Gee, Dave, you'd think you maybe had something to do with the writing of SpotCollector ;^). I have tested, and see no noticeable benefit to being connected to W3LPL 30 miles away versus NC7J in Utah.

Rich, FWIW, I think there is very little benefit from using multiple clusters, or ones in distant locations. Now that the whole system is Internet-based, rather than the old RF cluster network, it mak

Well, that's good. I don't normally use a CC cluster, but I appreciate getting all of my spots so that I can see where I'm being heard, and how well. HNY Bjorn. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the new Reverse

Malwarebytes reported that it blocked dxspots.com because "it may contain a trojan." The malware program isn't infallible, but it tends to err on the safe side. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the new Reverse

Joe, this has got to be either settings in your Spot Collector or user-specific settings at the clusters - if it were anything else then others would share your pain. Try this - connect to VE7CC *usin

I'm inclined to agree with Jon. The evidence suggests that it's not a really serious problem - at this moment, we only have 179 users connected to our CW/RTTY Telnet port, and considering the number o

Exactly! 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network web server at <http://beta.reversebeacon.net>. For spots, please use your favorite "retail" DX cluster. On 12/29/2021 9:11 AM, Jim N7US

One that is intended to provide spots to end-users, i.e. NOT the RBN Telnet servers, which do not provide any of the services users have come to expect from *their* cluster. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out th

To the best of my knowledge, AD1C's dxcluster.info uses "(+CW Skimmer)" only to identify clusters forwarding RBN-origin CW or RTTY spots. I don't think there is any comparable resource for FTx spots.

Sorry, Dave, what do you mean by "that site"? To be clear, I don't think there are very many RBN nodes generating FT8 spots, and don't know how many "retail" clusters make them available. Certainly, t

I agree that is a shortcoming of the dxcluster.info listing. The only thing I can suggest is that users connect to a cluster and see what it says on its banner. My impression is that relatively few wa

Sorry, folks. I tried to send a pasted image, but either the host software or or my e-mail software failed to display it. what I was explaining is that the tag for RBN-capable nodes is scarcely buried

Thanks, Bjorn - good to have that info all in one place. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network web server at <http://beta.reversebeacon.net>. For spots, please use your favorite "reta

Not in the Notes column, and seems clear enough to me. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network web server at <http://beta.reversebeacon.net>. For spots, please use your favorite "retail

Dave, now this is getting silly. We provided those addresses for people who operate DX clusters and want to add the RBN to their list of spot sources, coupled with a request that retail users not conn

Joe, if you are not getting the RBN spots, from clusters that handle them, it's something in your setup. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network web server at <http://beta.reversebeacon

Again, Dave, dxcluster.info is a pretty good source for RBN spots on retail clusters worldwide. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network web server at <http://beta.reversebeacon.net>. Fo

Joe, that's incorrect. They say (+CW Skimmer) when they handle RBN spots. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network web server at <http://beta.reversebeacon.net>. For spots, please use yo

Joe, try dxcluster.info for a list of clusters that notes whether they carry RBN spots. Personally, I use W9PA, W3LPL, K3LR or NC7J, all of which run the ARCluster V6 software. Most of them use port 7

Dave, as I said to you off-list, we appreciate your support for DXLab users connecting to "retail" DX clusters rather than to the RBN's own servers. On both the old and new (beta.reversebeacon.net) we