On dx cluster spots you can make short comments. The need to abbreviate is
needed however.
If stations can connect to DxClusters that allow full connectivity to
other nodes then"Talk Messages" can be sent in real time to each other.
73 Walt N2WM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marshall-K5QE" <k5qe@k5qe.com>
To: "VHF Contesting" <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 8:50 PM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Spotting and the DX Cluster in VHF contesting...
Hello all...well, at least we have the beginnings of some kind of rational
discussion about the spotting problem.
Apparently, the east coast believes that the DX Cluster spots are the way
to go. When you can post, "I hear weak pings on 50.265 please continue
calling on 2nd sequence", then maybe the DX Cluster spots will be useful.
Or maybe, "W3XYZ, please call me on 144.142 on FSK". Maybe their way will
turn out to be a winner, but I think that we need a lot more than what you
can get on a cluster spot. Remember, we are allowed to post a lot more
than just, "I see W4XYZ on 50.125".
Many others have recommended the ON4KST chat pages(of which there are
several). When we were at DL88 running the K5N call, we posted that we
would use the ON4KST Region 2 50MHz chat page as our primary page. The
ENTIRE time we were there, the Region 2 50MHz chat page was filled with
European operators discussing their feedlines and everything else but
Region 2 and 50MHz. I could hardly get a post in edgewise. I have never
used the ON4KST pages again. But maybe that would be a valid way to
proceed.
Jay-W9RM makes the point that we MUST NOT split up into many different
ways to do this. He has a point. However, it is probably not going to be
useful to have a bunch of meteor scatter guys posting to a page normally
devoted to JT65. So, some segregation seems necessary.
I said before and I will say it again, "I don't exactly know how to do
this". Jay is right that we need to figure this problem
out.....otherwise, we will end up with small groups scattered all over the
place--which certainly will not result in more QSOs. Currently, we have
PingJockey for meteor scatter and the EME-1 page for those interested in
EME. Probably, ON4KST has similar pages, so if we just use those two, we
are already split in half.
OH, what to do, what to do??
Rational thoughts, new ideas, and / or intelligent solutions are welcome.
Flames will go directly to the bit bucket. They will not pass GO and will
not collect $200.
Thanks in advance for rational ideas and good discussion.
73 Marshall K5QE
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