[Dxspider-support] FTx autogenerated spots

[g4piq]

I generally prefer the principle of dropping spots at the user level rather than on the backbone (unless they are at such a rate as to be dangerous). That way the sysio can configure their node to do what's right fir them and their user base - not what someone else further upstream thinks should be right for them. If we don't apply this principle then the spider ends up becoming closer to a full mesh...73Andy, G4PIQ Sent from my Galaxy
-------- Original message --------From: Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> Date: 17/03/2025  15:14  (GMT+00:00) To: Rob Roschewsk via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> Cc: Dirk Koopman <djk at tobit.co.uk> Subject: [Dxspider-support] FTx autogenerated spots 
    In the spirit of discouraging client programs
      generating spots automatically when they work something, or for
      other reasons that make life difficult for sysops and users that
      don't use digital modes, I have introduced the following system
      variable: $DXProt::remove_auto_ftx which,
      as default (in the test branch), is currently set to 1. 
      
      DX de WA2JQZ:    28180.0  DL2KBX       FT4
        DM78<>JO30                                      14 1415Z 
        5
        DX de G0LZX:     28074.0  W0JJG        FT8 -15dB
        1265Hz                                     4 1415Z IO83
        DX de CP6UA:     24915.0  CP6UA        FT8 FH82jf ->
        FH82jf                                10 1414Z 10
        DX de G0LZX:     28074.0  N9AKR        FT8 -13dB from EN61
        200Hz                            4 1414Z IO83
        DX de G0LZX:     28074.0  G0JEI        FT8 -20dB
        520Hz                                   IO93 1412Z IO83
        DX de WA2JQZ:    28180.0  MW7TTA       FT4
        DM78<>IO73                                    IO73 1411Z 
        5
        DX de IZ0FYO:    28180.0  9Z4Y         FT4 JN61og ->
        FK90                                FK90 1410Z 15
        DX de IZ1PLH:    21076.0  BG0HP        FT8 -15 dB from
        NL59                                23 1410Z JN34
        DX de WA2JQZ:    28180.0  OT7X         FT4
        DM78<>JO10                                      14 1408Z 
        5
        DX de G0LZX:     28074.0  CE3SOC       FT8 -12dB from FF46
        1295Hz                        FF46 1408Z IO83
        DX de YC1JEL:    28180.0  RA4M         FT4 -04dB
        2426Hz                                  LO44 1441Z 28
        DX de GM0LIR:    24919.0  6Y7EI        FT4 +06dB
        1585Hz                                     8 1442Z IO85
        DX de G0LZX:     28074.0  YC1JEA       FT8 -07dB from OI33
        671Hz  
        
      would become:
      
    DX de WA2JQZ:   
        28180.0  DL2KBX       FT4
        DM78<>JO30                                      14 1415Z 
        5
        DX de CP6UA:     24915.0  CP6UA        FT8 FH82jf ->
        FH82jf                                10 1414Z 10
        DX de WA2JQZ:    28180.0  MW7TTA       FT4
        DM78<>IO73                                    IO73 1411Z 
        5
        DX de IZ0FYO:    28180.0  9Z4Y         FT4 JN61og ->
        FK90                                FK90 1410Z 15
        DX de WA2JQZ:    28180.0  OT7X         FT4
        DM78<>JO10                                      14 1408Z 
        5
        
      It is, of course, likely that these spots that are left are
      auto generated too - but at least they provide some useful
      information. If it is deemed necessary, I can get rid of these as
      well, together with all the other FTx spots if necessary. 
      
      Some people may think this is overkill, but the spot feed is
      filling up with more and more useless spots, most of which are
      machine generated. Someone has to take a stand. Now where did I
      put that wobbly pedestal I bought from the charity shop the other
      year? 
      
    You should be made aware, the place that this
      is currently done, means that these spots are dropped at the
      PC11/PC61 protocol level - they won't be passed onward to other
      nodes... You may not like that... It doesn't have to work this
      way, it could be a user command. Please see the next paragraph. 
    
      Someone was complaining that this list is too quiet. Maybe this
      will liven it up.
      
      73 Dirk G1TLH
      
      PS I just got a bit sick of the lack of "normal" v "FTx" spots
      whilst testing the deduping code so I thought "I know, I've
      meaning to do this for ages and it's only an extra 8 lines of code
      and a few comments".
      
      
    
  

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