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Much heard lately about #OpenHamClock & I'm quite grateful that someone's making something that can replace the soon-expiring #HamClock However, its author is clearly more on-air than I am. My station is RX FT8 band-hopping 24x7, & my HamClock shows me at a glance what bands are hot HERE.
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1st problem, #OpenHamClock does not give me the same count-per-band summary. I intend to fix that soon. 2nd problem, though more annoying, click on a dot on the map that your station reported (heard), & the map shows you YOUR callsign! I mean... insanely un-helpful. I know my callsign.
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So I've changed my fork of it in 3 ways so far. 1st, it shows pskreporter spots past hour, not past 15min. The 15min thing is for active operators. The past hour is more sensible for a station that hops TEN BANDS 24x7. Heck, I don't think it even gets through all 10 bands within 15 minutes.
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But what about my transmitted reports by other stations? Well here we go. Here's one where I transmitted, and another station reported my signal. If you want to tentatively try my fast-moving unstable fork... github.com/kelvin0mql/o...
Show threadKelvin n0mql EN35ldFeb 7

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Next, I really gotta figure out the count-summary panel.

I need/want to be able to glance at it and see which bands are unusually hot.

Not that I'm likely to transmit. But "Oh shit, 10m is HOT to Europe" is the dopamine hit I crave.

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And yes, I'm talking to myself. Nothing new. Doin' that for decades, since long before social media. But for SM purposes, it might drive more engagement on my 2 different #HamRadio specific SM platforms/accounts.
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Not that we REALLY care about "engagement" in the greater sense. Not at all. That's vanity, & makes me think #AttentionWhore every time I see it mentioned.

To the contrary, all I really care about is making #OpenHamClock more useful to more types of hams, & not just super #RadioActive #DX hunters.

My fav Ham things are setting something up that serves the community, then not touching it for days on end.

I know. I'm weird.

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Do I think these changes would make good #PullRequests? Yeah. But I'm disinclined to make PRs, & here's why: I would have to make my case that it's worth changing HIS thing to cater to hams who RX 99.9% of the time, & that's almost assuredly not him. So I don't think he'd ever merge my shit.
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It would require that I TALK to another ham, which I am loathe to do. Because: I'mma weirdo. #SocialAnxiety #NeuroSpicy