W2UP commented: "Got my first taste of the RBN at K0RF this weekend. Maybe K1TTT can do an analysis, but it seemed that the Skimmer missed lots of dits at the beginning of calls, as well as picking u
That's very cool! Thanks guys. 73, Barry N1EU _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
I have to question the quality of monoprice.com cables and whether they're suitable for use in the shack. I cut open one of their #619 RCA cables, supposedly made of RG59U and I found a shockingly sp
Pete, no luck with this link: http://www.ab5k.net/ArcDocsVer6/UserManual/ArxDx.htm Thanks & 73, Barry N1EU _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contestin
It seemed like the majority of the skimmer/RBN provided callsigns on my bandmap were bogus (i.e., the spotted callsign was not running on that frequency), despite the efforts to clean up those spots.
I know the sysops have decided not to do callsign validation (against the contest callsign database) of the skimmer spots before putting them out on the RBN network but I'd rethink that decision duri
I'm not buying the statistical analysis. Let's say the bandmap has a 10-minute timeout setting. Any number of correct spots of a given station is one unique data point on the band map. Every single u
I now realize it's crucial to lower your packet spot timeout value of your logging program if you allow skimmer spots. You just can't operate with a timeout value on the order of 30 minutes. As confi
I think these are both good ideas. Here's an idea to enhance the master.dta effectiveness: provide a Web site where users can add a callsign to master.dta that they plan on using in an upcoming conte
Although I greatly appreciated all the spots from the RBN and the hard work by the network/server admins, I still feel a great improvement would be more screening (CQ and callsign database validation
Just too another glance at that cluster client screen I posted (link below) . . . and why is K1TTT spotting W2PV at 3 different 15M frequencies in 7 minutes? And I bet the W2PET five minutes later is
Appreciate the comments and your hard work Pete, but I just don't get it. I posted one screenshot showing some obviously bad flaws in the system, and it's hard to accept that things can't be made bet
This is a great idea, although I don't know what it would cost in cpu loading. Instruct the cluster client to optionally do callsign validation. You could have one instance of the client running for
One thing left out of the possible picture Ed is that some rigs have wide xmit signals (i.e., key clicks, spurs, etc). No matter how good your receiver's close-in performance is, a nearby station wit
I'll inject a tangential comment. I used an Eagle receiver this past weekend, disguised as an Orion subreceiver (i.e., the new RX366). The Eagle receiver with 300hz roofing filter is bullet proof on
Here you go: http://n1eu.com/ekletech.jpg Barry N1EU _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-
Are there any AR Cluster clients or AR Cluster nodes that will provide filtering and pass only "V" rated skimmer spots? Thanks & 73, Barry N1EU next to it in the comment field: V Valid spot running w
The T/S (tribander single element) overlay should also be added to CQ WW. This would certainly help the average (above average ?) station compete on a much more level playing field. 73, Barry N1EU __
Yeah, I think I bitched about this general theme ten years ago without much sympathy and don't expect much now. There should be a SO1R, tribander/wires category in the major dx contests so the averag