[Dxbase] ROS

Tue Aug 17 07:05:42 EDT 2010

On Fri, 2010年08月13日 at 19:56 -0400, Dave ve3wej wrote:
> just another new digital mode

Not quite no..
ROS mode can only be done using the proprietary ROS software, there are
no published specifications on the various ROS modes and all the
development is being undertaken by one author who does not appear to
hold an amateur radio licence or engage in much dialogue with the
amateur radio community.
The lack of published technical specifications is enough to make the
legality of using the ROS modes very questionable in many
jurisdictions. 
The reason we are seeing so very many spots for ROS is not because it's
now far more popular than SSB but because most versions of the ROS
software generates DXSPOTS for all QSO's (and pretty much everything
heard too) automatically, without the user's knowledge or permission,
using the user's call sign.
 It does this via means of a number of hard coded cluster nodes, the
Author of the ROS software has never asked any of the DXcluster sysops
if it's ok.
The ROS software does not use spots AT ALL, the sole purpose of auto
spotting everything appears to be to make the ROS mode look (much) more
popular than it is.
In other words Cluster spamming 
I attempt to filter out ROS spots on my cluster so if you want a
(mostly) rosmode free dxcluster feed then you may try connecting to
EI7MRE, it's in the Dxbase cluster list 
ei7mre.ath.cx port 7300 
73
Brendan EI6IZ (sysop EI7MRE Dxcluster) 
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> From: "K2LS" <K2LS at TRIAD.RR.COM>
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> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 7:07 PM
> Subject: [Dxbase] ROS
>>> > Well,
> >
> > Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..
> >
> > I'm now seeing more ROS spots with ROS6 ROS 18 etc, in the text.
> >
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> >
> >
> > Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
> >
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > DXC.K2LS.COM
> > Spots from NA zones 1 - 8 Only
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73
Brendan EI6IZ