CQCloud is operated like a tiny terminal: you type commands, CQCloud switches feeds, applies filters, and refreshes the map/table. Think of it as DX Cluster meets sci-fi shell.
Available commands
help— show the command liststatus— show current feed and staterefresh— reload data immediatelyall— classic DX feed (CW feed in your current build)pota [minutes] [band=..] [mode=..]— POTA list modesota [minutes]— SOTA list modeiota [minutes]— IOTA mode (keeps the map)radar [EU|NA|SA|AF|AS|OC|AN]— sets radar “spotter continent” filter
Examples
All (default)
allshows the main DX map/table
All + filters
all EUall mode=ft8all band=20m
applies continent/mode/band filters (depending on your backend fields)
POTA
potapota 15pota 30 band=20mpota 30 mode=ssb
list mode, map collapses/hides (by design)
SOTA / IOTA
sota 20iota 60
time window in minutes
TAB completion
Press TAB in the command input:
- If there is exactly one match, CQCloud auto-completes it.
- If there are multiple matches, CQCloud prints a short “Matches:” list in the terminal.
- Suggestions depend on the first word (e.g.
allvspota).
Radar
The “Radar” is a tiny propagation activity matrix, built from the last 30 minutes of spots. In your current build it is:
- Always CW feed (global, independent of UI band checkboxes)
- Always 30-minute window (fixed)
- Filterable by spotter continent:
radar EU,radar NA, … - Shows only bands with activity (so it stays readable)
Dot brightness indicates how many spots were observed for a given band/continent bucket.