[Dxspider-support] Beacon?

[Colin Harris]

Ian,

          Your method just sends a cluster announcement. I think the
question is how to send an RF announcement ( as a packet node would do ) so
this must be done by his AGW or other node software.

- Regards Colin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Morrison" <ve3iem at rac.ca>
To: "The DXSpider Support list" <dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] Beacon?


> I must not understand the problem because here is how I 'beacon'. In
> local_cmd, the crontab contains
> 0,20,40 * * * * run_cmd('ann DX:VA3PEC-7 in Cherry Valley, Ontario ' .
> cldate . ' ' . ztime . ' ')
> It is sent to all connected stations, but non connected stations can still
> see the data. I hope this helps.
>
> 73 de Ian
> VE3IEM
>
>