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Subject: Re: [RTTY] Another use for RTTY skimmer?
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 11:09:32 -0400
From: Alex, VE3NEA <alshovk@dxatlas.com>
To: rtty@contesting.com
Hi Don,
The problem of spotting the non-CQ'ing stations is now solved, and some other
sources of incorrect spots are eliminated. The
alpha team will test the new version of RTTY Skimmer Server in the SP DX
contest, and, if we do not discover any problems, this
version will be released to the users.
Once this happens, the calling stations will no longer be spotted on the RBN
network, but you will still be able to use the
pileup cracking method you have described if you run a local skimmer,
configured to produce both CQ and DE spots for your band map.
73 Alex VE3NEA
On 2016-04-16 08:58, Don Hill AA5AU wrote:
Last night in the EP2A pileup, I was using WriteLog with a bandmap and
connected to a Packetcluster node with RTTY skimmer spots enabled.
Some skimmers were showing all the callers up above EP2A. I'm not sure why
this happens (?????) but I was able to find where the DX was listening by
looking at the call he was working, then clicking on that call on the
bandmap, which had been skimmer-spotted, and it put my VFO right on the
caller's frequency. It was pretty slick. It didn't help me make the contact
but it was interesting to use it that way.
I wonder how all the calls are being spotted without CQ or QRZ or anything
else other than their callsign being sent. Why does this happen?
Don AA5AU
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