[DXBase] I found another use for filtering

[Ron Stordahl]

AR-Cluster provides such an amazing array of filtering options it's hard for
me to imagine what could be added.  But I have been surprised before.  See
http://dxspots.com where you can access my cluster and go through a
bewildering array of filtering options in the form of drop down lists.

Ron N5IN


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack" <jack@dxbase.com>
To: "FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com>; "DXBase List"
<dxbase@mailman.qth.net>; "Brendan Minish" <ei6iz@newsguy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [DXBase] I found another use for filtering


> The topic of filtering incoming spots to exclude this or that based on
> something in comments comes up from time to time.  We don't rule it out,
but
> there are many other things that occupy our time at the moment.  But more
> importantly, we also sometimes have to make a judgement call about this
kind
> of thing.  Specifically, is it the rightful role of a logging program to
> filter out data coming to it, or is it better for the data to be stopped
at
> the source on a per user basis( the cluster ).   It seems to us that this
> enhancement should be one that is taken up by the makers of the cluster
> software.  Not only does it help reduce unwanted traffic on the net or VHF
> connection, it also reduces unwanted traffic within the cluster software
> itself thereby making the cluster software less burdened.
>
> If we provided a filter for all the cases that have been mentioned, there
> would be a noticeable slowdown in processing incoming spots.  Nothing that
> couldn't be overcome, but in the end one does have to ask whether it is
> appropriate to do this after the fact rather than stopping it at the
source.
>
> Just our opinion,
> Jack
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brendan Minish" <ei6iz@newsguy.com>
> To: "FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com>; "DXBase List"
<dxbase@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 10:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [DXBase] I found another use for filtering
>
>
> > Spotting beacons is VERY useful for the 6m operator.
> >
> > For example If hear the beacons from, say Norway spotting the beacon on
> the
> > cluster system is likely to attract the attention of some LA operators
and
> > generate some activity on an otherwise dead band.
> >
> > being able to do advanced filtering of incoming spots would be nice but
> > there is already a work around for excluding beacons from the DX info
> pane.
> >
> > In the options menu alter the band mapping to exclude the beacon section
> of
> > the band(s) from the CW part of the bandplan and include it in the RTTY
> > part of the band (or just leave it out altogether?) and you can now use
> the
> > mode RTTY filter to exclude beacon spots
> >
> > 73
> > Brendan EI6IZ
> >
> > At 17:41 27/01/2003 -0600, FireBrick wrote:
> > >Lately, for some reason, some people on the clusters have become
enamored
> of
> > >spotting Beacons.
> > >Not sure what this does for the masses but it sure clutters up the
screen
> in
> > >a hurry.
> > >
> > >So please record my vote for an option to filter out Clusters spots
with
> the
> > >comment: Beacon
> > >
> > >And for the idiot that does this and can't spell, please include:
> > >Beacun.
> >
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