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I already read that document. It talks about the views in APRSdos and how to configure it to handle PacketCluster messages, but it doesn't explain the protocol syntax of the packets themselves.
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From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu> <br>
Date:10/15/2014 14:31 (GMT-05:00) <br>
To: TAPR APRS Mailing List <aprssig@tapr.org> <br>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Is DXCluster still used? <br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1f497d">The original APRSdos had DX cluster modes in it .</span></p>
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<a href="http://aprs.org/APRS-docs/DXCLUSTR.TXT">http://aprs.org/APRS-docs/DXCLUSTR.TXT</a></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1f497d">There might be something useful in there.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1f497d">bob</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org">aprssig-bounces@tapr.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org">aprssig-bounces@tapr.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrew P.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 15, 2014 2:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> TAPR APRS Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [aprssig] Is DXCluster still used?</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">If so, where can one find the radio protocol specification for it? I'm trying to get ready to support the Boy Scouts' Jamboree On The Air, and would like to have a way of finding them some "good" stations to talk to (not being an experienced
HF DXer myself). So I can use all the help I can get.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">I can see APRS packets that look like</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">>151803zDX: KV3B-2 14mi 313° 18:01 3857.05N 07652.41W</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">but how do I interpret this? Which station is the DX, and what frequency are they on?</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Are there other packet format within APRS for DXcluster reports? Are other non-APRS packet protocols for DXcluster documented anywhere?</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Thanks in advance.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Andrew, KA2DDO </p>
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