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

[Mark Beckwith]

I like slack and don't mind having it on my phone, but wouldn't that 
mean people who post spots would have to post them in two places? If not 
that then I am asking someone to automate a process. _I don't want to 
ask that_.

I don't like get my standard high-traffic 24/7 email on my phone. That 
is for young people!  What I can do is set up a special email address 
and a random email app so that I only get the emails that are from this 
group.  I think that would give me happiness without asking any of you 
all to do anything besides adding a new email address to this group.

Thanks for getting me to think in that direction.  Good solution. 
Looking forward to seeing you in more CW pileups.

73 - Mark N5OT


On 2021-09-22 8:57 AM, Kim Elmore 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-----
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>>> 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
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