[SFDXA] An Alternative for alerting the Club on DX

[Pete Rimmel N8PR]

I find that the audio alert on Logger 32 work just fine...  Tells me if it 
is a new band or mode for any station I need.  And I can put in an 
individual call or prefix to be alerted to, as well

If I can't hear the laptop, chances are that I am not near enough the rig to 
work him anyway !

PeteR  N8PR

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ed Callaway
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 10:05 AM
To: SFDXA at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [SFDXA] An Alternative for alerting the Club on DX

No, they do not.  It's just an email to them.

Ed.

-----Original Message-----
From: sfdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:sfdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] 
On Behalf Of Sebastian, W4AS
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 9:13 PM
To: SFDXA at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [SFDXA] An Alternative for alerting the Club on DX

Thanks for the heads up on DXWATCH.  I didn't know they had that feature.  I 
went to login and forgot my password, and when I ask for a reminder via 
email, I never get it.

I sent them an email tonight, but in the meantime, do they charge for the 
SMS messages?

73 de Sebastian, W4AS



On Sep 10, 2012, at 12:01 PM, Ed Callaway <ed at sunrisemicro.com> wrote:

> I think the reason this type of thing is of only moderate interest is that 
> one has been able to get SMS DX alert messages for years, from any number 
> of cluster web sites.  On http://www.dxwatch.com , for example, it's easy 
> to set up alert filters for the DX entity, the spotting entity, band, and 
> mode; when a spot meeting your requirements appears, at text is sent to 
> your phone (or whatever email address(es) you desire).  One can, for 
> example, receive spots only for Swains Island activity on 12m CW, sent by 
> spotters in the US.
>
> Using one of these sites, one is immediately aware of DX activity on a 
> desired band or mode.  The question then becomes one of propagation to SFL 
> and, in my experience, the variation in station capability and local noise 
> is so great among SFDXA members that knowing that Norm or Bill or Dick or 
> Harry has heard a DX station is of little use.  Even when I was at 
> W4MOT -- not a pipsqueak station by any means -- frequently Norm would 
> spot DX that I could not hear (and, I hope, the reverse was true -- at 
> least occasionally :-) ).
>
> Frankly, while W4MOT was just down the hall from my office, I used the web 
> alerts to great advantage -- at the first DX spot, from any spotting 
> entity, I was off to the station like a shot, before the pile got too big 
> and the time away from my desk noticeable.  If I had to wait for someone 
> locally to spot the DX, rather than anyone anywhere in the world, I would 
> be waiting a long time.  Having a worldwide network of potential spotters 
> means that substantially no DX activity is missed, and the value of this, 
> in the minds of most, is greater than the knowledge that the DX is audible 
> to someone in the tri-county area.
>
> Ed N4II.

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