[Dx-qsl] Bad spots on DX Cluster Spotting

Thu Aug 10 21:10:15 EDT 2006

This sort of spotting has always been a PITA to me. I hate when someone 
will spot a DX then say he can't hear him.
Osten B Magnusson wrote:
>> I totally agree Tom, as I'm using VE7CC software, and these
> spots do start the alarm!
>> 73/DX de Osten SM5DQC sm5dqc at areteadsl.se
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom" <n4nw at n4nw.org>
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>>>> Has anyone else noticed that there has been an increased number of 
>> bogus spots on the DX Cluster as of late? What I mean about bogus 
>> spots are those spots -- like one yesterday for YJ spotting DX on 
>> 140000 but really announcing a 6.7 earthquake near Vanuatu.
>>>> It appears to me that more and more DX stations cannot be satisfied 
>> with the use of the announce command but post their announcements as 
>> DX spots. With the increase of this type of bogus postings the 
>> effectiveness of the Cluster for alerting will diminish.
>>>> With the notification abilities of VE7CC software, DX4WIN and other 
>> tracking packages these bogus spots further serve to set off the 
>> alarm of a DX station that really is not there. Actually, all it 
>> accomplishes is to alert everyone that another DX Cluster user does 
>> NOT understand the intent and appropriate commands of DX Cluster 
>> capabilities.
>>>> Just my opinion, I could be wrong.
>>>> 73's N4NW
>>>>>>>>>> Tom Gregory, N4NW
>> n4nw at n4nw.org
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