<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">The thing is that different clusters bring different benefits to the network. For example, CC Cluster rate limits spots to BOTH users and the backbone. My cluster peaked at <b><u>80,000+ spots per minute</u></b>, yes per minute, that it didn’t redistribute to DXS partners.<div><br></div><div>Rudy N2WQ</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sent using a tiny keyboard. Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate autocorrect.</span></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 10, 2025, at 12:04 PM, Mikel EA2CW via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Well, if we want to be fair, we should measure neither the number of nodes, nor the number of users, but the number of spots sent.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Let me explain myself, if a node has say, 10.000 users just because f.i. there is some kind of "prevalence" in some kind of interface software (that was true at least in one case) but their users don't usually send spots, the impact of the $senderverify will be minimum.</span><br><span></span><br><span>On the the other hand, who think that having a lot of users concentrated on a bunch of nodes is good for the traffic and management of the spots?</span><br><span></span><br><span>And, as far as I know, the majority of webclusters around are using dxspider underneath, so there should not be any major trouble to follow the normal procedure that ALL THE REST of nodes do.</span><br><span></span><br><span>73, Mikel EA2CW</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>El 10/3/25 a las 14:44, Mike McCarthy, W1NR via Dxspider-support escribió:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>A small number of nodes, yes, but with about 1/4 of the total users of the global cluster network. VE7CC-1 alone has over 800 on any given day.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 3/10/2025 8:29 AM, Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Which means that input from the CCluster/ARCluster system would disappear as they are still using the same protocol as we are and therefore just as untrusted as anyone else. Their big advantage is that there are a relatively small group of nodes with an author (or other </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>73 de Mikel Berrocal EA2CW-AE2CW</span><br><span>Bilbao, Basque Country</span><br><span>ea2cw@gautxori.com</span><br><span>https://www.ea2cw.eus</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Dxspider-support mailing list</span><br><span>Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</span><br><span>https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support</span><br></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>