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<strong>KST4Contest</strong>
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<small>ON4KST Contest Client</small>
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<p><a href="/manual/en/">← Back to manual overview</a></p>
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<h1>DX Cluster Server</h1>
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<h1 id="built-in-dx-cluster-server" tabindex="-1"><a class="header-anchor" href="#built-in-dx-cluster-server">Built-in DX Cluster Server</a></h1>
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<p>🇬🇧 You are reading the English version | 🇩🇪 <a href="/manual/de/dx-cluster-server/">Deutsche Version</a></p>
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<p>From <strong>version 1.23</strong>, KST4Contest includes a built-in DX cluster server. It sends spots directly to the logging software whenever a direction warning is triggered.</p>
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<p><em>(Idea by OM0AAO, Viliam Petrik – thank you!)</em></p>
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<hr>
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<h2 id="what-is-the-built-in-dx-cluster-server-for%3F" tabindex="-1"><a class="header-anchor" href="#what-is-the-built-in-dx-cluster-server-for%3F">What is the Built-in DX Cluster Server For?</a></h2>
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<p>When KST4Contest detects that a station is requesting a sked from your direction and a QRG is known, it <strong>automatically generates a DX cluster spot</strong> and feeds it directly to the logging software’s cluster client / band map.</p>
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<p>The logging software then displays the spot in the band map. Clicking the spot sets the transceiver’s frequency and mode directly – without any manual typing.</p>
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<h2 id="setup" tabindex="-1"><a class="header-anchor" href="#setup">Setup</a></h2>
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<h3 id="in-kst4contest" tabindex="-1"><a class="header-anchor" href="#in-kst4contest">In KST4Contest</a></h3>
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<p>In Preferences → <strong>DX Cluster Server Settings</strong>:</p>
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<li>Enter the <strong>port</strong> of the internal server (e.g. 7300 or 8000 – must match the logging software).</li>
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<li>Enter a <strong>spotter callsign</strong> – <strong>this must be a different callsign than your contest callsign!</strong>
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<li>Reason: Logging programs filter spots from your own callsign as “already worked”. If the spotter uses the same callsign, the spots will not be displayed.</li>
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</li>
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<li>Enter the <strong>assumed MHz</strong>: For frequency references like “.205” in the chat, KST4Contest needs to decide whether 144.205, 432.205 or 1296.205 is meant. For single-band contests, simply enter the corresponding band centre. Full frequency references like “144.205” or “1296.338” in the chat are always correctly identified.</li>
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<h3 id="in-ucxlog" tabindex="-1"><a class="header-anchor" href="#in-ucxlog">In UCXLog</a></h3>
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<li>Configure a DX cluster server connection:
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<li>Host: <code>127.0.0.1</code> (or IP of the KST4Contest computer)</li>
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<li>Port: As configured in KST4Contest</li>
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<li>Password: can be left empty</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Use the <strong>“Send a test message to your log”</strong> button to test the connection.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="in-n1mm%2B" tabindex="-1"><a class="header-anchor" href="#in-n1mm%2B">In N1MM+</a></h3>
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<p>Similar settings:</p>
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<li>Host: <code>127.0.0.1</code> (or IP of the KST4Contest computer)</li>
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<li>Port: As configured in KST4Contest</li>
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<hr>
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<h2 id="how-it-works" tabindex="-1"><a class="header-anchor" href="#how-it-works">How It Works</a></h2>
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<p>A spot is generated when <strong>both</strong> conditions are met:</p>
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<li>A <strong>direction warning</strong> has been triggered (station is making a sked in your direction).</li>
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<li>The <strong>station’s QRG is known</strong> (read from the chat or manually entered).</li>
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<p>The generated spot contains:</p>
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<li>Station’s callsign</li>
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<li>Frequency</li>
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<li>Spot time</li>
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</ul>
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<p>The logging software can then display the spot in the band map and tune the TRX to that frequency with a mouse click.</p>
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<hr>
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<h2 id="multi-computer-setup" tabindex="-1"><a class="header-anchor" href="#multi-computer-setup">Multi-Computer Setup</a></h2>
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<p>If KST4Contest runs on a separate computer (not the logging computer):</p>
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<li>Host in the logging software: IP of the KST4Contest computer (not <code>127.0.0.1</code>)</li>
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<li>Same configuration as for the QSO UDP broadcast packets (see <a href="/manual/en/log-sync/">Log Synchronisation</a>)</li>
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<h2 id="tested-logging-software" tabindex="-1"><a class="header-anchor" href="#tested-logging-software">Tested Logging Software</a></h2>
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<li><strong>UCXLog</strong> ✓</li>
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<li><strong>N1MM+</strong> ✓</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Further test reports are welcome – please send by email to DO5AMF.</p>
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