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DX Cluster - History

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Channel: Dan Vanevenhoven · 2014 · Science & Technology

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DX Cluster - History
Developed by Dick Newell, AK1A during the late 1980's, PacketCluster™ software became the most popular and exciting way for Ham Radio operators interested in DX'ing (working the world) to exchange DX-related information. Today, over 20 years later, the software is still in use, however many nodes are replacing this software with AR-Cluster™, and other DX cluster software including CC Cluster, CLX, Clusse, DX Spider, DxNet and others.

See the DX Cluster Node Software Directory.

One station is set up with DX PacketCluster and is linked to one or more other stations who have installed the software. These nodes when connected are called a cluster. Clusters are connected to other clusters, expanding the network. Individual users connect to the nodes on a frequency different from what the node stations are linked on. Users are capable of announcing DX spots and related announcements, sending personal talk messages, sending and receiving mail messages, searching and retrieving archived data, and accessing data from information databases, among other features.

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