I see your point Jan, I agree with what you are saying but I cannot for the life of me think of a reason to advertise your node *within* the cluster network.  Surely those who see it already log in to other nodes?<div><br>
</div><div>73 Ian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/11/19 PA4JJ <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:pa4jj@pa4jj.nl">pa4jj@pa4jj.nl</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">






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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Ian,</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">I don&#39;t know.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">I suppose not.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">I just answered your question.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">But I just want to say that if there never 
would have been a kind of advertisement for a cluster node, then there 
would not be a dx cluster for no one would know the existence of 
it.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">73</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Jan</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">PA4JJ</font></div><font color="#888888">
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  <div style="font:10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div>
  <div style="font:10pt arial;background:#e4e4e4"><b>From:</b> 
  <a title="ian@gb7mbc.net" href="mailto:ian@gb7mbc.net" target="_blank">Ian Maude</a> </div>
  </div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div style="font:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="dxspider-support@dxcluster.org" href="mailto:dxspider-support@dxcluster.org" target="_blank">The DXSpider Support list</a> 
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  <div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:31 
  AM</div>
  <div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Dxspider-support] R: R: 
  Cluster node announce adverts</div>
  <div><br></div>eh?  You have got me on that one.  How does 
  advertising your node help with propagation?
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  <div>73 Ian<br><br>
  <div class="gmail_quote">2009/11/19 PA4JJ <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:pa4jj@pa4jj.nl" target="_blank">pa4jj@pa4jj.nl</a>&gt;</span><br>
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    <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Maybe to watch propagation???</font></div>
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      <div style="font:10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div>
      <div style="font:10pt arial;background:#e4e4e4"><b>From:</b> <a title="ian@gb7mbc.net" href="mailto:ian@gb7mbc.net" target="_blank">Ian 
      Maude</a> </div>
      <div style="font:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="hb9cat@uska.ch" href="mailto:hb9cat@uska.ch" target="_blank">hb9cat@uska.ch</a> ; <a title="dxspider-support@dxcluster.org" href="mailto:dxspider-support@dxcluster.org" target="_blank">The DXSpider 
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      <div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 19, 2009 
      9:48 AM</div>
      <div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Dxspider-support] R: R: 
      Cluster node announce adverts</div>
      <div><br></div>I still have not had an answer to my question.  What 
      is the point of sending a beacon onto the network? 
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      <div>73 Ian<br><br>
      <div class="gmail_quote">2009/11/19 Marco Zollinger, HB9CAT <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:hb9cat@thezollingers.org" target="_blank">hb9cat@thezollingers.org</a>&gt;</span><br>
      <blockquote style="border-left:#ccc 1px solid;margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">Ok, all feedback seems to be negative; I turn it 
        off.<br><br>Thanks for your feedback<br><br>Marco, 
        HB9CAT<br><br>-----Messaggio originale-----<br>Da: Dave Court [mailto:<a href="mailto:EI3IO@connogue.com" target="_blank">EI3IO@connogue.com</a>]<br>Inviato: martedì, 17. novembre 
        2009 22:59<br>A: <a href="mailto:hb9cat@uska.ch" target="_blank">hb9cat@uska.ch</a>; The DXSpider Support list<br>Cc: <a href="mailto:dave@g7rau.co.uk" target="_blank">dave@g7rau.co.uk</a><br>Oggetto: Re: [Dxspider-support] R: 
        Cluster node announce adverts<br>
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        <div><br>Dear Marco<br>I also bad-spot any advertising or regular 
        announcements I see on my<br>node. I&#39;m really surprised anyone is still 
        doing it as I think the issue<br>crops up about twice a year on this 
        group and always generates a<br>negative reaction.<br>73s Dave sysop 
        EI7SDX<br><br><br>Marco Zollinger, HB9CAT wrote:<br>&gt; I announce once 
        per day (HB9CA); if it&#39;s considered unethical by this<br>&gt; community 
        I&#39;ll stop it ASAP.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Best 73<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Marco, 
        HB9CAT<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt; -----Messaggio originale-----<br>&gt; Da: 
        <a href="mailto:dxspider-support-bounces@dxcluster.org" target="_blank">dxspider-support-bounces@dxcluster.org</a><br>&gt; 
        [mailto:<a href="mailto:dxspider-support-bounces@dxcluster.org" target="_blank">dxspider-support-bounces@dxcluster.org</a>] Per conto di 
        Dave Edwards<br>&gt; Inviato: martedì, 17. novembre 2009 07:40<br>&gt; 
        A: <a href="mailto:dxspider-support@dxcluster.org" target="_blank">dxspider-support@dxcluster.org</a><br>&gt; Oggetto: 
        [Dxspider-support] Cluster node announce adverts<br>&gt;<br>&gt; 
        Hi<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Is there a way to block particular announces from 
        nodes advertising<br>&gt; their connection details?<br>&gt; I don&#39;t want 
        to block all from them, just the daft announces. Seen in<br>&gt; the 
        last week many from<br>&gt; 
        GB7CGL,GB7UJS,ON6LR,PY3NZ,UA4FBG,HB9CA,IT9ESI,IW9FDD,YV5KXE 
        etc..<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Cheers<br>&gt;<br><br>--<br>This Email comes from 
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