[Dx4win] Grid format question in packet comment fields

[K2DBK - David]

Hi Jay,
         I guess I'm not so much against folks spotting the beacons, 
I guess I just don't want to hear them announced all the time.  You 
may have a point about more spots=more open, but then again less 
spots might just mean that not as many folks are listening.

         David

At 03:44 PM 8/9/2008, Jay Hainline wrote:
>The reason for spotting the beacons is for mapping purposes. The 6m chat
>page that ON4KST has available also has a map that shows the various paths
>based on the spots from the clusters. Over time, you can tell where the
>sporadic e clouds are located and possibly linked together for multihop e's.
>This is very helpful for the 6m dxer. A side effect it seems is the more
>intense the opening, the more spots are placed on the cluster. Could be a
>sign of high muf towards 2m. :-)
>
>73 Jay
>
>
>Jay Hainline  KA9CFD  EN40om
>Colchester, IL
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>On Behalf Of K2DBK - David
>Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 18:43
>To: Robert Naumann
>Cc: 'DX4WIN Reflector'
>Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Grid format question in packet comment fields
>
>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
>
>
>
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