First, something seems to be broke at contesting.com. I can't post from my
home ISP, it doesn't even send back replies from the -request addresses for
ct-user or other reflectors... but I can seem to post from a new signup from my
work address... but please don't send back to me here.
Now, back to my originally scheduled statement...
Please if you use my ar-cluster node for spots try to spread out to one of the
others that carries the same spots. It is a week before the big contest and I
am already over 80 users, at some point near this windows gives up and starts
rejecting new connections. Other nodes in New England that should be carrying
the same spots are dx.w1gq.net, na2na.net, and aa2mf.net. If you are running
spot suckers please try to only connect to one node in this group and pick one
that has fewer users(which is all 3 of them!). I really don't want to throw
anyone off, but if connections start getting dropped or rejected because of
overload it doesn't help anyone, and just distracts me from the contest.
As always, set up your software, try different node connections, set filters,
and make sure you know how to use it now. Those of us running nodes and doing
contests won't be able to talk you through that kind of stuff at 2350z next
Friday!
David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
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