Specifications
Web Cluster's spots
Once a page of spots has been loaded, the program offers various functions for each spot.
Significance of the icons and filtering
An icon is assigned with each spot. This icon can be seized with the mouse to initiate a drag
and drop operation. Moreover its appearance informs summarily about the status of the
corresponding country (QSL) related to the DXCC Award.
new one : the country is not confirmed in any mode (or any band)
needed (new mode or new band): the country is already confirmed but not in this band or
this mode (1)
confirmed : on this band (but not in this mode) or this mode (but not on this band) (2)
confirmed +IOTA detected (3)
spot of the DX Trackink list (unfiltered) (4)
If Show all is NOT checked (default) and Country is confirmed in this mode AND this band, the
Spot is NOT displayed. If DE<5000km if checked, Spots send from more than 5000Km are not
displayed.
(1) according to your option ( Needed for) defined under Preferences/Terminal
(2) opposite condition of your option Needed for...
(3) If +IOTA is checked under Preferences/Terminal
(4) if +TRACKING LIST is checked under Preferences/Terminal and the callsign is listed in
the DX Tracking List.
Filtering options
Apart for a few specific Webcluster options defined from the WebCluster Preference tab, most of
the DX-Spots filtering options are set from the Preferences Terminal/Spots tab.
DXCC Award status
If Spot Status is checked in the Preferences, in addition to the assignment of an icon to the
new or confirmed countries, the program displays a more comprehensive (coded) information:
DXCC Column
The DXCC Award status for each spot is coded on 4 characters as follow : ABCD
A : Confirmed (C), Worked (W), New (N) for BAND
B : Confirmed (C), Worked (W), New (N) for MODE
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