Using the Launcher and Email Alert.

When using the DX Cluster system, you have to remember that in many cases, they loose there connection with the other areas during the weekends and big contest due to huge amount of data going through them. To keep your spots flowing, you can connect to a few in different parts of the world. This will give you the spots as soon as the station is heard, and allow you a better chance of working the station before the pileup gets too big.

While connecting to multiple clusters, to prevent disconnects from using the same callsign, use a different ssid on each of them, such as WD4NGB-1 and WD4NGB-2, on the different ones. This is done in the Session, Site List, cluster selected, Edit, Edit Script. In the line /S edit the !!!$$$$, and add- 1, and on others, -2, then, -3, etc and save. Should look like this, !!!$$$$-1, etc.

Make sure to do this to each one you are going to use, then test the connection of each cluster by its self, prior to using them all together with the Launcher.

Make a link and Icon targeting,
C:\DXTelnet SSB\Launcher\launch.exe

This is the Launch.txt file that launch several DX Cluster nodes. Make sure you test each site separately first.

The last things are to set this up to direct DXtelnet to send the DX Spots to my loging program of DX4Win. Here is where that is done. Other Log Programs are done similarly.

The Spot Feeder will open this window, and if you configured the link information correctly, you will see the spots here, that are being fed to DX4WIN Log.

Below is what is needed to be done in DX4WIN Preferences, under Packet1.

You can use the same procedures, and make custom launch applications for other uses, such as using RTTY. You would set up the filters for the frequency areas for each band, that the RTTY is used in. You can set up for any band, or combimation of bands. Some mornings I will use my 40m only launcher, so I can concentrate on picking up a few missed ones. Have fun, amd Good DX.
73, Bruce WD4NGB

Links on how to feed DX Cluster Spots to more Log programs using DX Telnet

Swiss Log

Write Log

VQLog

TR Log

Using the information shown above, you can use DX Telnet to feed DX Cluster Spots to almost any log program.

Back to DX Telnet

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The last item in the Launcher is Email Alert. Here is how to set up the Email Alert. This will either Email you, or Text your Cell Phone an Alert, whenever any callsigns that are in your Alert File are spotted, and what frequency they are on.

This Works Great!!!!!

Here is a video of the Launcher being used.
1. To start the 4 DX Clusters.
2. Start the DXTelnet Spot Feeder to send
the spots to your logging program.
3. To start DX4WIN Log Program.
4. Starts the Email Alert, which sends ATNOs
to your Email, Cell Phone, or Both.

In the above setup, I have the sound in DXTelnet enabled, but Voice Spelling disabled. The little beeps you hear are the spots from DXtelnet, and at the end, the Battle Stations sound is from DXtelnet Alert app, which has several other wav files to chose from, including "New Country". When a callsign is spotted that is in the Alert app, it activates the selected file, and is also Voice Spelled. The Red Highlight is done in DX4WIN.

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If you previously had a Registered copy, and lost your code, I may be able to help you. Email me with your Call Sign.

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