[CQ-Contest] Skimmer accuracy...

[Michael Adams]

I wonder if there's a way to do that now, with the information already
being provided.

You have multiple skimmers reporting one or two callsigns at a given
frequency in a short period of time.  Each skimmer provides information
about s/n and speed.

Rather than have the skimmers opine on the confidence of their information,
have the loggers/spot collection software parse that data to elect from
incoming skimmer spots at a given frequency, within a certain period of
time.   Use some function based on s/n ratios reported and code speed to
weight the incoming spots.  Best score wins.

Granted, a unique filter is probably sufficient to block the bad
spots....but it sounds like a fun bit of logic to attempt.

-- 
*Michael D. Adams* (N1EN)
Poquonock, Connecticut | mda at n1en.org


On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Jack Haverty. <k3fiv at arrl.net> wrote:

>
> If the Skimmers could produce spots that contained not only a callsign but
> also a "confidence", consumers further down the line (e.g., contest
> programs displaying spots) could filter those spots based on confidence -
> e.g., only display spots that are high confidence.
>
>