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<title>CQRLOG - DX Cluster Operation</title>
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<body><table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><img src="img/exc.png"></td><td bgcolor=ffffcc valign="top" align="justify"><strong><font color="red">WARNING!</font></strong> Backup your data often! BACKUP your log file at the end of ANY session! All what you need to backup and store in a safe place is the main log database cqrlog.fdb located in the /log_data folder.</td></tr></tbody></table>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><strong>CQRLOG for LINUX by OK2CQR & OK1RR</strong></div>
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<p align=center><img src=img/line.png></p>
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<a name="ah19"><h2><strong>DX Cluster Operation</strong></h2></a>
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<img src="img/h4.png" border="0"><br><br>
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There are two basic options - web cluster and usual DX cluster with
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telnet options. The web cluster is good for monitoring. There is no
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internal node setup, also you can't spot. CQRLOG downloads the spots in
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regular periods, there is a fixed interval only which cannot be
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changed.
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<br><br>Telnet cluster is fully featured. You can also set up your
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preferences on the node. The Command line box is used for all commands,
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settings etc. with one exception - the Tilde key (~, next left key to 1
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key) is used for spotting. The color coding and spot filtering is set
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up in the <a href="h1.html#ah11"><b>Preferences menu</b></a>. <strong>Connect</strong> to the cluster node by simple clicking the 'Connect' button. You should see the cluster node messages indicating the progress. Of course, you can enter any sommand into the 'Command' field (ie. SH/DX to display last spots, SH/U to see the users connected to the node etc.).
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<table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="2"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><img src="img/bulb.png"></td><td bgcolor="#ccffff" width="100%"><strong><font color="blue">Our tip:</font></strong> For nice looking cluster window, choose a fixed-width font. We prefer
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Monospace Regular or Onuava but also Courier works nicely. Apple's
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Monaco font is also very nice and has a slashed zero.</td></tr></tbody></table>
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<table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="2" width="99%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div align="justify">CQRLOG
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has some predefined cluster nodes, however you will probably need to
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set up a node of your preference. Click the 'Select' button and a list
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of cluster node appears (see below). Click there 'New' option. Another dialog appears (right). <br><br><img border="0" src="img/h18.png"></div></td><td valign="top"><img src="img/h19.png" border="0" align="top"><br><div style="text-align: justify;">Enter
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the description (mostly the callsign). The 'Address' can be either IP
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or the name (see examples in the list). The 'Port' is given by number.
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Both address and port number you can get from the lists of DX cluster
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nodes which are widely available over the internet.<br><br><font color="red"><strong>Remember</strong></font> to put your callsign into 'User name' field. This will enable the <strong>autologin</strong>. The 'Password' column should remain empty in most cases because only few nodes are password protected.
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<br><br>A detailed list of DX Cluster nodes is <a href="http://www.dxcluster.info/telnet/index.php"><strong>here</strong></a> (page created by Jim, AD1C).
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<a name="bh19"><h2><strong>Bandmap Operation</strong></h2></a>
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<img src="img/h64.png" border="0"></td><td valign="top"><div align="justify"><br><br>The main purpose of a bandmap is to gather most interesting info from two sources - DX Cluster and your personal notes. The bandmap combines a DX Cluster window with scratch pad memories available on many radios, however a band map is more comfortable by far - you don't need to manipulate with subtle buttons on the radio panel, also the transceiver does not indicate what is in the scratch pad memory. The band map is operated from the keyboard and shows all at a glance.
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<br><br>A valuable addition is the 'entries aging' option. If the bandmap entry is 'too' old, it changes the color and after another period it disappears. This is different from usual DX Cluster windows which displays details of stations you already worked, they are QRT or are not very interesting for you from another reason. A band map provides frequency-sorted and highly filtered details which doesn't roll away (like DX Cluster window does). There are two levels of filtering:</div>
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<ul>
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<li>Spot filtering set up for the DX Cluster window</li>
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<li>Additional band map filtering capable to filter out spots from momentarily unwanted mode, contries, zones or continents. CQRLOG has another filter allowing to watch spots of special interests, ie. you are waiting for an expedition etc. You can set up another filter showing spots only on the actual band (the band where the radio is on) and the actual mode (the mode the radio is on).</li>
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<div align="justify">You can add your own information by writing the call into logging screen in usual way (like logging). Then press <strong>Ctrl-A</strong> or the <strong>+ (plus) key</strong> on the numerical keyboard and the entry will be added to the band map. Your own entries are marked with an asterisk (here MD0CCE). You can return to the frequency anytime, the call will jump into its box in the same way like if clicked from the DX Cluster window. Click on any entry, you are on, prepared for QSO logging.<br><br>
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If the entry became older than the adjusted time, it is displayed in lighter color. Very old ones will disappear, also if you log the station, the corresponding entry disappears from the band map. The entries are always sorted by the frequency.
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<a name="ch19"><h2><strong>Xplanet support</strong></h2></a>
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<img src="img/h65.png" border="0"></td><td valign="top"><div align="justify"><br><br>There is currently no other function than DX Cluster spot displaying in true azimuthal projection with correct angles (azimuth) and distances. Alternatively, a map without projection, ie. the globe as seen from the space can be selected.</div>
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<a name="ch20"><h2><strong>Propagation indicator</strong></h2></a>
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<img src="img/h110.png" border="0"></td><td valign="top"><div align="justify"><br><br>There is a simple window providing propagation indices as provided by the NOAA Space Weather Center. CQRLOG does not include any propagation forecast module but keen users can estimate many parameters just from the supplied data.</div>
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<a name="ch21"><h2><strong>Additional notes to a callsign</strong></h2></a>
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<img src="img/h112.png" border="0"><div align="justify"><br><br>CQRLOG provides a virtually unlimited support of additional notes which can be attached to a particular callsign (ie. an electronic QSL, a map showing the position, text files with antenna details etc). Assumed that external viewers for the text, PDF, image (jpg, png, gif) and HTML files are <a href="h1.html#ch4">set up properly</a>, all these files can be displayed.<br><br>The main program tree contains the <strong>call_data</strong> subfolder where any callsign can have its own subfolder containing the files related to the call sign. The subfolder for a call sign must be created manually. If this subfolder exists, a special icon "Call has an attachment" appears at the bottom right corner of the <em>Comment to callsign</em> field in the main logging screen. Click this icon and another window <strong>Call attachment</strong> appears, showing the contents of the call sign subfolder. Highlight the file you want to view and either double click or use the View button to display the file. The number of call sign related subfolders in <strong>call_data</strong> is unlimited, also the call sign related subfolder might contain any number of files.</div>
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</td><td valign="middle"><img src="img/h113.png" border="0"><br><br><div align="justify">If the folder contains a file named "qsl_call_front.png" or "qsl_call_front.jpg" (must be .png or .jpg), another icon "Call has a QSL image" (ie. the ok2cqr subfolder contains qsl_ok2cqr_front.jpg). Click this icon and a QSL browser appears showing the front side of the QSL card. The "qsl_call_front.png" or "qsl_call_front.jpg" <strong>is a mandatory</strong> but there can be also reverse side of QSL card with the name "qsl_call_back.png" or "qsl_call_back.jpg". If this file is available, you can use the"Front" and "Back" tabs to display both sides of the QSL card.<br><br><img src="img/h116.png" border="0"></div></td></tr>
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