[Dxspider-support] DX Cluster Node Purge update 2016/08/26

[Michael Walker]

Jim

Thanks for this and all the grinding away you do.  It is a labour of love
to be sure.

Mike va3mw
va3mw-7 port 41112

73

On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C via Dxspider-support <
dxspider-support at dxcluster.org> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> First, thanks for all the feedback I have received so far.
> I have not made any changes yet, but plan to start this weekend.
>
> I created a new web page for DX Cluster node status:
>
>     http://www.dxcluster.info/telnet/dxcluster_status.htm
>
> The status is still based on information from this web site:
>
>     http://www.hamcluster.net/Map.aspx
>
> Note that the list of nodes used by hamcluster.net is *not* an exact copy
> of the list at dxcluster.info.  I am hoping that over time, this will get
> cleaned up.
>
> There several differences with the new status page:
>
> 1.  Both "up" and "down" nodes are listed.  Nodes that were not reachable
>     have a status of "0" and are shown in red.  Nodes that were reachable
>     at least once have a status which is the % (percent) of login attempts
>     that were successful.
>
> 2.  Clicking on a callsign in the Node column (i.e. NZ1U-3) will take you
>     directly to the submission page, so you can update the node information
>     if it has changed.
>
>     You can not remove a node yourself!  Send E-mail to the address at the
>     bottom of this message and tell me which node to remove.
>
> 3.  Clicking on an address in the Address column will attempt to open a
> Telnet
>     connection to that node.  Note that your computer needs to have a
> default
>     Telnet application installed.
>
> I have started taking hourly snapshots of the DX Cluster node status from
> hamcluster.net.  Each of these snapshots contains the results of the last
> four connection attempts.  The status compiled at "26-Aug-2016 12:30"
> does *not* yet reflect this, but another one I post tomorrow will.
>
> I am still planning on removing the inactive nodes on or around September
> 15.
> This gives about three weeks for an off-line node to "show up".  I am aware
> of the discussion about "part-time" vs. "full-time" nodes.
>
> Again, if you know of a DX Cluster node that is not listed, please do one
> of the
> following:
>
>   1.  contact the Sysop to have him/her submit their node information
>   2.  contact AD1C and he'll look into it
>
> Finally, thanks for your cooperation.  If you have any quesitons, please
> ask!
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
> --
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
>
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>
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