[Dx4win] Is there a blacklist feature for Cluster spots?

[Kurt Zimmerman]

Thanks all for the info. I use DX4WIN and I can see how that could be a problem. 

73;
Kurt -W2MW

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On Jul 23, 2013, at 7:33 PM, Barry <w2up at comcast.net> wrote:

> Pete - I believe, until recently, they were from around the world, as the band and times made no sense for US stations - even for LPL antennas.
> 
> Kurt -  You are missing something.  Many of us keep DX4Win on in the background with an audio alert set for new band-countries.  It's very annoying when these spots alert us to something that doesn't exist in our part of the world.
> 
> Barry W2UP
> 
> On 7/23/2013 15:55, Kurt Zimmerman wrote:
>> What is a skimmer? I've seen W3LPL spots and if I'm on the band and hear the DX station I work him.
>> 
>> Am I missing something?
>> 73
>> Kurt - W2MW
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone4
>> 
>> On Jul 23, 2013, at 5:41 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr at contesting.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Not quite right, Jim - they are from NA Skimmers only, and for several months now, the location where the station was heard has been appearing in the Comment field
>>> 
>>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>> Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at
>>> http://reversebeacon.net,
>>> blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com.
>>> For spots, please go to your favorite
>>> ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node.
>>> 
>>> On 7/23/2013 4:51 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Andreas Junge N6NU wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Use the VE7CC “CC user” cluster filtering tool. There is a switch to turn on/off Skimmer spots.
>>>> Actually, they do not come in as skimmer spots.  CW Skimmer spots are
>>>> identified by -# at the end of the spotter callsign.  I have CW
>>>> Skimmer disabled, but still get the W3LPL spots.
>>>> 
>>>>> W3LPL has such a great antenna farm, I can't hear his spots even when they
>>>>> are from MD.
>>>> Spots arriving from W3LPL originate from CW skimmers all over the
>>>> world, not just in MD.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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