Danny, I think they are not being posted/spotted. I have always assumed, perhaps wrongly, that "serious DXers" and cluster owners frown on something like K3UK spotting N7DC because you are not really "DX". Thus even though you might be using an interesting digital mode , I would not spot you on a real DX cluster. If you were ET2US I would spot you, not N7DC. If we all started spotting routine callsigns and their digital modes on a regular cluster, Spotcollector would indeed be the best tool.
Andy On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 7:16 PM, DANNY DOUGLAS<[email protected]> wrote: > > > Where is "there" Tony? HI. > And I have, on average, 3 sites gathering spots here, and using > SpotCollector which has almost every mode known to man, listed, so its not > like they just disappear on this end. Looks like the special digital modes > simply are not being passed thru the network. > > Danny Douglas > N7DC > ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA > SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB > > All 2 years or more (except Novice) > Pls QSL direct, buro, or LOTW preferred, > I Do not use, but as a courtesy do upload to eQSL for > those who do. > > Moderator > DXandTALK > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DXandTalk > [email protected] > > Moderator > Digital_modes > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digital_modes/?yguid=341090159 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tony > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 6:52 PM > Subject: Re: [digitalradio] ALE400 N7DC > > > Danny, > >> What I dont understand, with all the reported contacts here on this group, >> why I am not seeing > ANY of them on the spot network? I would gladly give >> some of them a listen, if they showed up >> Danny Douglas N7DC > > That's a good question... > > I've noticed 'exotic mode' cluster spots on occasion and I've sent some over > the years with Mixw's DX Cluster feature. The response is usually less than > stellar. > > I use this reflector on occasion to spot QRV notes (with Andy's permission) > for the purpose of testing less familiar modes like ALE-400. The audience is > much smaller than the clusters, but it's members are of course, geared > toward digital. > > Andy's sked page is perfect for digital mode skeds / QRV posts, but it sees > little use. I can't figure out why that is with the number of members we > have. http://www.obriensweb.com/sked > > I'm there now at 2250z if you'd like to sked. I'll be on for a few hours. > > Tony -K2MO > > > -- Andy
