[Skimmertalk] Z60A not being copied by CT1BOH-#

Dave Pascoe davekm3t at gmail.com
Sun Feb 4 10:39:03 EST 2018


This will be fixed once Alex releases Skimmer Server soon to remove the ITU
prefix limitation.

On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 10:37 AM, <donovanf at starpower.net> wrote:

> Hi Pete,
>
>
> I installed the latest patt3ch.lot immediately,
>
>
> My CW Skimmer Server has never spotted Z60A
> My RTTY Skimmer Server has spotted Z60A many times
>
>
> K3LR CW Skimmer (not Skimmer Server), has spotted Z60A many times
>
>
> But this is not a crisis, there are plenty of other Z60A CW skimmer spots.
>
>
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "N4ZR" <n4zr at comcast.net>
> To: "Lee Sawkins" <ve7cc at shaw.ca>, skimmertalk at contesting.com
> Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2018 2:54:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Skimmertalk] Z60A not being copied by CT1BOH-#
>
> For the record(I posted this earlier, I believe), the pre-existing
> patt3ch.lst file did not contain any Z6 patterns. We added one as soon
> as we became aware of the problem, but propagation of the change to
> individual nodes depends on node-ops responding to a prompt from the
> Aggregator and downloading the new pattern file from the "mother ship."
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Check out the Reverse Beacon Network
> at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now
> spotting RTTY activity worldwide.
> For spots, please use your favorite
> "retail" DX cluster.
>
> On 2/2/2018 4:51 PM, Lee Sawkins wrote:
> > I didn't realize that skimserver was smart enough to know what the ITU
> was doing. I thought it used the Patt3Ch.lst which includes Z6.One thing I
> have found is that my RP skimmers don't spot signals that overload it.
> Anything around 60 dB or greater s/n may not be spotted. This includes
> signals like KH7XS VE6WZ W6KH and of course some locals. They may get
> spotted on harmonics, but not on their fundamental freqs. While this may
> not apply in the Z60A cases, it is something to be aware of. I am anxiously
> waiting for the results of the testing by the DL group that N6TV mentioned.
> They were working on an improvement in dynamic range for the RPLee VE7CC
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: ct1boh <ct1boh at gmail.com>
> > To: N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net>
> > Cc: Reflector Skimmertalk <skimmertalk at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 14:20:40 -0700 (MST)
> > Subject: Re: [Skimmertalk] Z60A not being copied by CT1BOH-#
> >
> > Got this from a source...
> > “skimserver spots only prefix blocks assigned by ITU”...
> >
> > Enviado do meu iPhone
> >
> > No dia 02/02/2018, às 20:06, N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net> escreveu:
> >
> >> For the RBN team. I can say that this is not a known problem to us,
> with either Skimmer or Skimmer Server software. However, we are not
> knowledgeable in detail about the working of Alex's software, so he would
> be the best one to respond definitively to this.
> >>
> >> 73, Pete N4ZR
> >> Check out the Reverse Beacon Network
> >> at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now
> >> spotting RTTY activity worldwide.
> >> For spots, please use your favorite
> >> "retail" DX cluster.
> >>
> >>> On 2/2/2018 1:45 PM, dd5xx at web.de wrote:
> >>> Hello José,
> >>>
> >>> I am not sure what exactly happens but I also experienced following
> phenomenon ==> callsigns containing a zero 0 are not recognized as well. We
> did excessive tests over months, various time periods, various stations,
> various power levels and all kind of sort you can imagine of. The results
> showed very clear that our club station callsign XX0X is not recognized as
> good as when I send another callsign in CW. That happens to "CQ CQ CQ de
> XX0X XX0X XX0X" but also to "TEST TEST TEST DE XX0X XX0X XX0X" calls. This
> issue still exists and I can reproduce it.
> >>>
> >>> I have no clue it is just the "zero" causing the problem or a certain
> combination with it. In our case, our callsign has the character "A" after
> the zero, so it ends in 0A. Maybe others can provide more information if
> this is a known issue.
> >>>
> >>> 73 de DD5XX
> >>> Saki
> >>>
> >>> Gesendet: Freitag, 02. Februar 2018 um 18:43 Uhr
> >>> Von: "José Nunes CT1BOH" <ct1boh at gmail.com>
> >>> An: skimmertalk at contesting.com
> >>> Betreff: [Skimmertalk] Z60A not being copied by CT1BOH-#
> >>> 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
> >>> CONTEST CT1BOH - http://www.qsl.net/ct1boh[http://www.qsl.net/ct1boh]
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