[SFDXA] [FCG] Spot Source - What Do You Use?-Here's mine

[Arthur Burke]

I tend to use VE7CC even though I'm a DXLabs user. I must be too
thick-skulled - the filtering capability of VE7CC seems far easier for me
to figure out than SpotCollector.

Filtering out stations like W3LPL (his antenna farm can apparently hear a
gnat fart from the Congo!) and known "offenders" is pretty trivial in both
SpotCollector and VE7CC.

As a long-time DXer, I find my need for filtering and/or spotting to be
less and less as the count gets higher and higher. The intracacies and
nuances of SpotCollector seem less and less necessary. (Just my personal
opinion.)

Even for contesting, I tend to use VE7CC and link it to N1MM - again, the
filtering is a combination of more intuitive and just checking the
appropriate boxes. Of course, once it physically gets to the N1MM bandmap,
it's just a question of CTRL+DN ARROW (or UP ARROW) to get from spot to
spot (unworked spots, of course).

Art - N4PJ



On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Norman Alexander <npalex at bellsouth.net>wrote:

> Mike,
>
> I am currently using the same line-up as you are, but I have used these
> additional sources from time to time
> K1TTT
> AE5E=1
> W9ZRX
>
> I find the biggest  differences seem to be MODE variations which I guess
> depends
> on how the source has their band segments set.  However DXLab also reads
> the
> Comments or Notes and if the sender says RTTY or CW that takes precedent.
>  I try
> to block  W3LPL as I find  little correlation in his spots with what can be
> heard on the East Coast.
>
> If you can determine a consensus, or some identified benefit for one site
> over
> another please publish those results.
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Norm W4QN
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Michael Raskin <rask1553 at bellsouth.net>
> To: FCG Reflector <fcg at kkn.net>; SFDXA <SFDXA at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Mon, June 4, 2012 7:31:15 PM
> Subject: [SFDXA] Spot Source - What Do You Use?
>
> I asked this question several years ago, but many things have changed.  I
> am
> taking a poll to see what which Spot Source you are using for DX spots.
> When I was using DXBase, which only allowed of one spot source, I was using
> KN4F.  This past January, I switched my logging program to DXLab Suite
> (thanks to help from W4QN) which allows for connecting up to four spot
> sources simultaneously.  Thus, I am now using KN4F, VE1DXI, VE7CC, and
> DXSPOTS.com.  Just wondering what others are usingand what you like or
> dislike about it.  Watcha got?
>
> 73,
> Mike, W4UM
> Florida Contest Group
> Mid Florida DX Association
> South Florida DX Association
>
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