<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2666"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2952">Hi Dirk,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2666"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2826">I use a Raspberry Pi and DXSpider works well, all others Shox/DX .... commands works well.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2666"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2827">As main (operating system) memory card I sue a SanDisk Extreme UHS-1 32GB SD that has more 15 MByte/sec. real reading speed.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2666"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2907">May be this problem is elsewhere....</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2666"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2666"><span> </span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2665"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2654"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2664">73</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2653">Fabio, IZ8MBW</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2657">www.iz8mbw.net</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2658"><br></div></div><br> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2663"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2662"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2661"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2660"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2659"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Da:</span></b> Dirk Koopman <djk@tobit.co.uk><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">A:</span></b> IZ8MBW Fabio <iz8mbw@yahoo.it>; The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support@dxcluster.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Inviato:</span></b> Giovedì 12 Febbraio 2015 16:20<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Oggetto:</span></b> Re: [Dxspider-support] Show/DX callsign command does not work<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2788"><br>On 12/02/15 14:38, IZ8MBW Fabio wrote:<div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yqt5632093446" id="yqtfd84163"><br clear="none">> It seem it's OK:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> # this really does need to change for your system!!!!<br clear="none">> # use CAPITAL LETTERS<br clear="none">> $mycall = "IZ8MBW-6";<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> # your name<br clear="none">> $myname = "Fabio";<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> # Your 'normal' callsign (in CAPTTAL LETTERS)<br clear="none">> $myalias = "IZ8MBW";<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> 73<br clear="none">> Fabio, IZ8MBW<br clear="none">> www.iz8mbw.net<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br clear="none">> *Da:* Zach Tumbusch <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:w8zjt@w8zjt.net" href="mailto:w8zjt@w8zjt.net" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2789">w8zjt@w8zjt.net</a>><br clear="none">> *A:* IZ8MBW Fabio <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:iz8mbw@yahoo.it" href="mailto:iz8mbw@yahoo.it" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2790">iz8mbw@yahoo.it</a>>; The DXSpider Support list<br clear="none">> <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:dxspider-support@dxcluster.org" href="mailto:dxspider-support@dxcluster.org" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423754849511_2791">dxspider-support@dxcluster.org</a>><br clear="none">> *Inviato:* Giovedì 12 Febbraio 2015 15:16<br clear="none">> *Oggetto:* RE: [Dxspider-support] Show/DX callsign command does not work<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> You may have your alias and call flip flopped in the DXVars.pm<br clear="none">> config file.<br clear="none">> I was having a similar problem. Call should be yourcall-# alias<br clear="none">> should be your normal call sign.</div><br clear="none">><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Which way round one has one's callsigns shouldn't matter. WR3D (for <br clear="none">instance) has his callsigns the other way around and has been working <br clear="none">for a *very* long time.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">The first thing I would be looking at is file / directory permissions, <br clear="none">and whether, in fact, there are any lines in any of the spot files.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I seem to recall that you are using a Raspberry PI. If so, this also <br clear="none">rings alarm bells because it may be that the sdcard has had its lock <br clear="none">(accidently) slid on (very easy to do) or that the sdcard is a standard <br clear="none">cheap one that does not have a very good endurance. This is an <br clear="none">increasing problem with all the small SBCs (RPi or BB Black) that one <br clear="none">could use for this purpose. Basically, unless you are using an sdcard <br clear="none">like this:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.newit.co.uk/shop/accessories/SD-Cards/Endurance" target="_blank">https://www.newit.co.uk/shop/accessories/SD-Cards/Endurance</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">cards fail surprisingly quickly because they are designed for using in <br clear="none">things like cameras that don't have the constant writing that occurs <br clear="none">when one is running a program like DXSpider on an operating system like <br clear="none">linux. Some other manufacturers make cards that seem to last longer e.g <br clear="none">Transcend, Fuji etc. But it still is very much pot luck as to how long a <br clear="none">card will last.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Dirk G1TLH<div class="yqt5632093446" id="yqtfd86973"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div></body></html>