Keep in mind that the master.dta files are generated, very competently,
by others. I would rather develop other methods of improving the user
experience, so that we reduce the incidence of busted spots while not
imposing extra overhead on all the stations around the world that are
about to begin using new callsigns.
73, Pete N4ZR
The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com
The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at
reversebeacon.blogspot.com,
spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 AND now
at arcluster.reversebeacon.net port 7000
On 11/9/2011 4:54 AM, Barry N1EU wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Pete Smith<n4zr@contesting.com> wrote:
>
>> We are working on measures that we can take at the RBN to improve this
>> situation. These could include checking against a master.dta file, or
>> there may be something more sophisticated we can do. For example, we
>> could only pass a spot that was heard the same way by a minimum number
>> of Skimmers within a few-second window. Any ideas anyone has will be
>> gratefully received.
>>
> 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 contest
> (and isn't in the database), with the proviso being that they should
> do so well before the contest to allow for master.dta distribution.
> The same Web site could provide download capability.
>
> Thanks to Pete N4ZR for all his efforts on the RBN.
>
> 73, Barry N1EU
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