[CQ-Contest] Spoofed Spots

[Jim McDonald]

DXPacketCluster was created by Dick Newell, AK1A, in the late 1980s.  It used TNCs (Terminal Node Controllers) on VHF.  Initially, the nodes were standalone, but soon were connected with backbones on UHF.

I was the first cluster sysop in AZ, with funding for the computer and software supplied by several members of the Central AZ DX Association.  (17 of us each chipped in $100.)  I was excited when we had 20 or 30 users locally.

Info is at https://www.dxcluster.info/ .

73,  Jim N7US

-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+jim=n7us.net at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Pete Smith N4ZR
Sent: Monday, December 6, 2021 08:24
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Spoofed Spots

I think it is fair to say that both were involved pretty much from the start.  PVRC was an early and active participant

73, Pete N4ZR
Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network web server at<http://beta.reversebeacon.net>.
For spots, please use your favorite
"retail" DX cluster.

On 12/5/2021 7:43 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 12/5/2021 2:39 PM, Jack Brindle via CQ-Contest wrote:
>> Isn’t that the way it is supposed to be? Remember, the spotting 
>> system was created so that hams could alert other hams as to the 
>> availability of DX or other “special”  stations. We contesters 
>> discovered that it was an effective way to do the same during contests.
>
> I wasn't active at the time, but I've been told on good authority that 
> the spotting network was developed BY the contesting community, not 
> the DX community.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC