[Dxbase] FW: DXBase Suggestion

Sat May 7 13:46:02 EDT 2011

Please go away.......
Steve, N4JQQ
Alan Leith wrote:
> If everyone would start to listen to their radios instead of staring at
> their computer screens and clicking on spots, ham radio would be a much
> better hobby than what it has become.
>> 73
>> Al, VE1AL
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Engle [mailto:n6pyi at bak.rr.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 1:20 PM
> To: 'Alan Leith'
> Subject: RE: [Dxbase] FW: DXBase Suggestion
>> Thank you for saying what I was thinking!
>> -----Original Message-----
> From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Alan Leith
> Sent: May 07, 2011 9:16 AM
> To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Dxbase] FW: DXBase Suggestion
>>>> And what's wrong with changing bands and using the tuning knob on your
> radio?
>> The next thing you're gonna want is a radio that will make the QSO for you,
> fill out the QSL and employ a robot to take it to the mail box.
>> 73
>> Al, VE1AL
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Crownhaven
> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 1:05 PM
> To: n8dc-8 at comcast.net
> Cc: dxbase
> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] DXBase Suggestion
>> Greg, Dave is right. We know that. I'm looking for "on the fly" as Dave
> says. 17 meters is open for example. I want to chase some band countries.
> I don't want to go to the trouble of sending the information to the cluster
> because minutes later I might see activity on 12 and want to look there
> too.
>>> Neal?
>> Steve, N4JQQ
>> n8dc-8 at comcast.net wrote:
>>> I think we all know that.. its just easier on the fly to do it with a
>>> mouse click ! 
>>> Its too bad when you do that the data coming thru DxBase doesn't 
>> change
>>> with CC user . 
>>> Simplicity i think was the reason on the original post . 
>> Dave N8DC
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Greg Engle" <n6pyi at bak.rr.com>
>> To: n8dc-8 at comcast.net, "dxbase" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2011 9:33:46 AM
>> Subject: RE: [Dxbase] DXBase Suggestion
>>>> You can do that right now with a simple command to your spotting node! 
>>>> Go here for all the filters/users manual 
>> http://www.dxcluster.org/main/
>>>>>> 7.1 Filters to accept spots based on frequency 
>> <http://www.dxcluster.org/main/filtering_en.html>
>> Syntax: accept/spot [0-9] freq <range>
>>>> or
>>>> accept/spot [0-9] on <range>
>> Important: as noted before, both freq and on are exactly the same and 
>> can be used interchangeably.
>> For range, you can specify a frequency like 7040, a range of 
>> frequencies like 0/30000 ( the whole HF spectrum) or use any of the 
>> band/region names defined in the SHOW/BANDS command (see above).
>> Examples... 
>> This will pass on a HF spots only from 0 to 30,000 kHz and dump all
>>> others. 
>>> accept/spot 1 on 0/30000
>> This passes on all spots in the frequency range 144000 -> 148000 kHz 
>> and trash all others.
>> accept/spot 2 freq 2m
>> This rule will only pass on spots on 6m, 4m, 2m, and 220 and reject 
>> all others.
>> accept/spot 3 on vhf
>> This rule will pass on all spots on the 160m, 80m, 60m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 
>> 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m bands and all spots on 70cm and 23cm bands only.
>> All other spots are trashed.
>> accept/spot 4 freq hf and freq uhf
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> On Behalf Of n8dc-8 at comcast.net
>> Sent: May 07, 2011 5:30 AM
>> To: dxbase
>> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] DXBase Suggestion
>>>> I agree as I do the same thing . I really like that feature in CC user . 
>> How about it Neal ? 
>> Dave N8DC
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Crownhaven" <crownhaven at bellsouth.net>
>> To: "DXBase Reflector" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2011 8:14:25 AM
>> Subject: [Dxbase] DXBase Suggestion
>>>> It would be nice to have a future in DXB, similar to CC User, that 
>> allows one to click on a specific band and only see spots from that 
>> band. Right now I can toggle back to CC User but it would be even 
>> nicer to have this ability and see the summary screen at the same time.
>>>> Steve, N4JQQ
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