[Dx-qsl] Bad spots on DX Cluster Spotting

[Osten B Magnusson]

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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Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:31 PM
Subject: [Dx-qsl] Bad spots on DX Cluster Spotting


> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Just my opinion, I could be wrong.
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> 73's N4NW
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> Tom Gregory,  N4NW
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