[Dxspider-support] ROS spots and EA4RCH-5 cluster

[Keith]

Hi 

How about setting 

reject/spots info ROS

Seems to work nicely here 

73 Keith GB7DXG-1

-----Original Message-----
From: dxspider-support-bounces at dxcluster.org
[mailto:dxspider-support-bounces at dxcluster.org] On Behalf Of Brendan
Minish
Sent: 03 October 2010 14:16
To: dxspider-support at dxcluster.org
Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] ROS spots and EA4RCH-5 cluster

Hello Laurie

Does the sysop of EA4RCH-5 know what is going on ?
  I am reluctant to blacklist a cluster if the sysop is willing to 
tackle the problem

73
Brendan

On 03/10/2010 01:32, VK3AMA wrote:
> Hi Brendan
>
> You are correct. The ROS software has been using this Node exclusively
> for several weeks, and other nodes are from old versions of the
software.
>
> A new feature(!?#$!) of the software pops up a text box when a Station
> has been spotted on the CLuster, allowing the operator to send a
message
> back to the spotting station.... This uses Cluster Spots (not
> announcements) as the transport for these chat messages. You will
often
> see back and forward chats between 2 stations via the EA4RCH-5 node as
> Cluster Spots, ROS is not mentioned in the spots, but the frequency is
> one of the many fixed frequencies the ROS developer has assigned to
his
> software and looking back through the spots you will find the original
> auto-spot that initiated the chat.
>
> ROS is now using the cluster as an instant-messaging system as well as
a
> Reverse-Beacon reporting network.
>
> ROS auto-spots are still running at 5 to 6 % of all Cluster spots.
>
> I have stopped worrying about it and did a set/badnode EA4RCH-5
>
> Now more ROS spots! Any other spots from EA4RCH-5 are lost, but if
they
> are of any importance the DX will get spotted on another node.
>
> de Laurie, VK3AMA
>
>
> On 3/10/2010 3:05 AM, Brendan Minish wrote:
>> Most (all?) the current ROS automated spots are coming via EA4RCH-5
at
>> the moment
>> this would appear to be a new cluster in use for automated spots
>>
>> 73
>> Brendan
>
>
>
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