+sub send_dx_spot
+{
+ my $self = shift;
+ my $line = shift;
+ my @dxchan = DXChannel->get_all();
+ my $dxchan;
+
+ # send it if it isn't the except list and isn't isolated and still has a hop count
+ # taking into account filtering and so on
+ foreach $dxchan (@dxchan) {
+ my $routeit;
+ my ($filter, $hops) = Filter::it($dxchan->{spotfilter}, @_, $self->{call} ) if $dxchan->{spotfilter};
+ if ($dxchan->is_ak1a) {
+ next if $dxchan == $self;
+ if ($hops) {
+ $routeit = $line;
+ $routeit =~ s/\^H\d+\^\~$/\^H$hops\^\~/;
+ } else {
+ $routeit = adjust_hops($dxchan, $line); # adjust its hop count by node name
+ next unless $routeit;
+ }
+ if ($filter) {
+ $dxchan->send($routeit) if $routeit;
+ } else {
+ $dxchan->send($routeit) unless $dxchan->{isolate} || $self->{isolate};
+
+ }
+ } elsif ($dxchan->is_user) {
+ my $buf = Spot::formatb($_[0], $_[1], $_[2], $_[3], $_[4]);
+ $buf .= "\a\a" if $dxchan->beep;
+ $dxchan->send($buf) if !$hops || ($hops && $filter);
+ }
+ }
+}