ColorSpot

This script is a command line DX cluster client. It adds the following benefits to the default telnet stream:

displays the DX station's country
displays the DX station's continent
displays if the DX station uses LotW
downloads your LotW QSL file and marks all lines with countries that need to be confirmed
displays lines in different colors depending on the continent or band (user configurable)

Screnshot

ColorSpot needs Python 3 and the following libraries:

Furthermore, you need an account at LotW for some of teh features.

Before installing ColorSpot, please make sure that pip, setuptools and wheel are installed and up-to-date:

# python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

Finally, install ColorSpot with pip:

# python3 -m pip install colorspot

To update colorspot, execute the following command:

# python3 -m pip install --upgrade colorspot

execute the application with "colorspot"
colorspot creates a default config file and states its location (e.g. ~/.colorspot.ini)
adapt ~/.colorspot.ini to your needs. Important setting are:
- cluster/host and cluster/port: Change this if you want to use another cluster server
- cluster/user: Enter here your call sign
- lotw/user: Enter here your lotw user name (your call sign)
- lotw/password: Enter here your lotw password
- lotw/mode: Enter here the mode you would like to filter the QSL download from LotW
execute the application again with "colorspot"

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