[Dxspider-support] VarAC Beacon spots

[Jan]

Dan spreek je vast nog wel nederlands Dirk
73
Jan
PA4JJ


Op 6-12-2022 om 21:37 schreef Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support:
> VARA? Ah, not the "Vereeniging van Arbeiders Radio Amateurs" then, 
> that became a progressive Dutch "omroep" in the Dutch TV/Radio system. 
> They produced some pretty good TV programs too.
>
> But I see it is a development by the ROSMODEM chap. When that first 
> appeared it caused quite a few problems on the network as it was using 
> a lot of cluster node bandwidth. But it all settled down reasonably 
> well. That system used the chat facility in DXSpider, and I would 
> expect the new system to do the same for its beaconing, rather than 
> using spots. DX Spots are NOT the place for mode specific *automatic* 
> beaconing, signal reports that are specific to the operation of VARA.
>
> As the author is, I believe, Spanish I wonder whether one of our 
> Spanish users could have a word with him(?) and remind him that 'chat' 
> is the way to go.
>
> Thanks
>
> 73 Dirk G1TLH
>
> On 06/12/2022 20:18, Boudewijn (Bob) Tenty via Dxspider-support wrote:
>>
>> VarAC is a new chat program what has also a beacon mode, it uses VARA 
>> as a transport mode.
>>
>> Bob VE3TOK
>>
>> On 2022-12-06 05:59, Mike G3YPP via Dxspider-support wrote:
>>>
>>> Today I have started to see a lot of spots going through my node 
>>> with the comment “(VarAC) BEACON”
>>>
>>> I’ve not come across VarAC before but looking at it, it has the 
>>> potential to cause an awful lot of spots.   I have added VarAC to my 
>>> badword list which seems to be working on my node.
>>>
>>> Mike G3YPP
>>>
>>> Sysop for MX0NCA-2
>>>
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Jan
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