[Dxspider-support] RE:Chat Function

[Dave Hawes]

On 10 Jun 2004 at 9:04, Hank Kohl  K8DD wrote:

> However if there is a "non Spider" cluster in the path it looks like
> it will stop there.  As I read it, it only goes through a total Spider
> network.  Kinda screws me because I connect to an AR cluster!

Also, there are portions of the all-Spider network which block PC12s 
in both directions at the gateway node.  An example is the Frankford 
Radio Club cluster of nodes which all connect to a central hub, and 
the hub has a gateway connection to the larger Spider network.  This 
allows unrestricted use of announce within the FRC user base, without 
concern that announcements of local interest will be offensive to 
others worldwide.  The downside of this (as I understand it) is that 
CHAT will only work within our cluster.

I believe that our users are unaware of this CHAT functionality, and 
just use the TALK function for one-on-one or ANN FULL for cluster-
wide announcements.  This has worked well for us so far.

Dave N3RD