[SFDXA] [FCG] Spot Source - What Do You Use?

[Chris Plumblee]

For CW contests, Skimmer is rapidly becoming essential. Either k1ttt (who
aggregates Skimmer spots into the regular spot feed)
reversebeacon.net(only Skimmer spots), or ve7cc (switchable among
Skimmer only, regular
spots only, or both, similar to k1ttt).

Depending on the size of your antennas, you can limit the states from which
you want to see spots on Skimmer.  When I'm operating from n4ww I find that
I can hear and work almost anything spotted by skimmers east of the
mississippi. From a more modest station, limiting the spot sources to w3
and w4 might make more sense.

Locally, wd4ixd runs a reliable node. For non-cw contests I use Pete's
cluster.

--
Chris Plumblee
407.494.5155
On Jun 4, 2012 7:30 PM, "Michael Raskin" <rask1553 at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> 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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