WriteLog
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [WriteLog] Packet Window Information

To: Writelog <Writelog@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Packet Window Information
From: Richard Thorne <rthorne@rthorne.net>
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 16:09:42 -0600
List-post: <writelog@contesting.com">mailto:writelog@contesting.com>
Hi Gary,

I knew that clusters do not spot by sections, but people do indicate the section in the comments section of the spot they send. The cluster I was connected to sent what appeared to be a bunch of garbage in the packet terminal window. It was actually good information but it was all condensed together with carrot marks separating the different information.

I was playing around by connecting to different telnet's and found one that's relatively close to me that sends out the information so I can read it easily in the packet terminal window.

Here's what the packet terminal window show's when I'm connected to N0VD-7 (not exactly as I did a cut and pasted and it changed a bit):

N0VD-7>
21107.1 JR4OZR 9-Nov-2014 2200Z <AB1J> 18145.0 9Y4D 9-Nov-2014 2149Z 59 in Ohio <W4HLD> 18160.5 W1AW/7 9-Nov-2014 2200Z <N4YJF> 28310.0 W4V 9-Nov-2014 2200Z veterans day spec event SC <KI4LXH> 7047.2 IW1AYD 9-Nov-2014 2159Z RTTY <RM3DA> 7010.0 BG9MFY 9-Nov-2014 2159Z <SM5ATP> 21280.9 KH2L 9-Nov-2014 2159Z <W9WI> 18102.0 KB2DAB 9-Nov-2014 2159Z JT65 Tu Phil NJ===>CA <W4EG> 21286.5 W1AW/P/7 9-Nov-2014 2159Z heard in AL <N4GNO> 21286.6 W1AW/7 9-Nov-2014 2159Z <W9WI>
N0VD-7>

Here's what it looks like when I connect to K5NA.net:

N5ZC de K5NA 09-Nov 2204Z arc6>
AR17^1^21281.0^KH2L^09-Nov-2014^2204Z^ ^WV4L^HB9DRV-9^KH2^15^SSB^27^64^0^K^VA^H99^~ AR17^1^50105.8^PP1RR^09-Nov-2014^2204Z^CQ EA9^EA8DBM^RN6BN^PY^6^SSB^11^0^0^EA8^^H99^~ AR17^1^7161.0^VE2CSI^09-Nov-2014^2204Z^Tks for Qso, 73^EA7BZO^EA4RCH-5^VE^40^SSB^0^0^0^EA^^H99^~
AR17^1^14113.3^K0VVX^09-Nov-2014^2204Z^RTTY^KS0AA^K1TTT^K^20^RTTY^0^0^0^K^KS^H99^~
AR17^1^7127.0^CO8YI^09-Nov-2014^2204Z^ ^AJ4YX^PY1NB-6^CM^40^SSB^8^11^0^K^FL^H99^~ AR17^1^7087.0^ON4PTC/P^09-Nov-2014^2204Z^Special Event WW 1^ON7CFK-10^F5LEN-7^ON^40^RTTY^14^27^0^ON^^H99^~

The information is there, but not nearly as easy to read as the output of N0VD.

I'm curious if different nodes are running different software or if this is a setup issue with each individual node. Something has changed with clusters and I'm obviously not keeping up.

Rich - N5ZC

On 11/9/2014 3:49 PM, Gary Senesac wrote:
Packet clusters do not spot by sections, but by state.  Because of this WL does not treat 
any calls in the SS contests as "mults", they are just spots.  I use the AR 
User cluster software by VE7CC which allows you to set up alarms by state.  I do this, 
usually on Sunday, to help spot any missing states/provinces I still need.  But again, it 
just alarms on states, so if you need NNY the best you can do is set an alarm for NY and 
then check out what shows up.  Once you've worked the missing section delete the alarm to 
prevent further false notifications.

Gary AL9A
Sent from my Kindle HDX

On November 9, 2014, at 11:19AM, Richard Thorne wrote:

I've noticed during SS last weekend, that the packet cluster information
in the packet terminal window was not very clean.  In other words it was
a bunch of information separated by carrot marks.

This makes it difficult to determine which section was spotted in the
comment section.

Is this the way the packet clusters are working now, or does it depend
which node I connect to?

Thanks

Rich - N5ZC
_______________________________________________
WriteLog mailing list
WriteLog@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog
WriteLog on the web:  http://www.writelog.com/

_______________________________________________
WriteLog mailing list
WriteLog@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/writelog
WriteLog on the web:  http://www.writelog.com/

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>