That's what happens - it appears that when no grid square is present in its database, QRZ sends AA0aa, which is in Antarctica. Obviously we need to fix this, because while not having a grid on QRZ's
I've been appalled by how few stations spot in phone contests, even though N1MM+ (and perhaps other contest logging programs) offer the option of spotting all S&P QSOs, regardless of mode. It's been
What does "generating spotting information for use by other stations" mean? To me that's massively obscure - does it mean it's OK for you to spot other stations? I hope so, but it's not obvious. 73
Let me also be perfectly clear - I almost always use spotting, because I hate the cycle of tune-check-dupe-repeat that is the essence of S&P. My concern is that if self-spotting is allowed, it will
It makes no sense to encourage stations to clog the clusters with spots of themselves, just because they can. 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network web server at<https://reversebeaco
The difference is that if highly competitive single ops can self-spot, they will do so after every QSO, not every 10 minutes. They are motivating those people to clog up the packet cluster network i
Given the confusion about self-spotting before the contest, it doesn't surprise me that relatively few people took advantage of the rule change. Just wait.... 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the new Reverse
But the RBN (or rather CW Skimmer) will only let the same station spot the same station once every 10 minutes. For a station running 100 Qs per hour and spotting itself with every one of them, that'
While I agree with Steve's final point, the bit about a phone RBN is nonsense. There may be one, but I suspect it resides in Fort Meade, and for us ordinary mortals, it is a nothing burger. 73, Pete
MUCH more than a little, Hans. The amount of variability allowed before Siri boggles is a tiny fraction of what it would encounter on 20M SSB. Consider accents, variability in the content of transm
In the latest release of N1MM+, a macro is added that can be put in any of the Entry Window buttons, effectively automating self-spotting, for example as each QSO is logged. So far, at least, this o
Well, of course there is an intermediate step - users of N1MM Logger on any mode can select the Option "spot all S&P QSOs". My hunch, totally unsupported by real data, is that people hesitate to do
I suspect that many of us filter incoming spots so we will only see those originating where we can also reasonably expect to hear the spotted station. For example, I only see spots from states surro
Actually, I know what you mean in contests with more sharply-defined skip patterns. I didn't find it problematical in the 160 test - I just looked at the N1MM spectrum display for a place that didn'
A great collection. I'm fairly sure that many of the documents by and about Fred's career in ham radio would be impossible to find elsewhere. 73, Pete N4ZR <http://hamgallery.com/Tribute/K3ZO/> Tribu
Suggest you take this to towertalk@contesting.com. 73, Pete N4ZR On 1/9/2023 8:06 PM, w5wz@w5wz.com wrote: Physically, the antenna appears to be pointed about 150 degrees. The controller displays 60
Of course, and if there is no competition at that moment, you can probably make the QSO, but if there is .... 73, Pete N4ZR On 1/22/2023 1:10 AM, Barry Jacobson wrote: Hi guys, it seems that in a con
And this is, of course true. Reciprocity is just a starting point. Yesterday in NAQPSSB I had an S9 noise level on 20-10 meters, where I also have directivity. I had a hard time hearing anyone in
The RBN's main telnet port was down for a couple of hours this morning, for the first time in quite a while. It's available more than 99.5 percent of the time. I suspect that because the RBN provide
I was in this for a couple of hours this morning and 160 Qs on 10, 15 and 20. Good activity, lots of good ops. Only problem was conflict with some FOC event, but after a while the ops in both seeme