[Dx4win] Grid format question in packet comment fields

[K2DBK - David]

It just seems like there are a lot of folks who do spot constantly (I 
can't tell you how many spots for N0LL/B I've seen over the last 
couple of weeks) and it gets to the point where I hear so much that I 
ignore things. (As I'm writing this, it's a perfect example; 6m seems 
to have a somewhat widespread opening, but about every 5th spot is a 
beacon, most of which have already been spotted, from the same grid, 
multiple times.)

On the other hand, when the band isn't known to be open, I do want to 
hear them, which is why I'd asked for the ability to make it optional.

Maybe a better capability would be a bit more flexibility as to when 
to audibly announce something, instead of the current system, where, 
for instance, a spot would still show in the spot window but wouldn't 
be announced if it met certain criteria. (e.g., if you're a DX 
hunter, any spot with /MM isn't going to help, so you might not want those).

73,
         David, K2DBK

At 02:22 PM 8/9/2008, Robert Naumann wrote:
>David,
>
>Just curious about your beacon comment... since there are times when the
>only signals on 6m are beacons, why wouldn't you want to know?
>
>Of course, spotting beacons when the band is wide open is just poor judgment
>on the spotter's part.
>
>73,
>
>Bob W5OV
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>On Behalf Of K2DBK - David
>Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 12:07 PM
>To: Paul van der Eijk
>Cc: DX4WIN Reflector
>Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Grid format question in packet comment fields
>
>Paul,
>          One other thing, as long as we're talking about these types
>of spots. I've got a feature request: I'd like to have it so that
>"beacon" spots (optionally) aren't announced.  It's pretty common to
>see stuff like:
>
>DX de VE7SKA:    50068.0  W7RV/B       CN88GT<ES>DM35                 1654Z
>
>          and while it's sometimes good to know, personally I don't
>find it all that useful to "hear" the beacon spots.
>
>          As far as I can figure out, this can't be done currently by
>tweaking the spot patterns, but please let me know if I'm wrong.
>
>          Thanks,
>                  David, K2DBK
>
>At 12:02 PM 8/9/2008, Paul van der Eijk wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm trying to recognize more grids like:
> >em40>dn70
> >
> >I understand that em40 is the 'needed' grid.
> >
> >But what about the following:
> >EM63(ES>DM81
> >
> >I do not understand the meaning of the left parenthesis; does it
> >imply EM63ES as the needed grid?
> >But I see also:
> >DM03(>DN30 and
> >IN78RI(TR>IN53RE
> >
> >--Paul
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