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

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On Wed, Sep 22, 2021, 8:58 AM Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> “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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