[LCC] DX clusters

[Steve Lott]

I agree However I use VA3MW-7 since it filters to only spots from within
North America
no use in me seeing spots orginating from Eu or Ja etc
and since VA3MW-7 already does the filtering I do not have to set up filters
!!!

73
steve


http://www.KG5VK.com
My Ham Radio Friends


On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Charles Morrison <cmorrison at lusfiber.net>wrote:

>  Yeah, both Pat and I use it as well.
>
>
> Like Roland says, it allows all the filtering etc.  With the connectivity
> of all clusters via the internet these days, there’s really no wrong
> choice.  If you decide to use VE7CC, then once you update the list of
> clusters in the program, you’ll notice different ones.  There’s basically
> several different compatible software packages that the sysops use.  Since
> both CC Cluster and VE7CC’s ARUser are both written by VE7CC, I’d recommend
> when you’re ready to connect to find a CC cluster.  It’ll either be noted in
> the name that you connect to, or you’ll see the prompt as CC>   This will
> support the advanced features of VE7CC’s ARUser (the client program).
>
>
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> You really cant go wrong with any cluster though, they’re all tied together
> now days.
>
>
> Charlie
>
> Ki5xp
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> *From:* lcc-bounces at louisianacontestclub.org [mailto:
> lcc-bounces at louisianacontestclub.org] *On Behalf Of *Roland Guidry
> *Sent:* Friday, October 23, 2009 10:27 AM
> *To:* W5WZ at arrl.net; LCC at louisianacontestclub.org
> *Subject:* Re: [LCC] DX clusters
>
>
>
> Scott, I use the VE7CC CC Cluster program,
> http://www.bcdxc.org/ve7cc/default.htm#prog. >From it I usually use one of
> three clusters: ve7cc, n5in or ab5k. I have examine how fast the clusters
> broadcast spots and I can't tell the minor difference between them. I think
> Charlie KI5XP and Pat W5WMU use this program.
>
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> Using this cluster program, you can control where your spots come from such
> as NA only, or DX only. Nice for Sweepstakes, Roundup and CQWW.
>
> Your logging program just needs to point to this program after it is setup
> for telnet as: 127.0.0.1 :7300 where 7300 is the port.
>
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> Good luck in contest.
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>
>
> Roland NA5Q
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> *From:* lcc-bounces at louisianacontestclub.org [mailto:
> lcc-bounces at louisianacontestclub.org] *On Behalf Of *Scott Dickson
> *Sent:* Friday, October 23, 2009 6:43 AM
> *To:* LCC at louisianacontestclub.org
> *Subject:* [LCC] DX clusters
>
> For our area, what is a good DX cluster to use?
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>
>
> --Scott, W5WZ
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