[Dxspider-support] Hamclock connections

[Stephen Carroll]

Mike,

I can tell you how I do it. All my cluster output is sent to tty5 (linux)
in the dxspider.service file, so it's just a matter of hitting Ctl-Alt-F5
to monitor input/output traffic data.

73, Steve - AA4U




On Thu, Mar 2, 2023, 8:10 AM Mike G3YPP via Dxspider-support <
dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:

> Mike,
>
>
>
> How do you view this user traffic?
>
> Would appreciate an incite
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Mike G3YPP
>
> Sysop for MX0NCA-2
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Message: 5
>
> Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 16:58:43 -0500
>
> From: Michael Walker <va3mw at portcredit.net>
>
> To: The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
>
> Subject: [Dxspider-support] Hamclock connections
>
> Message-ID:
>
>                 <
> CA+33ts4Es8MpNc7+yNdPbKVkYAqpNmiZL8Cgm+6vgh6Kjs5i0w at mail.gmail.com>
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
>
>
> Hi Guys
>
>
>
> Since I am digging into a few things, one of my users was sending a
>
>
>
> set/location about every 15 seconds
>
>
>
> and then a show/heading for every spot.
>
>
>
> It turns out it was HAMCLOCK which seems really chatty.
>
>
>
> Mike va3mw
>
> -------------- next part --------------
>
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>
> URL: <
> https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/pipermail/dxspider-support/attachments/20230301/b2331d1b/attachment-0001.htm
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Message: 6
>
> Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 16:24:34 -0600
>
> From: Stephen Carroll <aa4u.steve at gmail.com>
>
> To: The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
>
> Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] Hamclock connections
>
> Message-ID:
>
>                 <
> CAHi5uwZM6oxDiVhu2MxLBpi7T_UgoZVGZVpmM+Xpx+jE3FP4sQ at mail.gmail.com>
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
>
>
> I'm glad you brought this topic up. I have been planning to voice my
>
> opinion. What you tolerate as a SysOp is completely up to your individual
>
> threshold level. But, I have basically outlawed any user on my nodes from
>
> connecting if using HamClock. At one point, I had 6 users running the
>
> software 24/7. I refer to this software as a "resource hog" because of how
>
> much data it requests for every spot, then resends the users Name, QTH and
>
> QRA every 15-30 seconds (which is probably the default). I have a modest
>
> computer and cable modem setup for the cluster and home network usage. If
>
> the connected user callsign appears like this (AA4U), they are probably
>
> using HamClock. I will usually ask the user to connect to a larger scale
>
> node, after explaining why it's a resource hog.
>
>
>
> YMMV !!!
>
>
>
> 73, Steve - AA4U
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 1, 2023, 3:59 PM Michael Walker via Dxspider-support <
>
> dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Guys
>
> >
>
> > Since I am digging into a few things, one of my users was sending a
>
> >
>
> > set/location about every 15 seconds
>
> >
>
> > and then a show/heading for every spot.
>
> >
>
> > It turns out it was HAMCLOCK which seems really chatty.
>
> >
>
> > Mike va3mw
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > _______________________________________________
>
> > Dxspider-support mailing list
>
> > Dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk
>
> > https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support
>
> >
>
> -------------- next part --------------
>
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>
> URL: <
> https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/pipermail/dxspider-support/attachments/20230301/d218bb55/attachment.htm
> >
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> Subject: Digest Footer
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Dxspider-support mailing list
>
> Dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk
>
> https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> End of Dxspider-support Digest, Vol 242, Issue 7
>
> ************************************************
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Dxspider-support mailing list
> Dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk
> https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/pipermail/dxspider-support/attachments/20230302/8829f2c7/attachment-0001.htm>