[CQ-Contest] Non-controversial Skimmer post

[Pete Smith]

I have posted a brief explanation of the new Spot Analysis Tool 
<http://reversebeacon.net/analysis> offered by the Reverse Beacon 
Network, on the RBN Blog <http://reversebeacon.blogspot.com/> at 
<http://reversebeacon.blogspot.com/> (in case your e-mail reader doesn't 
support embedded links).  It seems to me that this could be a very 
useful way for serious contesters to assess their real-world strengths 
and weaknesses.  Do you open the band before your competition?  Do you 
close it after they have faded away?

As a demonstration, I ran a comparison of the signals of four of the 
most-often-spotted WRTC competitors as heard at ES5PC's reverse beacon, 
and you can see the results on the blog, or try it yourself.  The tool 
is not restricted to contests, either, so you can use it to run 
comparisons of your signal and that of anyone else, on any reverse 
beacon on any covered continent (we still need reverse beacons in Africa 
and Oceania).


-- 
73, Pete N4ZR

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