First off set your filters on DX cluster to show 6M & up only (or what
band(s) you are interested in). At a multi you could set the filters
separately so each operator only saw spots for the band he or she is
operating. That should cut the number of spots down tremendously!
Tom N4HN EM95
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From: VHFcontesting [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf
Of Marshall-K5QE
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 2:45 PM
To: VHF Contesting
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 432 Sprint and Spotting
Hello Phil and other VHF contesters.....
In the past, I have never thought the DX Cluster was worth anything for VHF.
Occasionally, you would see a few 6M spots, but almost never did you see a
spot for 2M, never mind for anything above that. Phil has brought up
something that needs to be considered and solved before very long. Now that
we can Announce our Call, Frequency, and Sequence(and a few other things
too), we need to figure out HOW and WHERE to post so that more QSOs result.
Because VHF is regional by nature(except for EME), posting to a national
resource(cluster, chat page, reflector, whatever) is not going to be
productive. For those of us in TX, it does not do much good for someone in
WA to post their desire for meteor scatter contacts. Clearly, the reverse
is true as well. I have been mulling this problem over in my mind and have
not come up with any great solution.
I have thought that we might have regional chat pages where you can look for
stations in your general region. For meteor scatter, we might have
something like west coast, central US, and east coast. Clearly, for many,
these areas overlap. I can see problems with this idea, but if everyone
posts everything to PingJockey, 1)their server will probably collapse, 2)the
posts would be running up the screen so fast that you would never see anyone
that you wanted to work, even if they were there.
I just returned from a 2M EME DXpedition to the Falkland Islands. I had
Dan-N5TM make me a "private" chat room just for that expedition. It was
great. Anyone in the chat room was just there to work us....we did not have
to endure anyone talking about their feedlines or concealing their flagpole
verticals. While this is a wonderful approach for DXpeditions and it could
be the basis of the east coast, west coast, and central US chat pages, it
might not be the correct approach for a contest environment. In other
words, this idea might be unworkable for one reason or another.
SO, I ask everyone interested in this idea, to think hard about how we can
best use the new resources that we are finally allowed. Maybe we will have
to segregate things by mode, so that stations seeking MS contacts will have
chat pages / reflectors dedicated to just that. I just don't know how this
should be made to work. We have lots of bright guys out there, now is the
time for us to figure this one out.....
See you in the June ARRL and the July CQ WW VHF contests......
73 Marshall K5QE
On 4/28/2015 9:59 AM, Phil Theis wrote:
> Greetings,
> During the last two sprints several of us have been experimenting with
> the DX Cluster.
> Lets see if we can generate more activity this Wednesday evening by
> generating spots.
> Do it on anyone you hear calling CQ. But also it would be nice to
> know who is lurking on the bands. That way we know to turn antennas
> in the right direction and then call cq.
> For instance, if I know that VE3ZV is calling others, I can turn my
> antenna and call CQ in his direction.
> So figure out your logger, connect it to the internet, and generate
> some spots during the Sprint.
> I will be on ON4KST as well, but the spotting network makes things so
> much easier by putting the information right there in front of you in
> the logger. I use N1MM+, it is working great for VHF.
> See you all on. Let hope for some great conditions.
> 73,
> Phil K3TUF FN10we
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