[Cluster-tech] PC41 locations and things

[Lee Sawkins]

Dirk

I would like to try and use these PC9x messages.
What does spider require from my CC Cluster software to enable them?

Lee 


> Whilst I am on and writing about PC41, there appears to be a sysop that
> has taken it upon himself to issue PC41, type 1, records with the name
> 'Selfspotter'. This has also been going on for a while. I will be doing
> something in my software to mitigate the damage this is causing. I shall
> also be changing the DXSpider PC protocol implementation to allow a
> composite record to be sent with all the bits of information in one line
> (a PC95). This will also allow me to control whether to accept
> information from non-homenodes as the origin (in common with all PC9x
> packets) will be in the packet. It has the format:-
> 
> PC95^origin^timestamp^call^name^qth^lat/long^homenode^locator^H99^
> 
> Any of the information fields can be missing (as in ^^), any field with
> two spaces in will delete that slot from the user record (as in ^  ^).
> 
> As I have mentioned PC9x packets, these will only be sent to nodes that
> advertise that they accept them in the PC18 text, sent on node
> connection.
> 
> Also I am currently (finally, after many false starts over the years)
> successfully sending and maintaining accurate node and user lists using
> the new PC92 protocol on a number of test nodes that I control. This
> will be the subject of another email RSN.
> 
> 73 and HNY
> 
> Dirk G1TLH