Topband: FT8

2020-05-13 Thread Ross Johnson
Roger your lack understanding surprises me , and others here. Like your station mine only hears what it hears. Ft8 users are not all connected via the net. So its interesting to see on cluster wot other ZLs are hearing or working. I seldom post but some have an ego issue I suspect. And

Re: Topband: FT8 clutter on the DX Cluster

2020-05-13 Thread Jim Brown
On 5/13/2020 7:51 AM, Henk PA5KT via Topband wrote: That is because for some people it can be useful information if they want to make contacts. Yes. Cluster and RBN spots can be quite useful for showing propagation. WSJT-X can be set to automatically post every decode to PSKReporter. Anyone

Re: Topband: FT8 clutter on the DX Cluster

2020-05-13 Thread kolson
It should be mentioned that when rarer DX shows up they often use FT8 Fox/Hound on non standard FT8 frequencies so the cluster can be helpful to find these operations. And really, the equivalent of the CW/SSB op who doesn't constantly tune the bands is the FT8 op who doesn't constantly stare

Re: Topband: FT8 clutter on the DX Cluster

2020-05-13 Thread John Kaufmann via Topband
I use the VE7CC node for spots. You can filter out FT8 spots on VE7CC via the 'set/noft8' command. 73, John W1FV _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: FT8 clutter on the DX Cluster

2020-05-13 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
The solution is to switch to DXLab Suite (DXKeeper for logging, and SpotCollector for cluster/spotting). SpotCollector allows the operator to block spots based on digital mode - e.g., one can block JT9/JT65/FT4/FT4 spots and still display RTTY spots. The mode of a given spot is identified by

Re: Topband: FT8 clutter on the DX Cluster

2020-05-13 Thread Henk PA5KT via Topband
That is because for some people it can be useful information if they want to make contacts. What is DX or not is up for the listener. There is nothing different then with CW spots. 73 Henk PA5KT Op 13-5-2020 om 01:58 schreef Roger Kennedy: Why oh why do some people post on the DX Cluster

Re: Topband: FT8 clutter on the DX Cluster

2020-05-13 Thread Wes
I think it is probably automatic.  Some are even posting every spot twice.  I emailed one guy and asked him why and he was clueless. Mind you, I only occasionally look at spots on the web (DXScape) so mental filtering is just fine for this Luddite. Wes N7WS On 5/13/2020 7:24 AM,

Re: Topband: FT8 clutter on the DX Cluster

2020-05-13 Thread pwhelton
Roger. I appreciate your problem. I had the same issue here looking for DX on the low end of 20. It seemed the only low end spots were for FT4 and FT8. I use ACLog for a logger and ACLog has a feature in it called "Block Digital". Since I checked Block Digital the DX spots I receive now are