iDXSpot
by
David Anderson
GM4JJJ
(formerly
known as iCluster)
Macintosh
(and Linux) DX-Cluster Telnet access made
easy!
- DX Spots announced by speech in phonetics (or plain).
- Connect to the worldwide DX-Cluster via the Internet easily.
- Calculates distance and bearing between Grid locators and sends Grid & distance.
- Hot buttons to see DX-Spots on specific bands.
- Both AR-Cluster and DX-Spider compatible
- Show DX location on Map using MapQuest.
- Editable Hot buttons.
- OS X Toolbar.
- Easy switching between favourite DX-Clusters.
- Link to TRLOG via serial port
Formatted
Spots
On
VHF particularily it is useful if a DX-Spot gives both Grid
Locators as well as the distance.
If
this is done in a consistent manner then analysis of radio
propagation can be more easily carried out by both humans
and computers. iDXSpot incorporates such consistent
formatting of DX-Spots.
iDXSpot
is
Shareware - you
can try it for free, once you purchase it, you will get
free upgrades, support and a code to disable the reminder
messages that will otherwise appear at regular
intervals.
In
order to let you try the software, the software is
not feature
disabled, however it will only run for a few minutes in
each session.
You
can purchase iDXSpot online on a secure server (all major
credit cards and PayPal accepted).
Go to the iDXSpot Purchase
Page
Download
it!
New
Universal Application for OS X only
Download iDXSpot X v1.2.5
for Mac OS X 10.1 to 10.5.x Universal Application -
Intel or PPC
For those still running Classic
Download iDXSpot v1.2.3
for Mac OS 8/9 only
Introducing
iDXCluster_linux
Download
iDXSpot_Linux for
Linux x86
iDXSpot
for Linux/x86 requires GTK+ 2.0 or better. Depending
on your
distribution
of Linux, you may already have this pre-installed.
However,
you
can download and install the GTK+ 2.0 libraries from
www.gtk.org.
You
may also find pre-built libraries from your Linux
distributor's homepage
Please note that I no longer have a Linux system available
for debugging so no support is possible for Linux
users.
iCluster
FAQ:
1.Where
can I find a list of DX Clusters ?
For
a list of clusters see:
http://www.dailydx.com/telnet2.html
2.
When
I start iDXSpot I get an error about a missing 'speechlib'
and cannot continue.
This
is because you do not have the Apple Speech Manager
extension installed in your system.
Install
Apple's speech software for your system. This is fixed in
the latest release of iDXSpot.
3.
In
the Preferences there are Wanted DX and Email tabs - what
do these do?
These
are planned features that are not yet implemented. You can
send a test email , but cannot as yet get automatic emails
when Wanted DX is spotted by iDXSpot.
4.
How
do I get the Voice to work in
Linux?
Sound in
Linux now works providing you have libsndfile
installed.
A
symbolic link libsndfile.so must exist in either /usr/lib
or /usr/local/lib and point to the library file for example
libsndfile.so.1.0.9, note that if you installed libsndfile
from an RPM rather from source, then you may not have the
libsndfile.so symbolic link, instead you may have
libsndfile.so.1 which will not work unless it is changed to
libsndfile.so
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