DX Filtering

PacketCluster allows you to control which DX spots are sent to your terminal. This is done by filtering out the ones you do not wish to see. There are two advantages to using the DX Filtering feature. First, it does not burden you, the user, with spots that are uninteresting to you, such as those from a particular band for which you have no interest or antennas. Second, it reduces the amount of traffic on the channel, making the Cluster more responsive for all users.

DX filtering is done by band, mode and DXCC country prefix. Modes are either CW or SSB and bands include 160, 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10, 6, and 2 meters. The keyword ALL can be used for the band specification and for the DXCC prefix specification.

The general syntax of the filter command is:

SET/FILTER/mode/band=(x,x,x) DXCC-prefix(es)

Here are a few examples.

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2. Filter out the G, EA, F, and DL spots on 10, 15, and 20 meters on both modes:
3. SET/FILTER/BAND=(10,15,20) G,EA,F,DL or, alternatively,

   SET/FILTER/CW/SSB/BAND=(10,15,20) G,EA,F,DL

   If the mode is not specified in the command, it defaults to both CW and SSB.

4. Filter out all announcements for the 6 and 2 meter bands:
5. SET/FILTER/BAND=(6,2) ALL
6. Filter out G on all bands:

SET/FILTER/BANDS=(ALL) G

Remember that the prefix field is prefix, and not country, sensitive, so if you want no Japanese spots, you will have to specify JH, JH, JI, JK, JL, JM, JN, JO, JP etc. etc.