Ron, you misunderstood my message. Jim said he *did not want* to be spotted by Skimmers, so I was simply observing that so long as he followed his past practices, he would not be spotted very often.
I really like certain contests some I operate non-assisted, some assisted, and some at a multi. Some contests I only care to get on to hand out points to the competitors (sort of my way of saying tha
That's a pretty condescending tone Pete. I don't think Jim deserved that. So what are you trying to say? That Jim has to change his operating style to accommodate RBN/Skimmer technology? Because it s
I wonder what other's think about that method. I think just tuning off frequency by pushing a button to avoid a pileup center is poor operating practice, because it can jam someone already using a f
Tom, The idea isn't to move 1 or 2 Kc up the band but rather use an offset of 100-200 Hz. Spot chasers end up so close to zero beat with each other that you can't pick out a call. It happens to me he
I use an offset of 50-60 Hz, which by some unknown general mental process, seems to be just enough to avoid being in the inseparable monotonic muddle. Calling up 200 or 300 Hz I think properly invoke
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RBN is the best tool for our hobby in many, many, years- I often use it for understanding propagation, both with my own call sign spots and others of interest. I use it for DX second, and third for c
It is awesome for testing antennas, Transmit on ant "A" wait for it to appear on the list. Move 10 Kc and transmit on ant "B", Compare. awesome!!! Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle
It's interesting the replies offered since my original posting. Of course, I'm always in the UP or DOWN listening mode, and those who have pretty well figured me out over my past 50 years of operatin