AR-Cluster Node

The KQ8M AR-Cluster node is a telnet only node.

To access the Cluster node use one of the following addresses: kq8m.no-ip.org or dameon.ath.cx

The node has various telnet ports for various types of connections. A list of ports and their uses is below:

Use	Port
User Telnet with CWSkimmer	23, 7373
User Telnet without CWSkimmer	7374
ARC V6 Server	3607
ARC V6 Client App	3608
ARC V4 Active	3605
ARC V4 Passive	3606

For any problems please contact the sysop, Tim, KQ8M at kq8m@kq8m.com,

The CWSkimmer used on my node is a series of Software Defined Radio receivers along with the CWSKimmer decoding software. These receivers are designed and distrubuted by Tony Parks, KB9YIG. I have one for each of the HF ham bands excluding 60m. These Skimmers are not at a contest station nor is it on the east or west coast with very great propagation. What you see from my Skimmer spots are spots that can be heard by any station not just a select few. This and the Skimmer spots from W8WTS are the only skimmer nodes connected to my server so you will not be overrun with a lot of duplicate, triplicate, quadruplicate, or more skimmer spots.

ARCluster Commands

Using ARCluster Commands

When issuing commands such as SH/DX the '/' is no longer required. The 'SH DX' command now needs additional qualifiers to work correctly. These qualifiers are as follows:

Call
Call spotted
Freq Operating frequency
Spotter Call making the spot
Cont Continent
Cty
Country
State State
CqZone CQ Zone location
ItuZone ITU Zone location
Band Band
Mode Operating Mode
SpotterCont Spotter’s Continent
SpotterCqZone CQ Zone location of the spotter
SpotterItuZone ITU Zone location of the spotter
SpotterNode The node the spot originated from

Examples:
SH DX CTY=5U will show you spots for the country of 5U.
SH DX CALL=KQ8M will show spots of KQ8M
SH DX SPOTTER=KQ8M-8 will show spots from KQ8M-8. Important. The SSID must be added in the command.

Filters

Here I will attempt to give some useful filters for the cluster. When you enter a filter it will automatically overwrite what you may have already set. Ex. If you had NOSKIMMER not already set then you will have to add AND NOTSKIMMER to your new command. A good idea if you want to use different filters for different reasons such as ARRL DX , Sweepstakes and so on, then log in with a different SSID and setup each log in for separate filters. Such as KQ8M for day to day spots, KQ8M-2 for ARRL DX, or KQ8M-3 for Sweepstakes.

To receive only spots from US and Canada use the following:

SET DX FILTER (SPOTTERCTY = K AND SPOTTERCTY = VE)

To receive spots of stations outside of your country then use:

SET DX FILTER CTY <> "your country"

(SET DX FILTER CTY<>DL)

You can then combine them for multiple countries such as:

SET DX FILTER (CTY <> K AND CTY <> VE)

To receive only US/VE spots excluding spots of US/VE stations use the following:

SET DX FILTER (CTY <> K AND CTY <> VE) AND (SPOTTERCTY = K OR SPOTTERYCTY = VE)

You can add AND SPOTTER <> "callsign" if you would like to eliminate any spots from any particular station. Yes the full call is definitely needed including the -"#" if there is one.