How to connect DXSpider to RBN - Revision history

Dxcadmin at 17:03, 29 July 2026

2026-07-29T17:03:21Z

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	Configuring your DXSpider node receive skimmer spots from the RBN (Reverse Beacon Network) is very straight forward, here is a bare bones howto:		Configuring your DXSpider node receive skimmer spots from the RBN (Reverse Beacon Network) is very straight forward, here is a bare bones howto:

	~~Create~~ two RBN users:		Logged into your cluster with Sysop privileges, create two RBN users:

	set/rbn ~~rbncw rbnft~~		set/rbn sk0mmr sk1mmr

	Create two connect scripts:		Create two connect scripts:

	/spider/connect/~~rbncw~~		/spider/connect/sk0mmr

	which contains:		which contains:
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	and:		and:
	/spider/connect/~~rbnft~~		/spider/connect/sk1mmr

	which contains:		which contains:
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	Add these two lines:		Add these two lines:
	* * * * * start_connect('~~rbncw~~') unless connected('~~rbncw~~')		* * * * * start_connect('sk0mmr') unless connected('sk0mmr')
	* * * * * start_connect('~~rbnft~~') unless connected('~~rbnft~~')		* * * * * start_connect('sk1mmr') unless connected('sk1mmr')

	You can also startup the connections manually in the normal way:		You can also startup the connections manually in the normal way:
	connect ~~rbncw~~		connect sk0mmr
	connect ~~rbnft~~		connect sk1mmr

	and of course drop the connections:		and of course drop the connections:
	disconnect ~~rbncw~~		disconnect sk0mmr
	disconnect ~~rbnft~~		disconnect sk1mmr

	Although bear in mind if you added the crontab entries, disconnecting them will only work until the crontab fires the next connect command, so you would need to remove or comment out the two lines in the crontab file to permanently disconnect.		Although bear in mind if you added the crontab entries, disconnecting them will only work until the crontab fires the next connect command, so you would need to remove or comment out the two lines in the crontab file to permanently disconnect.

	More details can be found on the [[RBN.mojo\| RBN Mojo]] page.		More details can be found on the [[RBN.mojo\| RBN Mojo]] page.

Dxcadmin at 16:22, 25 July 2026

2026-07-25T16:22:04Z

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	Configuring your DXSpider node receive skimmer spots from the RBN (Reverse Beacon Network) is very straight forward, here is bare bones howto:		Configuring your DXSpider node receive skimmer spots from the RBN (Reverse Beacon Network) is very straight forward, here is a bare bones howto:

	Create two RBN users:		Create two RBN users:

	set/rbn ~~rbn-cw rbn-ft8~~		set/rbn rbncw rbnft

	Create two connect scripts:		Create two connect scripts:

	/spider/connect/~~rbn-cw~~		/spider/connect/rbncw

	which contains:		which contains:
			timeout 15
	connect telnet telnet.reversebeacon.net 7000		connect telnet telnet.reversebeacon.net 7000
	'call:' '<YOUR-CALL-SIGN>'		'call:' '<YOUR-CALL-SIGN>'
	~~client rbn skimmer~~

	and:		and:
	/spider/connect/~~rbn-ft8~~		/spider/connect/rbnft

	which contains:		which contains:
			timeout 15
	connect telnet telnet.reversebeacon.net 7001		connect telnet telnet.reversebeacon.net 7001
	'call:' '<YOUR-CALL-SIGN>'		'call:' '<YOUR-CALL-SIGN>'
	~~client rbn skimmer~~

	Then in your crontab file:		Then in your crontab file:
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	Add these two lines:		Add these two lines:
	* * * * * start_connect('~~rbn-cw~~') unless connected('~~rbn-cw~~')		* * * * * start_connect('rbncw') unless connected('rbncw')
	* * * * * start_connect('~~rbn-ft8~~') unless connected('~~rbn-ft8~~')		* * * * * start_connect('rbnft') unless connected('rbnft')

	You can also startup the connections manually in the normal way:		You can also startup the connections manually in the normal way:
	connect ~~rbn-cw~~		connect rbncw
	connect ~~rbn-ft8~~		connect rbnft

	and of course drop the connections:		and of course drop the connections:
	disconnect ~~rbn-cw~~		disconnect rbncw
	disconnect ~~rbn-ft8~~		disconnect rbnft

	Although bear in mind if you added the crontab entries, disconnecting them will only work until the crontab ~~fire~~ the next connect command, so you would need to remove or comment out the two lines in the crontab file to permanently disconnect.		Although bear in mind if you added the crontab entries, disconnecting them will only work until the crontab fires the next connect command, so you would need to remove or comment out the two lines in the crontab file to permanently disconnect.

	More details can be found on the [[RBN.mojo\| RBN Mojo]] page.		More details can be found on the [[RBN.mojo\| RBN Mojo]] page.

Dxcadmin at 13:27, 24 July 2026

2026-07-24T13:27:55Z

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	connect telnet telnet.reversebeacon.net 7000		connect telnet telnet.reversebeacon.net 7000
	'call:' '<YOUR-CALL-SIGN>'		'call:' '<YOUR-CALL-SIGN>'
	client rbn skimmer		client rbn skimmer

	and:		and:
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	connect telnet telnet.reversebeacon.net 7001		connect telnet telnet.reversebeacon.net 7001
	'call:' '<YOUR-CALL-SIGN>'		'call:' '<YOUR-CALL-SIGN>'
	client rbn skimmer		client rbn skimmer

	Then in your crontab file:		Then in your crontab file:

