Help and Information

Welcome to Spothole's help pages.

Spothole is a utility to aggregate spots from amateur radio DX clusters and xOTA spotting sites, and provide an open JSON API as well as a website to browse the data. (If that sounds like nonsense to you, start with the FAQ!)

Spothole is open-source software that anyone can run. The particular server you are using right now is run by an amateur radio operator with callsign S50CLX, and not by the oritinal developer of the software. This means that if you have any problems or questions about this server, you should in the first instance contact them before contacting the Spothole developers. See Privacy and Legal Information for details.

In the sections below, you can find more information about what Spothole is, and how to use it.

• About Spothole
• How to use Spothole
  • Using the Web Interface
  • Connecting from your Logging Software
  • Writing your own Client
  • Embedding Spothole in Another Website
  • Running your own Server
  • systemd Configuration
  • nginx Reverse Proxy Configuration
  • Running using Docker
  • Running your own DX Cluster Node
  • Multiple Cluster Nodes with Different Settings
  • Modifying the Source Code
• Supported Data Sources
• System Diagrams
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• API Documentation
• Data Accuracy
• Privacy and Legal Information
• Thanks