Topband: FT8 clutter on the DX Cluster

[Henk PA5KT]

That is because for some people it can be useful information if they 
want to make contacts.

What is DX or not is up for the listener.

There is nothing different then with CW spots.

73 Henk PA5KT

Op 13-5-2020 om 01:58 schreef Roger Kennedy:
> 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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