[RTTY] [rckskimmer] RTTY-spots spamming the DX-Cluster

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > Joe, I don't see the parallel with W3LPL-3,

The parallel with W3LPL-3 is because the spots are unwanted.

 > What is DCS?

I presume it is Digital Cluster System - the acronym was used
by DL4RCK.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 10/19/2013 9:30 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> Joe, I don't see the parallel with W3LPL-3, because people's complaint
> about his re-spots is that they could be from anywhere in North
> America.  Nonetheless, we'll look into the issue.
>
> What is DCS?  Sounds like I'm missing a piece of the puzzle.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at
> http://reversebeacon.net,
> blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com.
> For spots, please go to your favorite
> ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node.
>
> On 10/19/2013 3:15 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>>
>> Pete,
>>
>> > Is there some reason why this is cause for complaint?
>>
>> Although I was not one who sent comments to Walter, the biggest
>> complaint I have is that those spots were placed on the general
>> cluster feed without any identification that they were "skimmer
>> spots."  This is along the lines of W3LPL's reposting of CW spots.
>>
>> If the DCS nodes were identified with the -# "SSID" in the same
>> way as other RBN nodes, cluster operators or individual stations
>> using the proper software could suppress display of the "garbage"
>> and prevent them from swamping spots from "local" spotters more
>> likely to post stations that can actually be heard/worked and/or
>> spots for other modes for those *not* interested in JARTS.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>>    ... Joe, W4TV
>>
>>
>> On 10/19/2013 2:58 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
>>> Walter, it is a historical accident that the Reverse Beacon Network's DX
>>> Spider Telnet node is known by its SSID as WB5VZL-1, because it is on a
>>> server provided by the former holder of that call, who now goes by K5TR
>>> of contesting.com.
>>>
>>> What does this mean?  Any spots on that Telnet node were uploaded to it
>>> by individual amateurs using RCKSkimmer software, and then collected
>>> from that Telnet node by someone on the CLX system.  Our role in this is
>>> passive, except that we decided, soon after you released the software,
>>> to carry RTTY and PSK spots on the RBN and to identify them by their
>>> mode.
>>>
>>> Is there some reason why this is cause for complaint?
>>>
>>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>> Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at
>>> http://reversebeacon.net,
>>> blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com.
>>> For spots, please go to your favorite
>>> ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node.
>>>
>>> On 10/19/2013 9:36 AM, Walter Dallmeier wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I got a lot of "sharp" emails concerning the RTTY spots on the CLX
>>>> (DX-Cluster-System).
>>>>
>>>> The logs are showing, that the RTTY-Skimmer-Spots from the isolated
>>>> Digital-Cluster-System are forwarded by WB5VZL-1 to the
>>>> WWW-Cluster-System.
>>>> I don't know where he is connected, but not to the DCS.
>>>>
>>>> I will stop the whole DCS until this very bad configuration of WB5VZL-1
>>>> leave the system.
>>>>
>>>> 73 de Walter, DL4RCK
>>>>
>>>> Walter Dallmeier
>>>> www.dl4rck.de
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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