Topband: FT8 clutter on the DX Cluster

[Roger Kennedy]

Mike the DX Cluster I use only shows 160m spots anyway !
 
Roger G3YRO


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From: Michael Walker [mailto:va3mw at portcredit.net] 

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
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 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