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Re: [CQ-Contest] Ea8's banned from RBN? Hmmm

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Ea8's banned from RBN? Hmmm
From: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 08:03:09 -0600
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LPL has created a tool that does something different. It is what it is. When that system first came about many Cluster owners decided to ignore those spots until the system was refined better. EA8's are spotted just fine. LPL does not sponsor and run contests. It is just one tool that appears to be created for DXers.
There is nothing stopping someone else from creating a tool that does 
something else is there?
The LPL system is dumped into the regular cluster system so what exactly 
is the problem?  There is no secret gateway to LPL spots that only 
certain contesters use etc.  Smart folks will connect to many different 
clusters to make sure they get the spot as soon as possible to avoid 
packet pileups.
There are plenty of tools out there to be used.  Pick the ones that work 
for you.  Not being spotting on LPL's system is a non issue.
W0MU


On 2/28/2017 7:07 AM, Eric M. Guzman, P.E. wrote:
Mike, please allow me to jump in.

I think Juan RM is not referring in general to RBN network. It looks like W3LPL (at least) has some kind of RBN to "Normal Cluster" gateway in which RBN spots that meets certain criteria, are forwarded to "Normal Clusters". Apparently the criteria is rareness.
So Juan point is, during a contest, he is competing with another AF 
station. He finds unfair that W3LPL keeps forwarding his rare AF 
competitor RBN spots to normal clusters while not forwarding his spotd 
because he is not rare enough.
I think Juan has a valid point if it is tbe way he describes.

73 Eric G. NP3A


On February 28, 2017 2:19:51 AM "Mike Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
N1EN says".Keep in mind EA8's aren't banned from RBN.."



EA8RM says (in part)". The EA8s are banned from the system I don't know why,
but it is very easy to

check.."



From Mike VE9AA:

Juan,



I am not sure where you got your information from, and I am not an authority
on the RBN by any means, but I find that statement quite odd indeed !

You can check this out yourself and prove that it's just not true my friend. (I did a search myself of EA8's and see 100 CW and RTTY spots from several
EA8's just this afternoon in the past couple hours alone.



Go to some band that is open. (20m in the daytime, 40m in the evening).

Pick a clear frequency.

Use a good antenna and normal power and call CQ EA8RM TEST 4 or 5 times.
(all at the same speed)

Repeat a couple times on the same frequency just to be sure.



Go to: http://www.reversebeacon.net/srch.php

Type in EA8RM. Hit enter.

I am sure the page will be full from all over EU or NA (or both, depending
on your power, antenna, prop,e tc).



Try it.



GL !



CU in the next contest.



Mike VE9AA

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