[Dxspider-support] No chat?

[Dave Court]

Gunnar
I'm glad that the issue of Loggernet has been raised! I was very 
interested in your comment concerning filtering of CHAT PC12s and I'd 
like to know how to filter these as distinct from normal ANNOUNCE PC12s.
I run a node with 4, 1200 Baud RF ports. One port provides a marginal 
1200 Bd RF link to a distant AK1A node and every Tuesday night Loggernet 
really causes problems. This channel is also used for APRS and normal 
network linking so superfluous traffic needs to be kept to a minimum. So 
my question is, how can you filter CHAT PC12s in the Hop Table (or 
anywhere else) without stopping normal ANNOUNCE PC12s. And is there not 
a way of stopping such chat messages (especially those that are regional 
in nature) from propagating all over the network?

Sorry to cast a negative view on the CHAT development but I think it 
does have some disadvantages for the 'older' 1200 Baud RF network, 
unless I'm totally ignorant (which I probably am) of the filtering 
arrangements.
73s Dave



Gunnar Widell (HF/ESE) wrote:
> The pretty new CHAT mode is not much used.
> Maybe some extra information in your motd file could help to get more users interested and see the benefits of this powerful command.
> 
> The growing number of announcements and DX-spots with talk, is really messing up the information.
> Still lots of users think of the DX-cluster, as the DX-summit and have no clue about the the "real" source. If we could get more people connected the "real-way", talk and CHAT could be used in a proper way.
> 
> Also some linking between the CONVERSE network and the cluster could probably be done.
> So please, sysops first of all: JOIN #9000
> and then inform your users about CHAT.
> Chat group 14345, is perfekt for "VHF-skeds" etc.
> 
> As you migth have seen, the group LOGGERNET is frequently used every tuesday nigth. The VHF logging program LOGGER by SM0LCB, has implemented the use of CHAT to exchange log-information between users.
> 
> Remember that it is possible to FILTER these CHAT PC12 if you need to save bandwith on radiolinks etc.
> 
> 73 de Gus, SM3SGP
> sk3w.shacknet.nu 8000
> 
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