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<div>To all DX cluster SysOps !</div>
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<div>I highly recommend to block the callsign "F8DGY" from your DX cluster node.</div>
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<div>As most of you did read about the issue with F8DGY spots on the list, someone is flooding (self-)spots the DX cluster network and thus abusing the services. Although this guy has been contacted through email it didn't reveal any helpful information to counterfeit against. There are a lot of complaints around the world, see</div>
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<div>"https://dxheat.com/db/f8dgy"</div>
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<div>and also some historic complaints about F8DGY in the past</div>
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<div>"http://forum.log4om.com/viewtopic.php?t=1390"</div>
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<div>So it seems this guy either is not telling the truth or intensionally abusing the cluster network. As there is no global filter mechanism on the DX cluster network yet implemented and lots of ham operators around the world are annoyed by the spots originatedfrom callsign F8DGY ...</div>
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<div>==> <u>I highly recommend to all DX cluster node SysOps to <strong>REJECT </strong>the callsign <strong>F8DGY </strong>as it is regarded as a bad spotter callsign.</u></div>
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<div>I want to add that this guy added the note on his own QRZ.com page that he never used or uses any cluster network so this blocking action should not affect him at all and cannot give him any reason to complain about.</div>
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<div>On a DXspider node you can add the block filter with this command:</div>
<div><strong>set/badspotter F8DGY</strong></div>
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<div>This command runs fine on my DXspider node. Alternatively on DXspider nodes one could try "reject/spots by F8DGY"</div>
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<div>I don't know about the AR cluster nodes in detail, but after some research I found the manual ("http://lynxdxg.com/archivos/AR-Cluster%20User%20Manual.pdf") and if understood correctly the command for AR cluster nodes should be:</div>
<div><strong>set/filter dxkeyword/reject /f8dgy</strong></div>
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<div>On a CC cluster node according the manual ("http://bcdxc.org/ve7cc/ccc/CCC_Commands.htm") the command should be:</div>
<div><strong>set/filter keyword/reject f8dgy</strong><br/>
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<div>73</div>
<div>Saki, DD5XX</div>
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