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Re: [CQ-Contest] "Reverse Beacon" - Skimmer as LID

To: "'Pete Smith'" <n4zr@contesting.com>, "'Ken Widelitz'" <widelitz@gte.net>, <CQ-Contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] "Reverse Beacon" - Skimmer as LID
From: "Sandy Taylor" <ve4xt@mts.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:28:12 -0500
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Here's a novel solution to Skimmer misspots: copy them yourself!

I am not opposed to Skimmer nor am I opposed to packet. I still don't think
a Skimmer-assisted op is any less assisted than a packet-assisted op,
however. But that's a dog that's long run away.

73, Kelly
Ve4xt

-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Pete Smith
Sent: April-16-08 5:57 AM
To: Ken Widelitz; CQ-Contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] "Reverse Beacon" - Skimmer as LID

I think you're jumping too quickly to that conclusion, Ken.  Yes, it makes 
too many mistakes, right now.  I've been testing a simple solution, though 
- running each Skimmer spot through a quick comparison with the master.dta 
file, and only posting the ones that match on the bandmap.  You'll lose a 
few genuine uniques that way, but it also cleans up almost all the junk.  I 
have no doubt that Alex will develop other techniques for improving the 
output in the coming months.

As I reported a month or so ago, I ran CW Skimmer against a KC pileup 
contest recording, and even without the master.dta comparison it would have 
finished 4th or 5th.

73, Pete N4ZR

   At 09:37 PM 4/15/2008, Ken Widelitz wrote:
>I clicked on the link in Pete's post and saw the following spots made by
>skimmers on 7031.6:
>
>KO3I            0131
>KO4OK           0129
>KO4D            0128
>
>I have followed the skimmer thread with interest. This single sample
>convinces me I won't use skimmer in SS this year.
>
>73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT

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