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--></style></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Mike,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>How do you view this user traffic? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Would appreciate an incite<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Mike G3YPP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Sysop for MX0NCA-2</span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Message: 5</p><p class=MsoNormal>Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 16:58:43 -0500</p><p class=MsoNormal>From: Michael Walker <va3mw@portcredit.net></p><p class=MsoNormal>To: The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk></p><p class=MsoNormal>Subject: [Dxspider-support] Hamclock connections</p><p class=MsoNormal>Message-ID:</p><p class=MsoNormal> <CA+33ts4Es8MpNc7+yNdPbKVkYAqpNmiZL8Cgm+6vgh6Kjs5i0w@mail.gmail.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Guys</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Since I am digging into a few things, one of my users was sending a</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>set/location about every 15 seconds</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and then a show/heading for every spot.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It turns out it was HAMCLOCK which seems really chatty.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mike va3mw</p><p class=MsoNormal>-------------- next part --------------</p><p class=MsoNormal>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...</p><p class=MsoNormal>URL: <https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/pipermail/dxspider-support/attachments/20230301/b2331d1b/attachment-0001.htm></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Message: 6</p><p class=MsoNormal>Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 16:24:34 -0600</p><p class=MsoNormal>From: Stephen Carroll <aa4u.steve@gmail.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>To: The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk></p><p class=MsoNormal>Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] Hamclock connections</p><p class=MsoNormal>Message-ID:</p><p class=MsoNormal> <CAHi5uwZM6oxDiVhu2MxLBpi7T_UgoZVGZVpmM+Xpx+jE3FP4sQ@mail.gmail.com></p><p class=MsoNormal>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I'm glad you brought this topic up. I have been planning to voice my</p><p class=MsoNormal>opinion. What you tolerate as a SysOp is completely up to your individual</p><p class=MsoNormal>threshold level. But, I have basically outlawed any user on my nodes from</p><p class=MsoNormal>connecting if using HamClock. At one point, I had 6 users running the</p><p class=MsoNormal>software 24/7. I refer to this software as a "resource hog" because of how</p><p class=MsoNormal>much data it requests for every spot, then resends the users Name, QTH and</p><p class=MsoNormal>QRA every 15-30 seconds (which is probably the default). I have a modest</p><p class=MsoNormal>computer and cable modem setup for the cluster and home network usage. If</p><p class=MsoNormal>the connected user callsign appears like this (AA4U), they are probably</p><p class=MsoNormal>using HamClock. I will usually ask the user to connect to a larger scale</p><p class=MsoNormal>node, after explaining why it's a resource hog.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>YMMV !!!</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>73, Steve - AA4U</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Mar 1, 2023, 3:59 PM Michael Walker via Dxspider-support <</p><p class=MsoNormal>dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk> wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Hi Guys</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Since I am digging into a few things, one of my users was sending a</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> set/location about every 15 seconds</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> and then a show/heading for every spot.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> It turns out it was HAMCLOCK which seems really chatty.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Mike va3mw</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> _______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Dxspider-support mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</p><p class=MsoNormal>> https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-------------- next part --------------</p><p class=MsoNormal>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...</p><p class=MsoNormal>URL: <https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/pipermail/dxspider-support/attachments/20230301/d218bb55/attachment.htm></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Subject: Digest Footer</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>Dxspider-support mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</p><p class=MsoNormal>https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>End of Dxspider-support Digest, Vol 242, Issue 7</p><p class=MsoNormal>************************************************</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>