[Dxspider-support] DX spot message format (PC11?)

[Martin Davies G0HDB]

I guess this is a question predominantly for Dirk...

The original PacketCluster(tm) specification for the PC11 DX spot message shows a 
message format of:

PC11^DXfreq^DXcall^date^time^comment-txt^user-rprt^origin-node^hops^~

However, when I look at the data in one of the daily spots log files, eg. 173.dat, I see that 
instead of there being two separate fields for date and time separated by a ^ as shown above 
there's a single field that contains 10 numeric characters, eg. ^1624406340^.

Does DXSpider still use the old-style PC11 message to disseminate spots or has PC11 been 
superseded by a newer protocol message?  In either case, how does the 10-character 
numeric string represent the date and time of a spot?

73, and thanks in advance,

-- 
Martin G0HDB (sysop of GB7DXC-5)


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