[OKDXA] Can I get DX Announcements on my phone?

[Kim Elmore]

“Back in the day” it was a telephone tree. Then a DX club’s repeater. Then packet clusters. Now it’s internet clusters. The issue for all of us is that HF propagation is remarkably local: Jeff often hears stuff I can’t. Sometime I hear stuff he can’t. 

A Slack channel is free and as long as everyone has Slack on their phone, that can send and get messages (spots). Would it get used? Maybe we’d see a positive feedback: the more it’s used, the more it’s used. 

Should we give it a try?

73 & CU in the PILEUPS,

Kim N5OP

"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith

> On Sep 22, 2021, at 7:31 AM, Jeff Martin <jeffk5we at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Mark,
>  Well the obvious easy solution would be to have email on your phone. Kim and I briefly discussed setting up a Slack channel. Slack provides an app for your phone. However, I wonder how much use it would actually get, would it be worth the trouble? This email reflector/list really has limited action, would a Slack channel be any different or better? What do you guys think?
> 
> 73,
> Jeff - K5WE
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mark Beckwith
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 6:36 AM
> To: Oklahoma DX Association
> Subject: [OKDXA] Can I get DX Announcements on my phone?
> 
> Hey Gents,
> 
> Stupid Newbie question.  Is there a phone app for these great DX 
> announcements?  Seems like when I check my email I read about everything 
> I missed.
> 
> Do I need to go back to carrying a 2M HT like in the 1980s?
> 
> 73 - Mark N5OT
> 
> 
>> On 2021-09-21 8:18 PM, Jeff Martin wrote:
>> He is on 24.911 now doing F/H. Pretty weak, but I worked him. Tnx for the
>> spot Coy. Have him on 6 bands now, all FT8. Anyone hear him on any other
>> mode?
>> 73,
>> Jeff - K5WE
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> On Behalf Of N5OK
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 7:04 PM
>> To: Oklahoma DX Association
>> Subject: [OKDXA] 3D2CR
>> 
>> On 12M FT8 NOT F/H  24.915  He is running around +5 to +10
>> 
>> Coy C Day, N5OK
>> 20685 SW 29
>> Union City, OK 73090
>> H(405) 483-5632 C(405) 448-2368
>> n5ok at arrl.net
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