Topband: FT8 clutter on the DX Cluster

[Michael Walker]

Because they can.  The DX cluster is like bragging on Twitter.   :)

May I suggest that you run some filters that are related to your cluster
login that only allow spots for those bands you are interested in.

Mike va3mw




On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 7:58 PM Roger Kennedy <roger at wessexproductions.co.uk>
wrote:

>
> Why oh why do some people post on the DX Cluster every FT8 station they
> have
> heard?
>
> One GM station this evening posted 21 stations . . . none of them were even
> DX !
>
> I don't even see why you would post ANY on the DX Cluster . . . I thought
> the whole point of FT8 is that you leave your computer listening on the
> same
> frequency, so surely any stations will just come up on the screen?
>
> Whereas posting the frequency of a CW or SSB DX station on the Cluster is
> really useful to help people find those stations, and attempt a QSO.
>
> Also . . . as others have said, DX propagation is still pretty good on 160m
> most nights . . . but despite lots of CQ calls by myself and other EU
> stations, we're often getting no replies!  (despite RBN reports being good)
>
> 73 Roger G3YRO
>
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