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

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

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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