB7DXA
              GB7DXC      GB7DXE      (GB7DXG)    GB7DXK      GB7DXL
              GB7DXM      GB7DXS      GB7IPT      GB7MRS      GB7UJS
              GB7YDX      KL7G        N2TLY        (ON0DXK)
GB7BIG      EI5TCR      GB7ADX      GB7BIG      GB7UDX
GB7MBC
PA4AB-14    PA4AB-14
PI4TUE-8    PI4TUE-8


The output from this command would look like this ..
If we insert the node_call pi4tue-8 into the third example, then this
would be the output,


  sh/moon ea
  Node        Callsigns
  Location                        Rise  Set     Azim  Elev  RGain dB
  PI4TUE-8    9A1CMA-6    DF6PW        DL4FAY      DL4KAK      DL4WF-2
EA    Spain-EA                08:15Z 20:09Z  257.2   9.5     -0.6
              F5NOD-2     F5PAC        IZ0CSR      N6CR        OH2BLD
              ON1LVL-13    ON4CBT      ON4CJP      ON5DXL-14   ON7NQ
              PA0RCT      PA3DYS      PA3FDO      PA5KW-4     PI4TUE-9
              YT1XX


You can see that the output is similar to the SHOW/SUN command, with
As you can see, only the users of the requested node are shown.
slightly different fields.


You can also use a prefix to show only a group of nodes.  For example
you may only wish to see who is connected to the nodes in the UK.  To
do this simply use a prefix like this ...


===Heading===
show/configuration gb7


The SHOW/HEADING command works in the same way as the SHOW/SUN and SHOW/MOON commands but outputs beam headings for a specified callsign or prefix.  Reciprocal beam headings are also calculated.
To show the locally connected users, the �[1mSHOW/USERS �[22mcommand is used


Example:
Example:


  show/heading zl
  show/users


The output from this command would look like this ..
The output of this command would look like this,


  sh/heading zl
  Callsigns connected to GB7MBC
  ZL New-Zealand-ZL1-ZL: 7 degs - dist: 11238 mi, 18087 km Reciprocal heading: 355 degs
  G0JHC        G0NEI        G0VGS        G0VGS-2      G0YLM
ZL New-Zealand-ZL2-ZL: 9 degs - dist: 11540 mi, 18574 km Reciprocal heading: 353 degs
  G3JAG        G3OWO        G3UEU
  ZL New-Zealand-ZL3-ZL: 19 degs - dist: 11634 mi, 18724 km Reciprocal heading: 345 degs
ZL New-Zealand-ZL4-ZL: 34 degs - dist: 11783 mi, 18963 km Reciprocal heading: 332 degs

Latest revision as of 18:34, 24 January 2023

Nodes and users

You can check which nodes are connected in the network, who is logged on locally, who is logged on at all the nodes or even just one node in particular. This is handy if you wish to see whether a friend is connected at the node they use. To see who is connected to the nodes, the SHOW/CONFIGURATION command is used.

Example:

show/configuration
show/configuration/nodes
show/configuration (node_call)
show/configuration (prefix)

The first of our four examples would output something like this,

sh/c
Node         Callsigns
EI5TCR       (7 users)
GB7ADX
GB7BAA       G4FPV        G8TIC
GB7BIG       (GD0TEP)     GD3UMW
GB7BPQ       (G0INA)      G0RCI        G3AKU        G3OCA
(GB7CDX)     G3JNB        G4ALR
GB7DJK       G0FYD        G0REK        G1TLH        G4PEL        G4SOZ
             G4TVR        G7SQW        K8AZ         M0CTQ-1      MM1CXE-10
             ON7WP
GB7DXA       G0RDI        G8SJP
GB7DXC       (G0HDB)      G0WFK        (G1FYC)      G3KWK        G3LME
             G3OIL        G4BGW        G4FUJ        (G4PDQ)      GW7SMV
GB7DXE       G1NNB
(GB7DXG)     GU6EFB       GU7DHI
GB7DXK       G1NTW        G3IBI        G3NSM        G3XAQ        G4CUS
             G4XQY        G7GAN
GB7DXM       G1EUC        G3GAF        G3LAS        G4ZTR        G8WXU
             M0BCT        M1EMF

You will notice that EI5TCR is showing only that it has 7 users and not giving the actual callsigns. This means that this node is on a limited protocol of some kind, probably because of a contest situation where slow radio links can block up and fail if too much information is sent between nodes.

The second example would just show the nodes connected in the network, like this,

sh/c/n
Node         Callsigns
GB7BAA       GB7BAA       GB7BPQ       (GB7CDX)     GB7DJK       GB7DXA
             GB7DXC       GB7DXE       (GB7DXG)     GB7DXK       GB7DXL
             GB7DXM       GB7DXS       GB7IPT       GB7MRS       GB7UJS
             GB7YDX       KL7G         N2TLY        (ON0DXK)
GB7BIG       EI5TCR       GB7ADX       GB7BIG       GB7UDX
GB7MBC
PA4AB-14     PA4AB-14
PI4TUE-8     PI4TUE-8

If we insert the node_call pi4tue-8 into the third example, then this would be the output,

Node         Callsigns
PI4TUE-8     9A1CMA-6     DF6PW        DL4FAY       DL4KAK       DL4WF-2
             F5NOD-2      F5PAC        IZ0CSR       N6CR         OH2BLD
             ON1LVL-13    ON4CBT       ON4CJP       ON5DXL-14    ON7NQ
             PA0RCT       PA3DYS       PA3FDO       PA5KW-4      PI4TUE-9
             YT1XX

As you can see, only the users of the requested node are shown.

You can also use a prefix to show only a group of nodes. For example you may only wish to see who is connected to the nodes in the UK. To do this simply use a prefix like this ...

show/configuration gb7

To show the locally connected users, the �[1mSHOW/USERS �[22mcommand is used

Example:

show/users

The output of this command would look like this,

Callsigns connected to GB7MBC
G0JHC        G0NEI        G0VGS        G0VGS-2      G0YLM
G3JAG        G3OWO        G3UEU