So, then, you'll still need the cluster information so you know what to
avoid!
73, Duane (the other one - the guy who works on hardware and
uses software)
On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:01:05 -0700 (PDT) Duane Grotophorst
<n9dg@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> --- Bill Rowlett <kc4atu@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Why point at the map, with the proper control
> > software, your radio now will
> > tune to the latest cluster spot, and your beam will
> > be on the correct heading.
> >
>
> I've never understood why so many think that
> interfacing their radios to the DX clusters spots is
> such a crowning achievement of ham radio DXing and
> shack design. To me if the DX appears on a cluster it
> is already to late. I want my radio to help me find
> the new DX *first*, - before anyone else does. That is
> what drives the kind of computer integration with my
> RF gear that I seek. So I'm therefore willing to
> unleash some pretty serious computing power to do
> that, but it must however be operating independent of
> of any outside information. I simply prefer finding DX
> by using equipment that is wholly contained within my
> shack, using DX spotting nets, Internet or otherwise
> is not.
>
> Duane
> N9DG
>
>
>
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