[Skimmertalk] Z60A not being copied by CT1BOH-#

[Dave Pascoe]

Z60A clearly gets spotted in CW Skimmer. Alex will look at Skimmer Server
tonight.

On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 2:24 PM, John Ackermann N8UR <jra at febo.com> wrote:

> Taking this on a tangent (sorry)...
>
> So, for VHF beacons that don't do any of those things, how do we get them
> to appear?  Does inclusion in Aggregator's "BEACONS" file cover this?
>
> Our VHF project will be mainly relying on the VHF beacons as markers for
> openings, and using the SNR report to show band building/closing over time,
> so we want to spot them often.
>
> John
> ----
>
>
> On 02/02/2018 02:04 PM, Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote:
>
>> If Z60A never sends CQ, NA, QRZ, TEST, or UP, Skimmer doesn't recognize
>> that they are calling CQ.  Skimmer also likes to see the callsign twice in
>> a row sent the same way.  See my Contest University Presentation:
>> https://bit.ly/UsingRBN2017, slide 22 (also linked from my QRZ.COM page).
>> I need to update these slides for the 2018 Dayton CTU.
>>
>> I never heard of an issue with 0s not being copied well by Skimmer, but it
>> makes a bit of sense since it is the longest character that has to be
>> copied with no noise or QSB to confuse the CW decoding logic.
>>
>> Humans still copy CW better than computers, especially on HF with lots of
>> QSB and noise.
>>
>> 73,
>> Bob, N6TV
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 9:43 AM, José Nunes CT1BOH <ct1boh at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I have a skimmer going at my QTH
>>> http://www.reversebeacon.net/dxsd1/dxsd1.php?f=0&t=de&c=CT1BOH
>>>
>>> I have + Z6#@ in pattern file in aggregator.
>>> Z60A is loud and clear, but my skimmer never "skims" Z60A
>>>
>>> It seems this is not only my problem. Skimmer spots for Z60A are very
>>> few.
>>>
>>> First it seemed that only skimmer stations copy Z60A and the problem is
>>> with skimmer-server stations, but no sure about that.
>>>
>>> Any hint about what problem may be?
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> --
>>> José Nunes
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