[WriteLog] bandmap

[Barry]

Ken,
Most of the packet nodes have filtering capabilities. You might want 
to filter the incoming spots to cut down on packet "noise." For 
example, zone 4 only, US only, certain states, etc.
Barry W2UP

On 30 Oct 2002 at 9:19, Ken Brookner wrote:

> while everyone is talking about the bandmap, one function that might
> be helpful would be to have a way to tell where the spot came from. 
> one problem I have in s&p is wasting time looking at spots where
> there's no propagation to the spotted station from my qth.  perhaps
> after the callsign, the zone number of the spotting station could be
> shown in parens, or something.  like... x5xxx (3).  then, we'd at
> least have an idea of who was hearing the station when they spotted
> it.
> 
> I found myself looking back through the packet window to find the
> stations that originated the spots.
> 
> this is really minor.  but it occurred to me last weekend and I
> figured I'd just pitch it out there.
> 
> 73
> kenb, KY5G
> 
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Barry Kutner, W2UP              Internet: w2up@mindspring.com
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