Seems like WPX always brings a number of new callsign patterns - 1-character suffixes and the like. If you anticipate putting such a call on the air and if the pattern is not currently in the patter
I got mine within a couple of days of the cancellation - but I was on the North Coast Contesters group deal, so that may have made a difference. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at
As I wrote earlier, on about the 20th of this month I will be posting a new pattern file to be used by RBN nodes for WPX CW. This contest always brings out the exotic prefixes, so if you're going to
I usually operate assisted, and agree with Jim - most times if I have seen someone spotted and hear just the last letter or two of his call, I figure he's running there and call immediately. Adding
Pardon a dumb question, but isn't the TXDelay normally from TR relay actuation to first RF? I know that's the case with my K3. In that case, unless you're running QSK, I don't see how that would cau
And as I've said before, is it necessary to distinguish rise time adjustment from TX Delay settings? I think so, and wonder how many of these settable menu parameters really are TX Delay. That migh
Afraid not. The bandwidth of each decoder channel is only 50 Hz, and all the focus is on recovering the information (i.e callsign, frequency, speed) 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Networ
Yup, me too, but I expect that they will probably be asking me for a new deposit. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity worldwid
I'm happy to announce that a beta of the RBN website with an open-sourced map is now available at <http://beta.reversebeacon.net/main.php>. This is preliminary, subject to lots of change, and may not
Well, this is embarrassing. The correct URL is http://beta.reversebeacon.net/main.php -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now spotting RTTY activity
Through an inexcusable brain-fade, I omitted a thank-you to Mark Glenn, K7MJG, without whom this beta would not have happened. Mark joined the team less than 2 months ago, and made it all possible.
Ah, interesting Bjorn. For contesters, that's huge. The RBN's batching of spots from each Skimmer typically imposes a delay of only 30 seconds or so. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Networ
Interesting question, Barry. Any particular pattern you noticed, like WAE appended to the callsign, or whatever? There have been no changes to CW Skimmer in years. Something to consider is connecti
Good thought. We recommend normal validation for CW and aggressive for RTTY. Currently, with 145 nodes connected, 11 are running minimal validation and 10 are running aggressive 73, Pete N4ZR Check o
I doubt it. CW Skimmer looks for multiple repetitions of a callsign (minimum 2), and keywords such as CQ and TEST to identify CQ messages. QTC messages don't fit this template. 73, Pete N4ZR Check o
Fair point, Bjorn. However out of ~145 nodes currently active, only 11 report that they are using "minimal" validation, while 11 others report they are using "aggressive". 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the
Many in each category (minimum and aggressive) are fairly infrequent spotters, Andy, with the "minimums" contributing only limited amounts of pollution to the spot pool. However, I will write in the
Before we get deep into the fall contest season, I'd like to update the patt3ch.lst file that the RBN-ops and other Skimmer users need. This decision was prompted by the announcement of the new Aust
It's time to get organized for the new DX contest season. I plan to put a new pattern file up on the RBN Friday morning (US East Coast time). So far, the only new patterns I have are the new one-le
Does anyone know the identity of the programmer? Seems that if source code were available it should be possible to recompile for Windows without too much difficulty. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reve