[Dxspider-support] Hop counts

[Dirk Koopman]

I should add that it is technically possible for DXSpider nodes to rehop 
PCxx sentences, particularly in the downward direction.

On 30/12/2022 20:20, Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support wrote:
> Some nodes deliberately limit hop counts to some low number like 10 or 
> 15. A pity then, that spots that travel through nodes (IIRC AR-C) 
> where they are "rehopped" back to 98 (or so). I did some research on 
> this several years ago and that was the conclusion I came to at the 
> time. But things may have changed since then.
>
> 73 Dirk G1TLH
>
> On 30/12/2022 18:41, Lee Sawkins via Dxspider-support wrote:
>> Can someone explain to me why my cluster receives some dx spots with 
>> a hop count of say H3 or lower from one of my node links and almost 
>> immediately receives another identical spot almost immediately from 
>> another node partner with a hop count of H97.  This first one is sent 
>> out to my node connections with a hop count of H2 or less, which 
>> means it should soon be hopped out and not further forwarded.  Why is 
>> some intermediate node doing this.  Is it an attempt to sabotage the 
>> distribution of some spots?
>>
>> Hop numbers from a couple of specific nodes are particularly low.  
>> These include W1NR, F5LEN-3 and EA6VQ-2.
>>
>> 73 Lee VE7CC
>>
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