[Skimmertalk] Bad Skimmer Spots

[Igor Sokolov]

Lee, I think it would be excellent if VE7CC client software could have 
filtering and validation facilities. There were so many broken spots during 
CQWW 160 that filled the entire band map and their percentage was reaching 
80% on the last night of the contest.
I see two methods of validating spots:
 1) pass the spot if the call has been mentioned by 2 or 3 other skimmers
2) Pass the spot if it is in the master. dat file.
Combination of these two would probably cut the number of broken spots to 
acceptable figures.
I think telnet client software is the best place for filtering (better then 
filter in the logger or at the skimmer)

73, Igor UA9CDC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Sawkins" <ve7cc at shaw.ca>
To: <Skimmertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 3:12 AM
Subject: [Skimmertalk] Bad Skimmer Spots


> Here is a small subset of bad skimmer spots. I am looking at a full feed 
> from the RBN.
>
> These are only spots for USA calls that have not been issued.  Many times 
> the first letter of a call is missing.  Many of these are actually Italian 
> calls with the "I" missing.
>
> http://www.bcdxc.org/ve7cc/notissue.txt
>
> I will update the list from time to time.
>
> CC Clusters drop these bad calls.
>
> There are many other non USA calls that are wrong which also have the 
> first
> letter missing. These are harder to find.
>
> Other bad calls occur when the last letter is missing or truncated or is 
> added
> +in error.
>
> "E" and "T" seem to be the most often added bad letters.
>
> Lee
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