Re: Spots Posting as "DX de TLF-A"

[Thomas Beierlein]

Hi Alan and Zoli,

Am Tue, 1 Mar 2022 19:07:34 +0100
schrieb Csahok Zoltan <ha5cqz@gmx.com>:

> Hi Alan,
> 
> Ctrl-A sends the spot only to other networked TLF nodes,
> hence the "de TLF-A" where "A" is the node id (1st node).
> 
> man page says:
>  Ctrl-A Add a spot to bandmap and broadcast it on the local network.

I just double checked it to be sure. That message from Ctrl-A goes only
into the internal network, but gets displayed in the cluster message
list.

The idea behind Ctrl-A is to use it either as a reminder for yourself
if you work without an external cluster or have a second station
scanning the bands while only listening and providing spots for the
main operator.

> To send to the actual cluster network Ctrl-B can be used.
> For actual spotting purpose IMO it's practically unusable as one has
> to type in a correctly formatted (raw) spot.
> On the other hand one can post with it any other kind of message,
> provided the cluster accepts it...
> 

I see three possible ways to fix that:

a) Let Ctrl-B format the cluster message and send it (we loose the
  ability for quick general cluster messages; we can still send them via
  <:packet>message<:>)
b) Have a key for sending a spot message and a key for a general
  cluster message (not sure if another key is a good idea).
c) Let Ctrl-B format the cluster message, but show it to the user and
  allow editing before the message gets send (Flexible but would need at
  least a second key press - enter - besides Ctrl-B for just sending the
  spot.)

73, de Tom





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