[Dxbase] VHF Packet Users?

[Crownhaven]

Understand.....thanks for the explanation.  BTW, thanks again for 
tackling this project.  We appreciate it.  I am an annual buyer when 
there is an annual product to purchase.

Steve, N4JQQ

Neal Campbell wrote:
> The only advantage to multiple Internet DXCluster capability is that 
> sometimes clusters go down (mine goes down abt every 3-4 months and 
> its usually because of my cable service or a bad power outage). Having 
> 2 connections means you should always have a connection (unless its 
> you who loses the internet connection). More than 2 really isn't 
> needed and as a DXCluster sysop I would not impose that capability on 
> other sysops.
>
> I could consider a list as proposed where if you fail on the first 
> one, it goes to the second one, etc. That way you would only have 1 
> connection but you could define the clusters you want to go to when 
> the primary fails.
>
>
> Neal Campbell
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> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Crownhaven <crownhaven at bellsouth.net 
> <mailto:crownhaven at bellsouth.net>> wrote:
>
>     Neal, what would be the advantage of having two Internet DX
>     Cluster connections?  I think they are all synched together and
>     pretty much provide the same spots.  I might be wrong but that is
>     my understanding.  It will be interesting to see how many users
>     still get their spots via RF.  I just quit using an RF cluster
>     here but it might be nice to have the option when they "take out
>     the Internet."  :))))))  Of course, the whole backbone would be
>     gone too so maybe this whole discussion is moot.
>     The "auto reconnect" is VERY important.
>     Steve, N4JQQ
>
>
>     Gene Shablygin wrote:
>
>         Last time I used VHF packet cluster was 10 years ago. So will
>         not miss it at all.
>
>         Two internet clusters is a good idea. However, more important
>         thing is an "auto reconnect". If the internet connectivity is
>         lost even for a short period of time, the cluster drops the
>         connection, but DXBase still thinks that the connection is OK.
>         I think that if DXBase Packet Cluster interface does not
>         receive any reply for 2 or 3 "stay alive" requests, it should
>         try to disconnect and reconnect.
>
>         Another feature which I would like to see -- ability to
>         connect to another cluster from the list of predetermined
>         ones, rather than just returning error, in case a cluster is
>         not available.
>
>         73 W3UA
>
>         Neal Campbell wrote:
>          
>
>             I just wanted to get an indication from you about your
>             usage of VHF for
>             packet clusters. I know that almost every sysop I know
>             (myself included)
>             have shut down their VHF ports a long time ago but there
>             are some still
>             offering the service.
>
>             The reason I was asking was that I was considering moving
>             towards allowing 2
>             internet DXCluster connections instead of 1 VHF and 1
>             Internet. How does
>             this affect your operation?
>
>             73
>
>
>             Neal Campbell
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