New! Add A POTA Spotting Cluster To Your Logging Software!

[@MyHamRadioJourney]

Thank you so much for this video. My default DX cluster stopped working, and I usually work POTA, and this is perfect! Man, this will save a lot of time logging. All the best. I hope to work with you on the air sometime. 73s

[@WildeGreg]

Great information as usual. I'll be adding this tomorrow to my logging software. Great catching you on the radio the other day.

[@shannonestep5506]

Wow, love it. Works very nicely with N3FJP. Thanks Mike.

[@Oscar-W6PNQ]

How do you add to N3FJP

[@donjennings2975]

Works in LOG4OM, Thanks !!!

[@JBryant1981]

That is awesome since I use Log4OM. Now I will have to learn how to use more features of the software.

[@jwilly5336]

How did you get the configuration in log4om?

[@LeeMcc_KI5YPR]

That just made clusters interesting for me. Thanks, Lord Tube. 👍

[@hamradiotube]

You bet!

[@Sean-AI7EQ]

Added this to HRD Logbook DX Cluster. Agree it does show some off spots but much better than nothing! 73

[@adamjones8218]

Nice to see a purpose built POTA cluster for multiple modes. I've been doing most of this with Gridtracker and FT8 connected to Log4OM for a few years SSB/Phone or CW is a different ball game. To get POTA only I have to set a filter in Gridtracker. WSJT-X Log4OM and Gridtracker all communicate and when someone pops up POTA in grid tracker (FT8) I click on them or in WSJT-x and when complete it logs to Log4OM.

[@BradSnyder1]

Pretty cool! Thanks for sharing Mike!

[@hamradiotube]

Any time!

[@HAMFunko4pdi]

Good one Mike. I am adding it to my HRD log. I just have to figure out how to see only the POTA when I want to hunt. I'll let you know how it works out. Thanks.

[@ravanture]

There is a specific command for this dxspider node that let you set filter only for POTA spots. Once you are logged in it will be displayed in the welcome message.

[@AndreaTimpy]

Users that are not interested in receiving the general spot, but only want to see the POTA spots, can easily configure a filter executing this command on the telnet terminal while connected to my node: "ACC/SPOTS INFO -POTA-" (without quotes). or they can configure a filter in their logging software by allowing only spots with the tag [-POTA-] in the comment field of the spot. This is well explained in the welcome banner you receive after connecting to the node.

[@HammockRadio]

This is awesome! Thanks for the heads up!!

[@hamradiotube]

You bet!

[@jerryKB2GCG]

Looks awesome!

[@ve2zdx]

Very nice info to know. Thanks, 73!

[@aa3konthego]

Looks handy. There is an extension for most browsers that will let you send the frequency from a POTA page spot through your logging program to your radio. Been meaning to set it up but haven't gotten to it. This may usurp that.

[@hamradiotube]

That sounds way more complicated, at least for a not so smart guy like me.

[@aa3konthego]

@@hamradiotube smart or not if I think it's complicated, it probably is! And the extension solution appears a little tricky. I would prefer to have a solution within my logger (DxLabSuite) that's only running when I intend to use it. I'll post the other solution here for reference.

[@unclemikeyplays]

Gonna have to try this with HRDeluxe next time I'm out!

[@robertbower9862]

Thanks works with QLog

[@hazer72]

Neat! It prompts for username and password if you don't do autoconnect... I thought they turned on credentials for a sec

[@K5QBF]

Very cool!

[@AndreaTimpy]

SOTA spots are now active in experimental mode, pls report any issue to sysop

[@GharacDurac]

you can do that with all clusters. Set a filter on a cluster of your choice and it works well. The so called "pota cluster" is connected to the dx network and you get a lot of non pota spots. Useless.

[@ravanture]

There is a specific command for this dxspider node that let you set filter only for POTA spots. Don't talk ahead of yourself. Nobody likes a know-it-all

[@todivefor47]

@@ravanture I tried that, but didn't work for me. I'm no dxspider expert, so maybe I'm doing something wrong? filter1 accept info -pota- (this didn't come out right, hyphen pota hyphen) filter2 accept by_state dc,de,md,nj,ny,oh,pa,wv Peter, WB3IZU

[@kenyates7960]

This is freakin' awesome! ..de KI3N