+<H2><A NAME="ss12.11">12.11</A> <A HREF="usermanual_en.html#toc12.11">chat <group> <text></A>
+</H2>
+
+<P><CODE><B>chat <group> <text></B> Chat or Conference to a group</CODE></P>
+
+<P>It is now possible to JOIN a group and have network wide conferencing to that
+group. DXSpider does not (and probably will not) implement the AK1A
+conference mode as this seems very limiting, is hardly used and doesn't seem
+to work too well anyway.</P>
+<P>This system uses the existing ANN system and is compatible with both other
+DXSpider nodes and AK1A clusters (they use ANN/<group>). </P>
+<P>You can be a member of as many "groups" as you want. To join a group type:-</P>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+ JOIN FOC (where FOC is the group name)
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+</P>
+<P>To leave a group type:-</P>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+ LEAVE FOC
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+</P>
+<P>You can see which groups you are in by typing:-</P>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+ STAT/USER
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+</P>
+<P>and you can see whether your mate is in the group, if he connects to the
+same node as you, by typing:-</P>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+ STAT/USER g1tlh
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+</P>
+<P>To send a message to a group type:-</P>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+ CHAT FOC hello everyone
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+</P>
+<P>or</P>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+ CH #9000 hello I am back
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+</P>
+<P>See also JOIN, LEAVE, SHOW/CHAT</P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss12.12">12.12</A> <A HREF="usermanual_en.html#toc12.12">clear/announce [1|all]</A>