[Dx4win] Problem with Spots showing in DX window

[Neal Campbell]

Karl

What are you using to set the filter commands, manually or via a
program? If manually or macro, let me know what it is so I can verify
its not my node!

73
Neal k3nc

On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Paul van der Eijk <pvandereijk at cox.net> wrote:
> Karl,
>
> Configure packet not to ignore the 'Gray' spots.
>
> Increase the spotting window capacity to a few hundred
>
> Clear the Prefixes/Zones for spotters
>
> Get a bunch of spots; they should be visible.
>
> Change the field Prefixes/Zones to something like: #3,#4,#5
>
> Note that this filters on the spotters, not the station being spotted
> and see what happens. When you sort the spots by priority, the
> changes become apparent and should be easy to verify.
>
> --Paul
>
> Karl Oyster wrote:
>>
>> Paul,
>>
>> I'm using K3NC (dx.k3nc.com), which is a VE7CCC-using node.  I have found
>> that when I have no filters set, the spots work fine. If, however, I have
>> the dx band-mode filter engaged, either to receive spots only from North
>> American or only from the New England area and down the Atlantic coast to
>> North Carolina, I get no spots showing up in the DX spotting window.
>>  Interestingly, when I have the band-mode filter and/or the filters to show
>> spots only from North America (or from the New England area), I still get
>> spots from foreign stations spotting either North American stations or
>> stations from other continents.
>>
>> I have had this problem in the past and I thought it was an issue with the
>> node, but it may not be the node -- I'm really not sure at this point.  I
>> have used the filters I have set up on other nodes and never noticed any
>> problem with them, so it's kind of a toss-up I guess.
>>
>> I hope this will help you to figure out what's going on.  Please let me
>> know what you find out.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Karl, K1KO
>>
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