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59 lines
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# DX Cluster and Spots
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## Servers
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Add multiple cluster servers (Settings). They auto-reconnect; one is the
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**master** used for sending commands. A quiet node is not treated as a dead one
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— silence keeps its session, login and filters. The Cluster tab and the
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Main-view cluster pane share the same live feed.
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## Filter sidebar
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A show/hide **filter sidebar** (shared by the Cluster tab and the Main pane):
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- **Callsign** search, **hide worked**, **group duplicates**.
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- Filter by **band / mode / status / source**, plus **NEW POTA** and
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**NEW COUNTY** chips.
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## Per-spot status and tuning
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Each spot is coloured by **status** relative to your log:
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- **new** (entity never worked), **new-band**, **new-mode**, **new-slot**,
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**worked**.
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- Settings → General → **Group digital modes as one (DXCC-style)** makes
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FT8/FT4/RTTY/PSK count as a single Digital mode for the colouring and the
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matrix badges, matching how DXCC counts.
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Click a spot to **tune the rig** (fills the callsign into the entry strip). A
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multi-band **Band Map** shows panadapter-style strips per band — its CW / data
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/ phone sub-bands use their own colour-blind-checked hues, and **Ctrl+↑ /
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Ctrl+↓** jumps to the next spot above/below the current frequency and tunes it.
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**POTA** spots are tagged with their park reference (via `api.pota.app`).
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The entry strip's band matrix can also show the **ClubLog Most Wanted rank**
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(Settings → General): an `MW #rank` pill next to the entity name, personalised
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to your callsign, refreshed daily.
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## Sending a spot
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Use the **Send Spot** window to announce a DX spot on the master cluster:
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callsign + frequency + a message. The frequency defaults to the **live CAT
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frequency** (full resolution, including sub-kHz).
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## Spot alerts
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**Tools → Alert management** — Log4OM-style alert rules on **call / country /
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band / mode / spotter**, with **sound**, **visual** and **e-mail** notification.
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Active alerts appear as a discreet bell in the entry strip; click it for the
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list.
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## External spot sources
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A **DXHunter** remote-call UDP packet fills the callsign, and when it carries
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`<FREQ>` and `<MODE>` it also tunes whichever CAT backend is active. See
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[[Settings and Data]] for the UDP configuration.
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See also: [[Maps and Antennas]] for turning the beam to a spot.
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