<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">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...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">73</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Andy, G4PIQ </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:12px;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Galaxy</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk> </div><div>Date: 17/03/2025 15:14 (GMT+00:00) </div><div>To: Rob Roschewsk via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk> </div><div>Cc: Dirk Koopman <djk@tobit.co.uk> </div><div>Subject: [Dxspider-support] FTx autogenerated spots </div><div><br></div></div>
<font size="4">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: <font face="monospace"><b>$<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext">DXProt::remove_auto_ftx</a> </b></font>which,
as default (in the test branch), is currently set to 1. <br>
<br>
<font face="monospace">DX de WA2JQZ: 28180.0 DL2KBX FT4
DM78<>JO30 14 1415Z
5<br>
DX de G0LZX: 28074.0 W0JJG FT8 -15dB
1265Hz 4 1415Z IO83<br>
DX de CP6UA: 24915.0 CP6UA FT8 FH82jf ->
FH82jf 10 1414Z 10<br>
DX de G0LZX: 28074.0 N9AKR FT8 -13dB from EN61
200Hz 4 1414Z IO83<br>
DX de G0LZX: 28074.0 G0JEI FT8 -20dB
520Hz IO93 1412Z IO83<br>
DX de WA2JQZ: 28180.0 MW7TTA FT4
DM78<>IO73 IO73 1411Z
5<br>
DX de IZ0FYO: 28180.0 9Z4Y FT4 JN61og ->
FK90 FK90 1410Z 15<br>
DX de IZ1PLH: 21076.0 BG0HP FT8 -15 dB from
NL59 23 1410Z JN34<br>
DX de WA2JQZ: 28180.0 OT7X FT4
DM78<>JO10 14 1408Z
5<br>
DX de G0LZX: 28074.0 CE3SOC FT8 -12dB from FF46
1295Hz FF46 1408Z IO83<br>
DX de YC1JEL: 28180.0 RA4M FT4 -04dB
2426Hz LO44 1441Z 28<br>
DX de GM0LIR: 24919.0 6Y7EI FT4 +06dB
1585Hz 8 1442Z IO85<br>
DX de G0LZX: 28074.0 YC1JEA FT8 -07dB from OI33
671Hz <br>
<br>
</font>would become:<br>
<br>
</font><font size="4"><font face="monospace">DX de WA2JQZ:
28180.0 DL2KBX FT4
DM78<>JO30 14 1415Z
5<br>
DX de CP6UA: 24915.0 CP6UA FT8 FH82jf ->
FH82jf 10 1414Z 10<br>
DX de WA2JQZ: 28180.0 MW7TTA FT4
DM78<>IO73 IO73 1411Z
5<br>
DX de IZ0FYO: 28180.0 9Z4Y FT4 JN61og ->
FK90 FK90 1410Z 15<br>
DX de WA2JQZ: 28180.0 OT7X FT4
DM78<>JO10 14 1408Z
5<br>
<br>
</font>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. <br>
<br>
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? <br>
<br>
</font><font size="4">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. <br>
</font><font size="4"><br>
Someone was complaining that this list is too quiet. Maybe this
will liven it up.<br>
<br>
73 Dirk G1TLH<br>
<br>
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".<br>
<br>
<br>
</font>
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