Here is a quick and dirty page with the script in it.
https://www.nk7z.net/cluster-scraper-for-dx-opening/
It is well commented, but remember it is a work in progress, I am in the
process of switching from Zones, to Grids, as the trigger area, so a lot
of extra code is in it that appears to not do much...
Have fun. If you decide to take on the change over to maidenhead grids
let me know, I'll wait, and just get a copy of your version... If you
improve it, please let me have a copy of the improved code... I will
add a CC release to this version later this week. Our local club
meeting is this evening in about an hour, so I need to run...
It is NOT plug and play, you will need to look at the subroutine named
"cluster login", and change to your favorite cluster. There are a lot
of directory dependent things in it as well...
It will not take any more resources that a spotting program, while
connected to a cluster, but it will auto log back in forever, so you may
want to break that feature before you use it.
It also has my local IP address for my machine that runs the cluster.
Feel free to use:
nk7z-cluster.ddns.net:7373
as the cluster to test with... That is also a freely available cluster
for anyone to use... It is a reasonably well connected cluster...
Everything is globally declared, so there is a lot of space saving that
could happen... I want to get it running before I dress it up...
73s and thanks,
Dave
NK7Z
https://www.nk7z.net
On 05/04/2018 02:03 PM, Robert Felmey wrote:
Dave,
Is that script available somewhere on your website?
Rob
KC2VIC
On Fri, May 4, 2018, 4:39 PM Dave Cole (NK7Z) <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Wayne,
I have a script Perl that scrapes my DX cluster, (will work with any DX
cluster), then announces when, and what bands are open, via an MP3 file
played on my home PC, for each band, based on how many spots from
zone 3
are sent from DX stations to the cluster nets... Works every time on 6
meter openings...
73s and thanks,
Dave
NK7Z
https://www.nk7z.net
On 05/04/2018 10:53 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> For most of the year 6 meters seems catatonic, at least to those
of us with mortal-scale antennas. But then there are times, like
right now, where a magic mirror appears in the sky, capriciously
reflecting signals all other place. It’s called “sporadic-E.”
>
> When the magic is happening, even those with modest antennas,
tuned for 6 meters or not, can get in on the fun. What I do is park
my K3S or KX3 at 50.125 USB with the squelch turned on, in case
someone starts calling CQ above the noise.
>
> With both rigs, you can turn on “CW-in-SSB” mode in the CW WGHT
menu entry, allowing you to either use SSB or CW as required. (A lot
of cross-mode happens on this band since QSB--fading--can come up
without warning, leading some ops to switch from SSB to CW to finish
a QSO.)
>
> A great tool that has been mentioned here before is dxmaps.com
<http://dxmaps.com>, which gives you a snapshot of activity on any
band of your choice, or all bands, or certain subsets. You can sign
up to get alerts emailed to you when a band of interest gets
interesting.
>
> I’ve had multiple alerts each of the past several days -- ’tis
the season.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
>
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