I don't know what software you were using, but speaking for N1MM Logger,
there are a number of ways to deal with this problem. In the bandmap or
available window, you can right-click and select "Blacklist Callsign".
Not only will this remove the callsign from your computer, but also
every computer in the network. You can also set up and import a
blacklisted calls file before the contest containing the most common
busts, like EK3LR.
73,
Steve, N2IC
On 02/18/2013 02:04 PM, Jim Jordan wrote:
Wow! I wish NY4A could have found wherever it was you were getting your
spots. We filtered out dozens of busted calls and skimmer perversions
like "EK3LR", dropped leading letters, "O" for "Q" and the phenomenon
reported where the spot was for, or on top of the mult, picking up the
calling station as the runner, etc. And like "Whack-A-Mole" we'd delete
them from the band map and a little while later the same busts were back
again. All pretty annoying as M/2 trying to work them quickly and get
back to the run frequency without losing it.
Having said that, seeing the "instant spots" from all over coming up
instead of having to wait for someone to manually post the spot made a
big positive difference. I noticed it when we went to a new band or had
to change frequency.
73,
Jim, K4QPL @NY4A
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Smith N4ZR" <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Cheating in ARRL using the cluster
Are we talking about the same contest, Bob? No reason that the
Russians would be working 9H1s.
Actually, I'm more interested in the busted calls you reported. It's
not that busts don't happen, because they do, but because
readily-available filtering can catch almost all of them. I was only
on for 10 hours and 1000 contacts, but they were almost all S&P. I
worked out 3 or 4 bands at a time - 0 spots waiting to be worked - and
in that time I saw exactly 1 bust that made it through to me.
73, Pete N4ZR
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http://reversebeacon.net,
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For spots, please go to your favorite
ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node.
On 2/18/2013 12:27 PM, w5ov@w5ov.com wrote:
A lot of this seems to be the Skimmer/RBN network reporting the station
the runners are working.
Probably not anyone cheating in the manner you describe.
I found this a LOT. (Among all the other busted calls).
W5OV
(80m @ K3LR)
It seems like a couple of Russian station are cheating using the
cluster.
I operated AB unlimited over the weekend and was checking spots the
whole
weekend.
As the contest progressed over the weekend semi rare mults were worth
QSYing to. Over a dozen times as soon as the call appeared on my
band map
I
QSYed to it only to UT0U merrily CQing away. (There I named a call!)
Another U station did the same thing but I forgot to get his call. The
calls
spotted were semi-rare mults like (9H1 etc), but rare enough to
attract a
crowd. Once would be a coincidence, but it happened many times. Every
time
there was no hint of the station spotted. Pure out and out cheating!
Did anyone else see that behavior? The only way to stop this crap is to
put pressure on them.
Bill K4XS
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