The Dx-cluster is located in Vlaardingen and serves the nearby cities in the area "Rijnmond".

It's accessible via 1K2 packet radio at 430.975 Mc and 9K6 at 438.975 Mc with the callsign PI4CC
The packet controller is a TNC3S with two ports. The connection via UHF is a Yeasu FT-7200 and a dual band vertical @ 14 meter.

Acces via the internet telnet to: dxc.pi4cc.nl:8000 The port is 8000.
If you don't have telnet access you may try this java script www.pi4cc.nl/dxc
But if you are behind a proxy server the java client will not work. You can view the DX-spots here in HTML format.
And when you want the dx-spots on your mobile phone, use this link.

Beside the DX-cluster there is a packet node access point. For access info send an email to pc2a @ pi4cc.nl

A description of the cluster hardware:
A Virtual Server located in the UK with eight Xeon cores, 512 Mb memory and 20Gb hardisk space.
The operating system is Debian 5.0 (kernel 2.6.24) with Spider dx-cluster software. On the same VPS is the WWW server and email server for PI4CC.NL running.
The server has a uptime of 99.94% So you will not missed any DX-spot if you use DX-cluster PI4CC.

If you want more info on the use of the DX-cluster, follow the link. You will see the traffic, users, spots and propagation over a 1 year period.

The Dx-custer is 24 Hrs, 7 days a week online. If you're connecting via internet, you will need a program to TELNET in. The most log/contest programs have a telnet function build in. Look at the manual.

Here is the user-manual for the software used at PI4CC dx-cluster