[Dx4win] Q: How to put Skimmer AND (telnet) packet spots in thespots window?

[Kostas Stamatis]

If you are talking abt spots generated from other simmers from yours, in 
clusters running ve7cc program (i think are called AR) the commands are:
set/skimmer  to turn on
set/noskimmer to turn off
73 kostas sv1dpi

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Dietrich" <N2TU at roadrunner.com>
To: "'Bud Semon N7CW'" <n7cw at cableone.net>; <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 1:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Q: How to put Skimmer AND (telnet) packet spots in 
thespots window?


> Eric,
>
> Are you talking about Skimmer spots generated by your Skimmer...or those
> from the clusters?
>
> 73
>
> Lou N2TU
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Bud Semon N7CW
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 6:24 PM
> To: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Q: How to put Skimmer AND (telnet) packet spots in 
> the
> spots window?
>
> One easy way is to log onto a Telnet cluster that has the Skimmer spots in
> it's output by default.  N7AZ.net does this.
>
> One problem I have with this scenario:
>
> I use the packet filtering in DX4Win so that only spots from zones 3 and 4
> are checked against the log.  I assumed that 80% of the time, I won't be
> able to hear the same guys as you East Coasters.  Since DX4Win deletes
> earlier spots for the same call, when T6AA is spotted by a west coast
> station and then immediately spotted again by an east coast Skimmer, the
> spot is grayed out and the alarm doesn't go off.  So I miss it - this
> happens a lot!  My final solution is that when I am in the shack but not
> tuning, I use a cluster without Skimmer spots.  When I am at the radio and
> tuning, I use a cluster with the Skimmer turned on.
>
> 73, Bud  N7CW
>
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Eric Rosenberg
> <ericrosenberg.dc at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> How can I have both Skimmer AND telnet packet spots in the spots window?
>> It seems as if I can have one or the other, but not both.
>>
>> Thanks & 73,
>>
>> Eric W3DQ
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