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by NU4B on June 15, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
If I see one more of these US spots - I'm going to scream! Maybe someone could sponser a US/US spot webpage. Maybe its me, but I don't care if a guy in West Virginia hears a beacon located in Ohio.

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by N3OX on June 15, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Use A Spot Filter " I don't care if a guy in West Virginia hears a beacon located in Ohio. " I do. Could be an indicator of 6m conditions I could use. Or maybe I want to go work some Techs on 10 SSB without having to listen to the hissss there all the time, so I watch for 10m openings on the cluster. There's very powerful software out there that can keep you from wanting to scream. You can never see a domestic spot again if you want. If you log in to a cluster running CC Cluster software, all you have to do is type SET/NOBEACON and you'll never see a /B or /BCN spot again. 73 Dan

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by N4KC on June 17, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
I don't mind seeing the beacons spotted since I may want to jump up to 10 and see what I can work. It's when the guys list them as "/B3" and my logging software puts them in China...there's always that instant where I think, "Hey! Could it really be...?" Then I see the call sign. Well, maybe in a couple of years. Don N4KC www.n4kc.com www.donkeith.com www.n4kc.blogspot.com (A blog dedicated to rapid technological change and its effect on society, media and amateur radio)

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by W7ETA on June 17, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Be thankful the spot is for a beacon and not the CBers above and below the beacon stations! If I want to check 10 meters, I punch the 1 Mhz down button and listen for CBers and illegals. 73 Bob

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by AF3Y on June 22, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
You are NOT alone, OM! And - just this morning, there are no less than TEN "domestic" (lower 48 to lower 48) 10m QSOs posted by the SAME person(I used "person" instead of what I really want to call this "person"). This person is probably getting his jollies posting this crap. I know, I know, I can filter them out, but DX clusters are for DX. That is DX! YES for DX!!! DX, DAMMNIT!!! (Now entering chilllll mode...) 73, de Gene AF3Y

RE: 10 meter beacon spots	Reply
by AF3Y on June 22, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
I obviously meant Beacon spots, not QSOs. However, I am not sure one of these eggheads does not try to work a beacon, for DXCC. There are no less than 15 of these Beacon or Repeater spots on DXSummit right now (1622Z). There are two of these spotters mainly. One in Fla and one in Wa. These spots are DX, huh? What a crock! Gene

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by WD4ELG on June 22, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
Fellow Hams, This is an interesting discussion, and I am at fault for spotting 10 meter beacons...up to a point. This is becaus I post them on the DX Sherlock VHF spotting network, which is EXACTLY the correct place to spot them. This site is intended to track and report on VHF and UHF openings, including 10 meters on HF. Unfortunately, other cluster engines pick up and propagate these reports. The end result is the same...drives some hams to annoyance. My apologies if I am the cause of any of that. my intent was to alert others to get on 10 because the band is open when I posted. Mark Lunday WD4ELG http://wd4elg.net

RE: 10 meter beacon spots	Reply
by N3OX on June 22, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
"drives some hams to annoyance" Hams who get really annoyed at certain categories of spots but don't choose to use filters.

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by NU4B on June 22, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
You would think choosing HF CW DX would would filter US/US spots without special software. But it is what it is. And what the users input.

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by N6ORB on June 25, 2009	Mail this to a friend!
I work mostly six meters this time of year so I'm very interested in sporadic E propagation. Beacon spots on 10 and 6 get mapped on the DX Sherlock site and give me a good idea when and where six meter openings are or are likely to appear. We know that DX really means it's in another country. Still, I'd much rather know about six meter openings to New England than I would about the common openings to Western Canada. Spots of actual QSOs are best, but I'll take some beacon spots too. Since I always operate portable, even at home (HOA), I don't want to put the mast and antenna up unless there's a reasonable chance I'll hear someone outside Northern California.

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