[Skimmertalk] Aggregated Telnet feed of all active skimmer receivers

[Dave AA6YQ]

If you're interested in using the Reverse Beacon Network to hunt for needed
DX, take a look at

<http://www.dxlabsuite.com/RBN/index.htm>

    73,

          Dave, AA6YQ



Message: 2

Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:52:25 -0400

From: Pete Smith <n4zr at contesting.com>

Subject: [Skimmertalk] A new "DX cluster" experience for contesters

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The Reverse Beacon Network (http://reversebeacon.net) has now made a

Telnet feed of the aggregated output of all currently active RBN Skimmer

receivers available in real time at telnet.reversebeacon.net port 7000.

  Thanks to Rick, K4TD, for making the server available, and to Felipe,

PY1NB and Nick, F5VIH for the programming effort.



So big deal, you say?  Well, before you blow it off, take a look at the

flow of spots, even on a normal weekday.  Run them through appropriate

filters to remove duplicates, restrict spots to your country, continent,

or call area, or whatever, and use them to populate the bandmap of your

favorite contest logging software.  I think you'll be amazed.



This feed offers one huge advantage for contesters, because the RBN

spots *every* station it hears, not just the ones that someone,

somewhere thinks are worthy of being spotted.  It is also listening on

all bands, all the time, at world-wide sites.



ONE CAUTION -- Precisely because it spots everything, usually multiple

times, it would be disastrous if someone were to feed the RBN Telnet

server into the normal DX cluster network.  If this happens, the server

may have to be shut down, so *please* don't do it.



--

73, Pete N4ZR



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