[Dxspider-support] Bug in DX cluster software

[Dirk Koopman]

Martin

Having looked at the various bandplans out there, I have changed the 40m 
band plan (nearly) as you suggest. I have, however, increased the data 
modes section to 7100 because of the digi voice centre of activity at 
7070. Technically, both rtty and data should be increased to the top 
limit of the all modes section. However, it seems that this might simply 
cause confusion in use, so I will leave it alone until someone else 
complains.

There is a case for adding a "qrp", "digivoice" (any shorter naming 
suggestions welcome) or any other common mode's "usual operating 
subbands" to the band.pl. If this appeals to people and they can give me 
the subband limits, I will put them in.

Please remember this feature is really only much use for sh/dx and 
filtering - to allow users to target their chosen data quickly - it is 
*NOT* meant to be a definite bandplan or staking out of "territory" by 
one mode or another. It is there entirely for the convenience of our users.

Finally: this is not a "bug". Please don't mark email as such unless it 
truly is a bug, I get unnecessary nervous otherwise :-)

Dirk G1TLH

On 29/09/11 16:05, Martin IK2RMZ wrote:
> --->  djk at tobit.co.uk es g0vgs at gb7mbc.net

> I am super happy with the software but with your permission I would
> like to point you to the following issue:
>
> In the software package I retrieved today I found the code:
> '40m' =>  bless( { band =>  [ 7000, 7400 ],
>     cw =>  [ 7000, 7034 ],
>     data =>  [ 7035, 7044],
>     rtty =>  [ 7035, 7044],
>     ssb =>  [ 7045, 7400 ]
> }, 'Bands'),
>
> However, for more than 2 years the IARU Band plan (see iaru.org)
> assigns 7000-7040 as CW ONLY range. The use of PSK on 7036 is nothing
> but sub band abuse and should not be fostered by a prominent software
> like yours. Likewise, fone below 7050 is plain sub band abuse.
>
> The new 40m band plan is far more generous with data modes than any
> previous band plan, so please help the international community to
> respect the IARU band plan.
>
> Please consider to upgrade your software:
> It should be:
>     cw =>  [ 7000, 7040 ],
>     data =>  [ 7040, 7060],
>     rtty =>  [ 7040, 7060],
>     ssb =>  [ 7050, 7400 ]
>