Dave,
I agree entirely.
Which is why I have BOTH streamed together via VE7CC into my main packet
window, the bandmap, and onto the Flex waterfall.
steve
> On Mar 8, 2020, at 3:51 PM, <daraymond@iowatelecom.net>
> <daraymond@iowatelecom.net> wrote:
>
> While I watch RBN I still watch the old fashioned packet cluster that whose
> ship sailed many years ago. Many worthwhile things appear on the cluster
> that never appear on RBN. If you really want to know what's going on you
> need to be watching both. 73. . .Dave, FLS
>
> -----Original Message----- From: VE6WZ_Steve
> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2020 4:15 PM
> To: Topband
> Subject: Topband: RBN and cluster spots
>
> This winter I've noticed that when CQing on 160m, if I get spotted on the
> “conventional” packet cluster, I seem to get more action.
> I’ve always found this surprising because usually with 3 seconds (!!!) my
> call is spotted on the RBN network, so why doesn't everyone already know I’m
> CQing there?
>
> It seems that quite a few ops out there either don’t know about, have
> forgotten about, or somehow “don’t believe” in the RBN network?? As far as
> thinking the RBN network is “un-fair” or not "old school" like finding your
> own DX, well to each his own, but the packet cluster ship sailed many years
> ago!
>
> Perhaps this email is just a reminder to consider either checking the RBN
> network directly in your browser or getting the RBN skimmer spots fed
> directly into your logging program packet window.
> I use the VE7CC “CC cluster” program which will filter the skimmer spots
> anyway I want (eg. no NA spots) and they get streamed together with the
> conventional packet cluster into my logging program, and also directly onto
> the Flex waterfall. If anyone in EU calls CQ, the spot will show up on the
> waterfall within 2-5 seconds! I know exactly where the “open” spots are on
> 160m before I call CQ. I see the who’s-who across the band all the time.
>
> I know many reading this already use the RBN regularly, but even in the KST
> chat room I get questions like “where are you CQing”? Heck, I was spotted
> within seconds of my first CQ on the RBN network !
>
> 73, de steve ve6wz
>
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