[Dxspider-support] Self-spotting and de-duplication

[Keith, G6NHU]

So is there also an equivalent

set/var $Spot::respottime = 180

As well?

I wonder, is there a full list of available variables for dxspider anywhere along with a description of what they all do?

73 Keith
On 12 Jan 2025 at 17:55 +0000, Björn Ekelund <bjorn at ekelund.nu>, wrote:
> Some of the default settings of DXSpider seem optimized for users staring at the telnet feed.
>
> In my scripts/startup I have added
>
> set/var $RBN::respottime = 180
> set/var $Spot::minselfspotqrg  0
>
> A cluster node should never suppress a self spot. The minimum self spotting periodicity is set
> by the contest's rules and the cluster should never interfere with this. Typical minimum periods for
> self spotting in contests are between 3 and 10 minutes.
>
> If DXSpider does suppress self spots under certain conditions I would like to know how to disable this.
>
> Björn SM7IUN
>
> On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM Keith, G6NHU via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:
> > Now that self spotting is allowed for a trial period in all RSGB HF contests, I’ve been asked about self-spotting and submitting duplicate spots by a couple of my users.
> >
> > Some time ago I set minselfspotqrg to 0 to allow self spotting but what is the situation regarding duplicates because I understand some logging software can now self spot every few minutes.  I don’t necessarily agree with this but it’s going to happen more and more.
> >
> > What’s the period during which the cluster will reject a self spot as a dupe please and is there a variable that can be tweaked to adjust it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > 73 Keith.
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