DXCluster old spots

[YO5LD]

Hello,

in cases when UCXLog is running in the background for long times, and a restart happens, really old spots are loaded into the DXCluster window, then disappearing, other spots loaded and so on.
After like 5 minutes, everything stabilizes and only new spots are appearing.

What could be the issue?

Thanks,
Dani
YO5LD

[DL7UCX]

Hello Dani,

what exactly means "running in the background" and what is a long time?
What is a "restart"?

73 Ben

[YO5LD]

I keep my machine open 24/7 and UCXLog running 24/7, often for 4-5 days plus.

Restart being closing UCXLog and reopening it.

[YO5LD]

A screen recording here where I just closed and reopened UCXLog: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fBhfm_ ... sp=sharing.

It can be seen that it starts up with 0/9000 spots, at the beginning some very old ones (6Y7ei was 13th to 24th March 2025) which are appearing then disappearing.

[DL7UCX]

You must switch off the "Protocol File" in "Settings - Station - Other interfaces - DX Cluster".
Because the spots didn't contain a date information, you reload too much outdated spots.
If you run UcxLog for such a long time, this protocol is not needed and not useful.

73 Ben

[YO5LD]

That worked. Also removed the 166 MB file aswell..

Don't remember me activating it that, but it's fine.
Thanks for the help