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like. The usage is explained in more detail in the <a
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href="https://git.ianrenton.com/ian/spothole/src/branch/main/README.md">README file</a>.
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</li>
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{% if telnet_server_enabled %}
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<li>You can use it as a traditional telnet-based source of spots, similar to DXSpider and other software, <b>in
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your desktop logging application</b>. To do this, set up your logger with the server address
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<code>{{ telnet_server_address }}</code> and port <code>{{ telnet_server_port }}</code>. You can also access
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it from a terminal with <code>telnet {{ telnet_server_address }} {{ telnet_server_port }}</code>.
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{% end %}
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<li>You can <b>write your own client using the Spothole API</b>, using the main Spothole instance to provide
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data, and do whatever you like with it. The README contains guidance on how to do this, and the full API
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docs are linked above. You can also find reference implementations in the form of Spothole's own web-based
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<p>Spothole can retrieve alerts from: <a href="https://www.ng3k.com/">NG3K</a>, <a href="https://pota.app">POTA</a>,
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<a href="https://www.sota.org.uk/">SOTA</a>, <a href="https://wwff.co/">WWFF</a>, <a
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href="https://www.parksnpeaks.org/">Parks 'n' Peaks</a>, <a href="https://www.wota.org.uk/">WOTA</a> and
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<a href="https://www.beachesontheair.com/">BOTA</a>.</p>
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<a href="https://www.beachesontheair.com/">BOTA</a>. It also fetches contest dates from
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<a href="https://contestcalendar.com/">WA7BNM Contest Calendar</a> and RSGB contest calendars.</p>
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<p>Spothole can retrieve solar and propagation condition data from <a href="https://www.hamqsl.com">HamQSL</a>, the
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<a href="https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/">NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center</a>, the <a
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href="https://giro.uml.edu/">Lowell GIRO Data Center</a> and <a href="https://prop.kc2g.com/">prop.kc2g.com</a>
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modify it however you like, you can claim you wrote it and charge people £1000 for a copy, I don't really mind.
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(Please don't do the last one. But if you're using my code for something cool, it would be nice to hear from
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you!)</p>
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<h4 class="mt-4">What commands are supported in the telnet server?</h4>
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<p>Currently, <code>exit</code>, and nothing else. Support for some DXSpider-like commands may be added to Spothole
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in due course, but at the moment if you want to add Spothole as a telnet cluster data source to your desktop
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logging application, that application must handle filtering itself.</p>
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<h2 id="accuracy" class="mt-4">Data Accuracy</h2>
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<p>Please note that the data coming out of Spothole is only as good as the data going in. People mis-hear and make
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typos when spotting callsigns all the time. There are also plenty of cases where Spothole's data, particularly
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