Dave, Is that script available somewhere on your website?
Rob KC2VIC On Fri, May 4, 2018, 4:39 PM Dave Cole (NK7Z) <d...@nk7z.net> wrote: > Wayne, > > I have a script Perl that scrapes my DX cluster, (will work with any DX > cluster), then announces when, and what bands are open, via an MP3 file > played on my home PC, for each band, based on how many spots from zone 3 > are sent from DX stations to the cluster nets... Works every time on 6 > meter openings... > > 73s and thanks, > Dave > NK7Z > https://www.nk7z.net > > On 05/04/2018 10:53 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > For most of the year 6 meters seems catatonic, at least to those of us > with mortal-scale antennas. But then there are times, like right now, where > a magic mirror appears in the sky, capriciously reflecting signals all > other place. It’s called “sporadic-E.” > > > > When the magic is happening, even those with modest antennas, tuned for > 6 meters or not, can get in on the fun. What I do is park my K3S or KX3 at > 50.125 USB with the squelch turned on, in case someone starts calling CQ > above the noise. > > > > With both rigs, you can turn on “CW-in-SSB” mode in the CW WGHT menu > entry, allowing you to either use SSB or CW as required. (A lot of > cross-mode happens on this band since QSB--fading--can come up without > warning, leading some ops to switch from SSB to CW to finish a QSO.) > > > > A great tool that has been mentioned here before is dxmaps.com, which > gives you a snapshot of activity on any band of your choice, or all bands, > or certain subsets. You can sign up to get alerts emailed to you when a > band of interest gets interesting. > > > > I’ve had multiple alerts each of the past several days -- ’tis the > season. > > > > 73, > > Wayne > > N6KR > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to d...@nk7z.net > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to kc2...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
