Making the software decode logic more intelligent is the better solution.
The run format is a highly debated and sensitive subject.
Space-CALL-space-CQ-space at the end the standard practice used by most.
Adding a letter (like K) is not going to be supported at all. We are lucky
if we can get guys to add the space before and after their blasted call
sign.
If the decoder were constrained to a pattern of
space-callsign-space-cq-space, and required at least two of these decode
hits 1) on the same frequency and 2) within a couple of minutes time span,
it will catch most of the contest runners.
73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Ferch
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 1:03 PM
To: rtty@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] RTTY reversebeacon spotting network wow!
After consulting the list of strings that the RTTY skimmer recognizes
(see <http://wz7i.com/cw-skimmer/rtty-skimmer.html>) and thinking a bit
more, I think I know what it is about the CQing style that may
contribute to S&Ping stations being spotted.
If a CQ message or the CQer's TU QRZ message at the end of a QSO ends
with either CQ or TEST, and the S&P station calls in immediately (so
there is no noise burst in between) with their call sign, with or
without a leading DE, the skimmer can get confused and think the end of
the CQing station's message was part of the S&P station's message.
To prevent this from happening, it looks to me as if CQing stations
should either end their messages without a trailing CQ or TEST (but
*with* a trailing space, please!), or they should tack on a non-space
character such as a K following the final CQ or TEST (with or without
another trailing space; no-one needs to be able to read or click on the
K, so a trailing space isn't needed here the way it is on call signs and
exchanges), e.g.:
CQ TEST VE3KI VE3KI<space>
CQ TEST VE3KI VE3KI CQ K
but not:
CQ TEST VE3KI VE3KI CQ
Guess which one I was using!
73,
Rich VE3KI
N3QE wrote:
In the contest itself, I would get spotted within seconds of starting to
CQ. There were a couple of CQ'ing stations that had something about their
CQ'ing style that cause S&P callsigns to get spotted on their frequency,
and I don't think everyone got this pattern because sometimes folks would
try to call me when I was S&P. Hint: if 40 stations are all spotted on the
exact same frequency, 39 of them are probably not what's there!
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