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Re: [CQ-Contest] DX Spotting Web Sites????

To: "K1TTT" <K1TTT@ARRL.NET>, "reflector cq-contest" <CQ-Contest@Contesting.COM>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] DX Spotting Web Sites????
From: "K0HB" <kzerohb@gmail.com>
Reply-to: K0HB <K0HB@ARRL.ORG>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 00:10:24 -0000
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>
> of course, that is the fastest and most reliable way to get spots.  Web
> sites are known to overload and slow down or crash during contests.  The 
> new
> dxsummit may be better, but the old one often had problems.  The telnet
> cluster network is way over connected so the same spots are basically
> available everywhere, it delivers spots in real time instead of when you
> query the web page, and most nodes provide filtering all sorts of 
> different
> ways.  Most contest loggers also do telnet natively so there is no need to
> have another program in the middle.

Or even faster, you could just collect the information with your own ears 
right off your radio!

"Mother, I'd rather do it MYSELF!"

73, de Hans, K0HB
--
"Just a boy and his Radio"
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