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color:#1F497D'>Yeah, both Pat and I use it as well. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>You really cant go wrong with any cluster though, they’re all
tied together now days.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><br>
Charlie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Ki5xp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> lcc-bounces@louisianacontestclub.org
[mailto:lcc-bounces@louisianacontestclub.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Roland Guidry<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 23, 2009 10:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> W5WZ@arrl.net; LCC@louisianacontestclub.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LCC] DX clusters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Scott,
I use the VE7CC CC Cluster program, <a
href="http://www.bcdxc.org/ve7cc/default.htm#prog">http://www.bcdxc.org/ve7cc/default.htm#prog</a>.
>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.</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>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. </span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Your
logging program just needs to point to this program after it is setup for
telnet as: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>127.0.0.1
:7300 where 7300 is the port.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Good
luck in contest.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Roland
NA5Q</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
lcc-bounces@louisianacontestclub.org
[mailto:lcc-bounces@louisianacontestclub.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott Dickson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 23, 2009 6:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> LCC@louisianacontestclub.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [LCC] DX clusters</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For our area,
what is a good DX cluster to use?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>--Scott, W5WZ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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