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<div dir="auto">I thought the default had already been changed after the poll Dirk made some time ago about this. <br />
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<div name="messageReplySection">On 28 Jan 2025 at 17:43 +0000, Kin via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk>, wrote:<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Keith,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="SpellE"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Nothing</span></span> <span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span class="SpellE">will</span> <span class="SpellE">change</span> <span class="SpellE">if</span> <span class="SpellE">the</span> default variable <span class="SpellE">is</span> <span class="SpellE">retained</span>:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span class="SpellE"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>sh</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>/<span class="SpellE">var</span> $<span class="GramE">Spot::</span><span class="SpellE">minselfspotqrg</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style='text-indent:35.4pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>$Spot::<span class="SpellE">minselfspotqrg</span> = 1240000<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span> <- 1.2 GHz<br />
<span class="SpellE">What</span> Dirk <span class="SpellE">is</span> <span class="SpellE">implementing</span> <span class="SpellE">is</span> <span class="SpellE">intended</span> <span class="SpellE">for</span> cases <span class="SpellE">where</span> a <span class="SpellE">sysop</span> <span class="SpellE">chooses</span> <span class="SpellE">to</span> <span class="SpellE">support</span> <span class="SpellE">autospots</span>, <span class="SpellE">but</span> <span class="SpellE">this</span> <span class="SpellE">will</span> <span class="SpellE">always</span> be <span class="SpellE">conditional</span> <span class="SpellE">on</span> <span class="SpellE">the</span> (>)<span class="SpellE">qrg</span> <span class="SpellE">value</span> <span class="SpellE">of</span> <span class="SpellE">the</span> <span class="SpellE">aforementioned</span> variable.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Spider <span class="SpellE">is</span> flexible <span class="SpellE">enough</span> <span class="SpellE">for</span> <span class="SpellE">us</span> <span class="SpellE">to</span> configure <span class="SpellE">it</span> <span class="SpellE">to</span> <span class="SpellE">suit</span> <span class="SpellE">our</span> <span class="SpellE">needs</span>—<span class="SpellE">or</span> <span class="SpellE">almost</span> ;)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Kin EA3CV</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ES'>De:</span></b> <span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:ES'>Dxspider-support <dxspider-support-bounces@tobit.co.uk> <b>En nombre de</b> Keith via Dxspider-support<br />
<b>Enviado el:</b> martes, 28 de enero de 2025 18:23<br />
<b>Para:</b> dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk<br />
<b>CC:</b> Keith <keithl@lebs.org.uk><br />
<b>Asunto:</b> [Dxspider-support] Self-spotting and de-duplication</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB' xml:lang="EN-GB">Hi Dirk</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB' xml:lang="EN-GB">If we must have self-spotting please make it a setting that the node sysop can enable as required i.e. on or off.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB' xml:lang="EN-GB">It’s a shame that the rules have been changed by the RSBGB HF CC and a few operators want us all to fall into line.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB' xml:lang="EN-GB">I for one will be reluctant to carry out further software updates if I can’t choose which goes against all the hard work that Kin has been doing to tidy up the network.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB' xml:lang="EN-GB">Let them create their own network/software if they are that desperate for self-spotting.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB' xml:lang="EN-GB">Best 73 and thanks for all you do with the software.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB' xml:lang="EN-GB">Keith GU6EFB</span></p>
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