[Dxspider-support] Needs Data base on DXSpider?

[Wayne]

  Hi Dirk,

This is a description from the AR Cluster Manual...


    DX Needs Database and Filters

AR-Cluster includes a DX Needs database which can be used to track the 
needs DX country needs of node users. Spot filtering can also be applied 
to only show the DX spots based on your country needs. The SET/FILTER 
NEEDS command is used to set your needs. User needs can be set on each 
of the three operating modes of CW, SSB and RTTY. If the first character 
in the filter command is a “*+*”, the data is appended into the needs 
list, if the first character in the filter is a “-“ data is removed from 
the list, otherwise the existing list is overwritten. Needs countries 
prefixes are based on the ARRL.CTY country list. Examples:

*set/filter** dxneeds/ssb 3d2/r,3y/b,bv9p,jd/o,jd/m*

*set/filter** dxneeds/rtty r1mv,sv5,t33,zk1/n*

*set/filter** dxneeds/cw r1mv,sv5,t33,zk1/n*

*set/filter** dxneeds/cw +r1fj,vp8/h,jy,zs8,vu4,vu7*

*set/filter** dxneeds/cw -vu4*

You can activate and deactivate the display of spots based on need with 
the following commands:

*set/filter** dxneeds/off*

*set/filter** dxneeds/on*

You can display your stored needs list with the command:

*show/filter** dxneeds*

You can display your stored needs list with the command:

*show/filter** dxneeds*

You can also query the needs database looking at the needs of other 
stations or a specific country prefix. You may also specify a mode 
qualifier (CW, SSB, RTTY) to just show the needs for that mode. Examples 
follow.

You can show the needs of another station with the following command:

*show**/ need k1ttt*

*show**/ need/ssb k1ttt*

You can show all stations that need the Marshall Islands with the 
following command:

*show**/ need V7**

This was also used to help buddies on the local node get a LL if one of 
the needs listings showed up. It is mostly useful to folks that only 
need a few more entities for Nr 1 Honor Roll ETC.


Thanks for the Interest.

73

Wayne WA1PMA




On 4/11/2011 3:03 PM, Dirk Koopman G1TLH wrote:
> On 11/04/11 22:53, Wayne wrote:
>> I'm wondering if anyone has gone through the exercise of setting up a
>> "needs list" database on DXSpider?
>>
>> If so I'd like to hear how you did it as we have some users that would
>> like to have it available locally.
>>
>
> Could you explain to me (a non-dxer) what it is that you want here? 
> Can you point me at an example (or two).
>
> Anybody else interested in this?
>
> Dirk
>
>