I thought contesters would be interested in recent developments at the
Reverse Beacon Network (http://www.reversebeacon.net)
* We now at least 20 reverse beacons (active Skimmers) on four
continents running at any one time, listening for YOUR signals. Many of
them are listening on multiple bands. To find out if your signal has
been heard recently, go to the main page, click on "search spot by
callsign" on the left side below the map and enter your callsign -
that's all it takes.
* People have now logged on from over 100 DXCC entities, and we're now
getting nearly 400 visits a day.
One of the most interesting features of the Reverse Beacon Network is
the ability to compare your signal with others. Under DX Spots on the
top menu of the home page, click on Compare Spots and follow the
instructions to specify a day, a band, the reverse beacon, and the
stations you want to compare with. The RBN delves into its database,
looks for the times when your signal and those of your competitors were
received at close to the same time, and reports your comparative signal
to noise ratios. This works particularly well on major CW contest
weekends, of course. CQWW CW was 11-28 and 11-29-2009 -- if you were
active give it a try. Compare your signal with W3LPL, or K3LR, or
KC1XX. It may not be extra pleasant to do that (hi), but it *is*
educational.
--
73, Pete N4ZR
Visit the Contesting Compendium at http://wiki.contesting.com
The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com
The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net
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