[CQ-Contest] ARRL Cheating in ARRL using the cluster

Pete Smith N4ZR n4zr at contesting.com
Mon Feb 18 18:06:18 EST 2013


Andy, there are at least a half-dozen ways of filtering out Skimmer 
spots if you don't want them, either at the cluster node or in your 
client software.

73, Pete N4ZR
Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at
http://reversebeacon.net,
blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com.
For spots, please go to your favorite
ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node.

On 2/18/2013 4:00 PM, Andy V. Melanyin wrote:
> That means that skimers are real shit !!
> And to my appinion they must be swiched of during the contests !!
> 73! Andy UA3DPX/RM3F
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Adams" <mda at n1en.org>
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 11:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL Cheating in ARRL using the cluster
>
>
>> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:27 PM, <w5ov at w5ov.com> wrote:
>>
>>> A lot of this seems to be the Skimmer/RBN network reporting the station
>>> the runners are working.
>>>
>>> Probably not anyone cheating in the manner you describe.
>>>
>>> I found this a LOT. (Among all the other busted calls).
>>>
>>>
>> One datapoint to support this:  I just looked up my call at RBN.  It
>> appears that I was spotted 30 times this weekend.
>>
>> However, I was 100% S&P during the contest.   I did not call CQ at 
>> all this
>> weekend.
>>
>> -- 
>> *Michael D. Adams* (N1EN)
>> Poquonock, Connecticut | mda at n1en.org
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