Some of you may have noticed different looking DX cluster spots from me today.
Following the word RTTY there were two numbers separated by brackets. I was
testing one feature of the new fldigi-3.23.17 DX Cluster user interface that
will soon be released by Dave W1HKJ.
One of the new fldigi features in the DXCluster is the [xx] intended for spots
for certain digital modes. Digital users have expressed the need for the QSO
frequency to be spotting to three digits; however, the DX clusters round off
the frequency to one digit. In the example below note the W6SX spot shows
28087.8 and the note shows RTTY [79]. This means I spotted W6SX’s Mark
frequency at 28087.879. The accuracy of spot is no better than my Kenwood
TS-590SG and/or macOS (Sierra).
AA5VU de N8NOE-2 04-Dec 2224Z arc6>
28087.8 W6SX 04-Dec-2016 2133Z RTTY [79] +K <AA5VU>
28086.6 KF0UR 04-Dec-2016 2122Z RTTY [03] +K <AA5VU>
28085.7 N0GOS 04-Dec-2016 2050Z RTTY [18] +K <AA5VU>
28084.6 LQ7E 04-Dec-2016 1843Z RTTY [69] +LU <AA5VU>
28085.2 W7WW 04-Dec-2016 1829Z RTTY [88] +K <AA5VU>
28085.7 K6LL 04-Dec-2016 1813Z RTTY [14] +K <AA5VU>
28088.6 W1ZD 04-Dec-2016 1755Z RTTY [79] +K <AA5VU>
28089.0 VE2FK 04-Dec-2016 1724Z RTTY [03] VE <AA5VU>
28083.0 VE2EBK 04-Dec-2016 1723Z RTTY [17] +VE <AA5VU>
28086.2 W0LSD 04-Dec-2016 1711Z RTTY [33] +K <AA5VU>
28082.0 W7ZR 04-Dec-2016 1709Z RTTY [70] +K <AA5VU>
28088.5 WE6EZ 04-Dec-2016 1707Z RTTY [22] +K <AA5VU>
28090.8 WE6EZ 04-Dec-2016 1643Z RTTY [54] +K <AA5VU>
28092.9 N0AJN 04-Dec-2016 1643Z RTTY [97] +K <AA5VU>
28090.8 WE6EZ 04-Dec-2016 1640Z RTTY [54] +K <AA5VU>
28087.9 KP4/K6UFO 04-Dec-2016 1457Z RTTY [75] KP4 <AA5VU>
28084.5 NP3RE 04-Dec-2016 1455Z RTTY [05] +KP4 <AA5VU>
14082.3 K0TC 03-Dec-2016 1928Z RTTY [93] +K <AA5VU>
14081.3 KM4FO 03-Dec-2016 1910Z RTTY [74] +K <AA5VU>
14084.7 VE2ZT 03-Dec-2016 1833Z RTTY [74] +K <AA5VU>
As far as I am concerned one digit spotting is fine for SSB, PSK-31 and RTTY
and I will not be spotting the extra digits in the future.
The new fldigi-3.23.17 has many new features. This was just one I was testing
while making a few 10 meter RTTY QSO’s. Stay tuned for W1HKJ's release
announcement.
73 Dick AA5VU
Ps: As one of the 2016 NPOTA chasers my pet peeve is the PSK-31 spots that say
14070.0 with no clue on the real QSO frequency.
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