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Re: [CQ-Contest] Reverse Beacon" Test using CW Skimmer

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Reverse Beacon" Test using CW Skimmer
From: Prasad <vu2ptt@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 00:35:48 +0530
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I'll have a Skimmer running here so all of you can test the long hops of
your antennas. And if we can find a way of feeding in the S-meter reading
into the Skimmer spot, you will not need me here to give you a report either
;)

-- 
73 de Prasad VU2PTT, W2PTT

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Steve London <n2icarrl@gmail.com> wrote:

> José Nunes CT1BOH wrote:
> >> N4ZR wrote
> >> I have an 20M Softrock Lite listening on ~14000-14090 KHz with a beta
> CW
> >> Skimmer program by VE3NEA that has Telnet capability. (...) If Skimmer
> > "hears" you,
> >> it will send a DX spot out via Telnet
> > Pete
> >
> > This is a fantastic idea.
> > I thing that I really dislike, is to see a particular station spotted
> 200
> > times during a Contest and another competitor just spotted 100 times. It
> is
> > most unfair, and we all know how important it is to be spotted.
> >
> > By doing a reverse beacon fed into the packet system, all stations on
> the
> > band will be spotted.
> > Democracy finally arrives into the packet world!
>
> And the really nice thing about a skimmer-based packet system is that it
> will
> encourage stations to CQ and sign their call much more frequently,
> otherwise
> skimmer won't find them. Skimmer needs to be able to recognize that a
> station is
> running (rather than searching-and-pouncing). Take note, Jose.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
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