<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 9:54 AM, George K5KG <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:georgek5kg@aol.com" target="_blank">georgek5kg@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">In the menu: WtDxTelnet / Options / DxCluster properties / there is no DX Skimmer checkbox. Perhaps you mean the checkbox for CW Skimmer. If so, can you please explain the purpose of checking or unchecking this box? Also, please explain why checking the box would create the SKIMMER/QSY command error messages.</blockquote></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>I agree this CW Skimmer option in wtDxTelnet needs to be explained better. I'll try to update the Wiki some day.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>The CW Skimmer checkbox should never be selected unless you have an SDR and are running CW Skimmer on a PC in your shack, and you are connecting wtDxTelnet directly to that computer's local telnet server (e.g. localhost port 7300). Do <i>not</i> use it when connecting to a public RBN server or DX Cluster.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">The SKIMMER/QSY commands are special commands only recognized by CW Skimmer's telnet server, and only generated when the CW Skimmer box is checked. They tell CW Skimmer to move the cursor (in CW Skimmer) to a new frequency.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Then you can use CW Skimmer as narrow band scope (but it's not as useful as a P3, LP-PAN, etc.).</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">73,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div>Bob, N6TV</div></div></div>
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