4M5DX Group Packet Cluster Node

La ejecución de este proyecto sin fines de lucro es posible gracias a la generosa contribución que radioaficionados alrededor del mundo hacen a nuestra organización.

Agradeceríamos mucho su aporte vía PayPal: 4m5dxgroup@gmail.com (por favor colocar en el asunto '4M5DX Cluster' + su indicativo)


O depositando a nombre de Asociación Civil 4M5DX / J-40127045-0 en: 

Cuenta Corriente N° 0114-0192-92-1920028612 / BANCARIBE

¡Muchas gracias!


This non profit project is possible thanks for the kind support of all of you around the world.

Please donate via PayPal: 4m5dxgroup@gmail.com (with the subject '4M5DX Cluster' + your callsign)

Many thanks!


Contribuciones / Donors - 2015:

Venezuela:

YV5RED - Rafael Gianni, YV5TX - José Manuel Robaina, YY5ARM - Alfonso Robaina, 

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Currently running with DXSpider, ver. 1.55 on Linux

Telnet to 4m5dx.no-ip.org on port 7300 (online 24/7)


Also you can check any info, update or online/offline state with:

@4m5dxgroup  / 4M5DX Group's Twitter Profile


This service runs on a CuBox-i4Pro (SolidRun)

Este servicio funciona en un CuBox-i4Pro (SolidRun)

At this time, the connected nodes are: / En estos momentos, los nodos conectados son:


Main Nodes connections/ Nodos Principales:

4Z5LZ-2
IT9WDY-6
LU9DA-6
ON0DXK-5
VE9SC


Secondary Nodes / Nodos Secundarios:

HA5DI-5
K1TTT
EI7MRE
9A0DXC
IR5PWJ-6
BD7RV
N3MEQ-2


You can see the nodes connected all time typing link where you are in / Usted puede ver los nodos conectados en cualquier momento tipeando la palabra link, una vez usted haya ingresado al sistema.

This a project of our non-profit Venezuelan Amateur  Ham Radio Organization, The Sysop is our YV5TX - José Manuel Robaina.

A DX Cluster is a packet node where DX chasers on any band or mode can post rare or interesting stations that they have worked or heard. Of course other people are doing the same thing too, so you can find new DX as well as telling others about the stations you have worked. Clusters tend to be linked to each other so that the amount of people using them is increased, thereby increasing the amount of posted DX. Other information can be found on clusters such as on-line call books, mail etc. You can talk to other stations connected to the cluster network too, in real time, whether at the node you are logged into or on another node connected to the network. You can also use converse mode, where several stations can talk to each other in the same way. Of course, the DX is still posted to you all the while!

Our new system runs with a DXSpider (with Linux installed in the CuBox-i4Pro SolidRun). PacketCluster nodes have been around since roughly 1985. The original PacketCluster idea came from Dick Newell, AK1A, and ran under DOS. In about 1992 Dick stopped the development of the PacketCluster software for amateur radio. Many systems are still using this relatively old DOS software today.

There are several new compatible cluster programs around now, including DXSpider. DXSpider is a clone of PacketCluster software that runs under several operating systems including Linux and Windows. Linux is fast becoming the choice for amateur radio stations because of it's flexibility, reliability and the lack of the memory limitations of DOS. Linux supports multitasking and is also multiuser. It has support for AX25, ROSE, NetROM and TCPIP built in, making it the ideal choice for amateur radio. It is also totally free!

DXSpider was conceived and begun in 1998 by Dirk Koopman, G1TLH as an exercise in perl programming. It has developed rapidly and today is a very powerful cluster program. It was designed to be totally compatible with the AK1A program, although several commands have been extended to improve functionality.

The DXSpider User Manual v1.51

DX Cluster Resource Connection