On 2025-05-19 10:16 AM, Kent N6WT via groups.io wrote:
I don't understand your concern. The SOTA, POTA and WWFF fields have
been part of SC for about 5 years now.
And processing that data takes a finite additional time for each spot.
It represents an unnecessary degradation in performance for the vast
majority of users who do not engage in SOTA/POTA/WWFF/LH/CASTLES, etc.
and for SOTA/POTA/etc. users who use the proprietary tools when dealing
with those arbitrary patches of dirt.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 2025-05-19 10:16 AM, Kent N6WT via groups.io wrote:
On Mon, May 19, 2025 at 6:38?AM Joe Subich, W4TV via groups.io
Here, I would object to POTA/SOTA specific fields with their associated
overhead in SpotCollector. The improvements in SC 9.9.2 are great and
SC appears to be processing spots almost twice as fast as previous
versions.
Joe
I don't understand your concern. The SOTA, POTA and WWFF fields have been
part of SC for about 5 years now.
Thanks
73
Kent
N6WT
On Mon, May 19, 2025 at 6:38?AM Joe Subich, W4TV via groups.io <lists=
[email protected]> wrote:
On 2025-05-18 11:18 PM, Tom ai4th via groups.io wrote:
POTA and SOTA seem to be polarizing to some parts of the ham
community. Live and let live. If Dave is gracious enough to put
fields in Spotcollector to support these public-facing parts of the
hobby, good on him.
Here, I would object to POTA/SOTA specific fields with their associated
overhead in SpotCollector. The improvements in SC 9.9.2 are great and
SC appears to be processing spots almost twice as fast as previous
versions.
This version actually appears to run reasonably on a "toy" system -
an 800 MHz Intel N100 (four cores, four threads) with 16 GB single
channel RAM. It can "keep up" with four clusters (each with open
skimmer feeds) plus IRC during normal operation (I have not tried
to benchmark it during a major contest) with sufficient CPS cycles
to support normal WSJTX and DXKeeper operation. That was not the
case with previous versions of SpotCollector.
I would hate to see anything that would result in any degradation
in performance for the majority of users to support niche operation
- particularly since DXLab can never fully support POTA/SOTA due
to their closed data systems and unique operating paradigm.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 2025-05-18 11:18 PM, Tom ai4th via groups.io wrote:
POTA and SOTA seem to be polarizing to some parts of the ham community.
Live and let live. If Dave is gracious enough to put fields in
Spotcollector to support these public-facing parts of the hobby, good on
him. I will strain my few remaining brain cells to make use of the new
tools. (Mainly PoTA. I'm too out of shape for summits, even in Va.)
Tom ai4th