Dxcadmin at 13:27, 24 July 2026

2026-07-24T13:27:38Z

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	connect telnet telnet.reversebeacon.net 7000		connect telnet telnet.reversebeacon.net 7000
	'call:' '<YOUR-CALL-SIGN>'		'call:' '<YOUR-CALL-SIGN>'
			client rbn skimmer

	and:		and:
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	connect telnet telnet.reversebeacon.net 7001		connect telnet telnet.reversebeacon.net 7001
	'call:' '<YOUR-CALL-SIGN>'		'call:' '<YOUR-CALL-SIGN>'
			client rbn skimmer

	Then in your crontab file:		Then in your crontab file:

Dxcadmin at 17:06, 12 June 2026

2026-06-12T17:06:03Z

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	Create two RBN users:		Create two RBN users:

	set/rbn ~~sk0mmr sk1mmr~~		set/rbn rbn-cw rbn-ft8

	Create two connect scripts:		Create two connect scripts:

	/spider/connect/~~sk0mmr~~		/spider/connect/rbn-cw

	which contains:		which contains:
	connect telnet telnet.reversebeacon.net 7000		connect telnet telnet.reversebeacon.net 7000
	'call:' '~~sk0mmr~~'		'call:' '<YOUR-CALL-SIGN>'

	and:		and:
	/spider/connect/~~sk1mmr~~		/spider/connect/rbn-ft8

	which contains:		which contains:
	connect telnet telnet.reversebeacon.net 7001		connect telnet telnet.reversebeacon.net 7001
	'call:' '~~sk1mmr~~'		'call:' '<YOUR-CALL-SIGN>'

	Then in your crontab file:		Then in your crontab file:
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	Add these two lines:		Add these two lines:
	* * * * * start_connect('~~sk0mmr~~') unless connected('~~sk0mmr~~')		* * * * * start_connect('rbn-cw') unless connected('rbn-cw')
	* * * * * start_connect('~~sk1mmr~~') unless connected('~~sk1mmr~~')		* * * * * start_connect('rbn-ft8') unless connected('rbn-ft8')

	You can also startup the connections manually in the normal way:		You can also startup the connections manually in the normal way:
	connect ~~sk0mmr~~		connect rbn-cw
	connect ~~sk1mmr~~		connect rbn-ft8

	and of course drop the connections:		and of course drop the connections:
	disconnect ~~sk0mmr~~		disconnect rbn-cw
	disconnect ~~sk1mmr~~		disconnect rbn-ft8

	Although bear in mind if you added the crontab entries, disconnecting them will only work until the crontab fire the next connect command, so you would need to remove or comment out the two lines in the crontab file to permanently disconnect.		Although bear in mind if you added the crontab entries, disconnecting them will only work until the crontab fire the next connect command, so you would need to remove or comment out the two lines in the crontab file to permanently disconnect.

	More details can be found on the [[RBN.mojo\| RBN Mojo]] page.		More details can be found on the [[RBN.mojo\| RBN Mojo]] page.

Dxcadmin at 19:38, 19 February 2025

2025-02-19T19:38:18Z

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	Although bear in mind if you added the crontab entries, disconnecting them will only work until the crontab fire the next connect command, so you would need to remove or comment out the two lines in the crontab file to permanently disconnect.		Although bear in mind if you added the crontab entries, disconnecting them will only work until the crontab fire the next connect command, so you would need to remove or comment out the two lines in the crontab file to permanently disconnect.

	More details can be found on the [[RBN.mojo] RBN Mojo] page.		More details can be found on the [[RBN.mojo\| RBN Mojo]] page.

Dxcadmin at 19:37, 19 February 2025

2025-02-19T19:37:57Z

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	Configuring your DXSpider node receive skimmer spots from the RBN (Reverse Beacon Network) is very straight forward:		Configuring your DXSpider node receive skimmer spots from the RBN (Reverse Beacon Network) is very straight forward, here is bare bones howto:

	Create two RBN users:		Create two RBN users:
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	Although bear in mind if you added the crontab entries, disconnecting them will only work until the crontab fire the next connect command, so you would need to remove or comment out the two lines in the crontab file to permanently disconnect.		Although bear in mind if you added the crontab entries, disconnecting them will only work until the crontab fire the next connect command, so you would need to remove or comment out the two lines in the crontab file to permanently disconnect.

			More details can be found on the [[RBN.mojo] RBN Mojo] page.

Dxcadmin at 19:36, 19 February 2025

2025-02-19T19:36:20Z

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	Configuring your DXSpider node receive skimmer spots from the RBN (Reverse Beacon Network) is very straight forward:		Configuring your DXSpider node receive skimmer spots from the RBN (Reverse Beacon Network) is very straight forward:

			Create two RBN users:

			set/rbn sk0mmr sk1mmr

	Create two connect scripts:		Create two connect scripts:

Dxcadmin at 19:22, 19 February 2025

2025-02-19T19:22:48Z

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	* * * * * start_connect('sk0mmr') unless connected('sk0mmr')		* * * * * start_connect('sk0mmr') unless connected('sk0mmr')
	* * * * * start_connect('sk1mmr') unless connected('sk1mmr')		* * * * * start_connect('sk1mmr') unless connected('sk1mmr')

			You can also startup the connections manually in the normal way:
			connect sk0mmr
			connect sk1mmr

			and of course drop the connections:
			disconnect sk0mmr
			disconnect sk1mmr

			Although bear in mind if you added the crontab entries, disconnecting them will only work until the crontab fire the next connect command, so you would need to remove or comment out the two lines in the crontab file to permanently disconnect.

Dxcadmin at 19:19, 19 February 2025

2025-02-19T19:19:58Z

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	'call:' 'sk1mmr'		'call:' 'sk1mmr'

	~~The~~ in your crontab file:		Then in your crontab file:
	/spider/local_cmd/crontab		/spider/local_cmd/crontab