Bands Panel

The Bands Panel tracks DXCluster activity by Ham band. New DX spots close to the same frequency as older DX spots replace the older spots to prevent clutter.

The individual Band Slider controls can be used to tune the radio by band. If you hold down the Option key while dragging one of the Band Sliders, the frequency will snap to 1 kHz boundaries. If you hold down the Command key while dragging one of the Band Sliders, the frequency will snap to 5 kHz boundaries.

The Band Plan popup in the Station Prefs Panel will select one of the default band plans or your Custom band plan. Only spots matching your DXCluster filter criteria will be displayed.

Band Lights

If the Band Lights by Call check box is checked then the band lights will reflect the worked status of the last (Magenta) call displayed.

• The Show Bands Worked by DXCC check box in the Look Up Prefs Panel will show a green light above the Band Slider if you have worked the DXCC ID of the current call (Magenta) on that band before.
• Otherwise the green light indicates that you have worked the current call (Magenta) on that band before.

If the Band Lights by Call check box is not checked then the band lights will reflect the band worked staus of all the calls displayed in that band.

• The Show Bands Worked by DXCC check box in the Look Up Prefs Panel will show a green light above the Band Slider if you have worked all of the DXCC ID's on that band before.
• Otherwise the green light indicates that you have worked all of the QSO's on that band before.

The Mode Dupes Only check box in the Look Up Prefs will determine if dupes are qualified by Mode.

Spot Color Codes:

• Green √ - Worked this call before on any band.
• Magenta - Less than 10 seconds old.
• Red - Less than 5 minutes old.
• Yellow - Between 5 and 30 minutes old.
• Gray - Older than 30 minutes.
• Spots older than the Age DX Spots popup setting in the Map Prefs are removed.

Clicking on the callsign next to the spot does a lookup and changes radio frequency and mode.

Mousing over one of the displayed calls will display the call status in the status area above the band lights.