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Re: [CQ-Contest] Reverse Beacon Network News - the lost art

To: Joe <nss@mwt.net>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Reverse Beacon Network News - the lost art
From: "Shane Mattson-->K1ZR" <k1zr@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:33:52 +0000 (UTC)
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Sure......whichever you prefer.  For the point and click ops keeping the XIT 
off-set while you work through your packet/skimmer generated list of  needed 
q's/mults is a good idea...especially for us guys on the receiving end. 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <nss@mwt.net> 
To: "Shane Mattson-->K1ZR" <k1zr@comcast.net> 
Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com 
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 1:28:32 PM 
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Reverse Beacon Network News - the lost art 


actually tweak the XIT. 

Ya want to receive the same freq,  but transmit a tad slightly different than 
the multitude. 

Joe WB9SBD 


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On 8/13/2012 12:01 PM, Shane Mattson-->K1ZR wrote: 



Meant to say  'tweak the VFO'!  I'm a LID.  

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Mattson-->K1ZR" <k1zr@comcast.net> 
To: "Joe" <nss@mwt.net> 
Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com 
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 12:05:00 PM 
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Reverse Beacon Network News - the lost art 




I wish all ops were like Joe.  Point, click and then tweak the RIT to off-set 
his signal which helps the receiving station differentiate him from the point 
and click ops.  Now that I'm seriously back into this game after a few years of 
off-time the one big change that I'm not fond of for use in contests (most 
importantly the 4 majors) is the Skimmer.  Call me old fashioned....call me 
whatever you'd like however I think the Skimmer takes the spirit out of cw 
contesting and makes it too easy for everyone.  Manually finding stations and 
spotting them on the cluster now seems like the pure method (despite busted 
calls from poor ops)......ironically when packet was introduced it was met with 
the same resistance the skimmer has received.  The difference is that 
packet requires a human to find a station and post it on the cluster.  In the 
old days the challenge was to be the first to find a juicy multiplier and 
decide whether or not you wanted to post it on the cluster or make someone else 
work for it.  Using automation to find stations and post to the cluster is 
dumbing down the art of a human being finding unworked stations.  I appreciate 
the side of the casual op looking to squeeze in some operating time and thus 
use the Skimmer spots to maximize their score during their limited on-time, 
however my belief is that the use of such automation will adversely affect the 
'art' of the sport in the long run.  Yes, this topic has been beaten to 
death.....and the contesting community has made very good points on both 
sides.  I'm all for new technology to help become a smarter, more efficient 
operator however using technology to find stations during a contest without 
human intervention is taking it a bit too far. 

  

I absolutely love the use of the RBN s/n analysis tool which I use to compare 
my signal to other competitors after each contest.  This is great use of 
technology! 

  

-Shane K1ZR (SO no nothin' forever) 

  

    


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <nss@mwt.net> 
To: cq-contest@contesting.com 
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 10:16:10 AM 
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Reverse Beacon Network News - hopefully 
of        generalinterest 


Sig 
On 8/13/2012 7:20 AM, Martin , LU5DX wrote: 
> I surely also understand Jim's concerns about gigantic pile ups with 
> all stations calling exactly in the same frequency due to the RBN 
> spots. I hope it is just a matter of time till ops realize we need to 
> start calling stations a little off the spotted frequency. 

Really? 

I'm not a BIG contester, But have been contesting since 1975, LONG 
before any of this existed. And as soon as I heard a pileup made by a 
RBN spot I did notice how everyone was "Spot On" (pun intended) 

And my first thought if I was to use this RBN network, I would at the 
same time turn on my XIT to slide a tad off the mess some. I thought 
everyone would do that and that this was not a unique thought.  But I 
guess not. 

Joe WB9SBD 

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