Re: [digitalradio] Digital sked page: New ideas ?
Hello Andy, For ALE, there is soft which name is ALE^STAT which is connected to an ALE soft (PC ALE, MARS ALE or Multipsk) through a local TCP/IP loop and automatically manages and forwards the sounding ALE information to a HFLINK page (Channel zero). With this principle, as RS ID and Call ID are received in background, through a local TCP/IP link, they would be leaded to a general soft (to create) which would manage and transmit these pieces of information to a page, for information (I imagine that this soft will have to take the Locator information of the QRA, to locate the mode call or the callsign on a map at Internet page level) and possible further QSOs. 73 Patrick - Original Message - From: "Andrew O'Brien" To: Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Digital sked page: New ideas ? > Hi Sholto, I am just back from holiday and saw your post. Your > question has been one that has been on my mind recently, I am not sure > what can be done to add interest. The SKCC and LOTW sked pages are > often very busy but the interest in the sked page for digital mode > skeds seems to be dwindling. I saw no increase when the hamspots page > was down for a month. I thought the nice new design and link to > PSKreporter at hamspots would bring lots of users to hamspots and make > my sked page even less used, however Hamspots can go many hours > without a spot too (except PSkreporter ). I think it may be time for > something new to spice things up but I am not sure what that is for > the digital mode enthusiasts. Joe and I have added as many > interesting features to the sked page as we can think off. I still > think some form of integration of PSKreporter might be useful although > I am not sure how to add that...yet. Something like the > auto-reporting module you wrote for Multispk and your old spotting > page might be useful too. Ideally, some easy form of "my rig is > tuned to" would be of help but perhaps one that is not dependent on a > particular piece of software, something that reports your frequency > and mode "live" to a webpage regardless of whether you are using > Multipsk, DM780, Winwarbler, FLdigi, or other applications. > Reporting what you hear would also be interesting if it could be > filtered to prevent endless reports of the same station in a mundane > mode. Spotcollector still appears, to me, to be the most useful spot > related system. I'm not sure what would be best, creating something > that could take data filtered FROM Spotcollector and automatically > posted to a "sked page" for digital modes, or creating a system where > data is SENT to a digital mode only cluster that would interface with > Spotcollector and end users could customize as they wish. Perhaps we > can get a few comments . > > Andy K3UK > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Sholto Fisher > wrote: >> >> >> Just wondered why there are so few spots on Andy's sked page recently? >> >> http://www.obriensweb.com/sked/ >> >> also I am QRV on 14074 with RS-ID and CALL ID monitoring. >> >> 73 Sholto >> K7TMG >> >> > > > > > Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Pages at > http://www.obriensweb.com/sked > > Recommended digital mode software: Winwarbler, FLDIGI, DM780, or Multipsk > Logging Software: DXKeeper or Ham Radio Deluxe. > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
Re: [digitalradio] Digital sked page: New ideas ?
Hi Andy, I think the secret is to try and provide functionality (what that is I don't know) that encourages the site visitor to interact with the page. HamSpots routinely hits 50+ online users on weekends, but nobody is posting any spots. It reminds me of people complaining a band is dead because they can't see/hear any activity, the trouble is everyone is listening and no one is CQing, Hi. de Laurie, VK3AMA Andrew O'Brien wrote: Hi Sholto, I am just back from holiday and saw your post. Your question has been one that has been on my mind recently, I am not sure what can be done to add interest. The SKCC and LOTW sked pages are often very busy but the interest in the sked page for digital mode skeds seems to be dwindling. I saw no increase when the hamspots page was down for a month. I thought the nice new design and link to PSKreporter at hamspots would bring lots of users to hamspots and make my sked page even less used, however Hamspots can go many hours without a spot too (except PSkreporter ). I think it may be time for something new to spice things up but I am not sure what that is for the digital mode enthusiasts. Joe and I have added as many interesting features to the sked page as we can think off. I still think some form of integration of PSKreporter might be useful although I am not sure how to add that...yet. Something like the auto-reporting module you wrote for Multispk and your old spotting page might be useful too. Ideally, some easy form of "my rig is tuned to" would be of help but perhaps one that is not dependent on a particular piece of software, something that reports your frequency and mode "live" to a webpage regardless of whether you are using Multipsk, DM780, Winwarbler, FLdigi, or other applications. Reporting what you hear would also be interesting if it could be filtered to prevent endless reports of the same station in a mundane mode. Spotcollector still appears, to me, to be the most useful spot related system. I'm not sure what would be best, creating something that could take data filtered FROM Spotcollector and automatically posted to a "sked page" for digital modes, or creating a system where data is SENT to a digital mode only cluster that would interface with Spotcollector and end users could customize as they wish. Perhaps we can get a few comments . Andy K3UK On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Sholto Fisher wrote: Just wondered why there are so few spots on Andy's sked page recently? http://www.obriensweb.com/sked/ also I am QRV on 14074 with RS-ID and CALL ID monitoring. 73 Sholto K7TMG Announce your digital presence via our Interactive Sked Pages at http://www.obriensweb.com/sked Recommended digital mode software: Winwarbler, FLDIGI, DM780, or Multipsk Logging Software: DXKeeper or Ham Radio Deluxe. Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [digitalradio] Digital sked page: New ideas ?
Hi Sholto, I am just back from holiday and saw your post. Your question has been one that has been on my mind recently, I am not sure what can be done to add interest. The SKCC and LOTW sked pages are often very busy but the interest in the sked page for digital mode skeds seems to be dwindling. I saw no increase when the hamspots page was down for a month. I thought the nice new design and link to PSKreporter at hamspots would bring lots of users to hamspots and make my sked page even less used, however Hamspots can go many hours without a spot too (except PSkreporter ). I think it may be time for something new to spice things up but I am not sure what that is for the digital mode enthusiasts. Joe and I have added as many interesting features to the sked page as we can think off. I still think some form of integration of PSKreporter might be useful although I am not sure how to add that...yet. Something like the auto-reporting module you wrote for Multispk and your old spotting page might be useful too. Ideally, some easy form of "my rig is tuned to" would be of help but perhaps one that is not dependent on a particular piece of software, something that reports your frequency and mode "live" to a webpage regardless of whether you are using Multipsk, DM780, Winwarbler, FLdigi, or other applications. Reporting what you hear would also be interesting if it could be filtered to prevent endless reports of the same station in a mundane mode. Spotcollector still appears, to me, to be the most useful spot related system. I'm not sure what would be best, creating something that could take data filtered FROM Spotcollector and automatically posted to a "sked page" for digital modes, or creating a system where data is SENT to a digital mode only cluster that would interface with Spotcollector and end users could customize as they wish. Perhaps we can get a few comments . Andy K3UK On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Sholto Fisher wrote: > > > Just wondered why there are so few spots on Andy's sked page recently? > > http://www.obriensweb.com/sked/ > > also I am QRV on 14074 with RS-ID and CALL ID monitoring. > > 73 Sholto > K7TMG > >
