[CQ-Contest] Summarizing the Skimmer Accuracy Thread

Martin , LU5DX lu5dx at lucg.com.ar
Thu Feb 21 07:28:13 EST 2013


I see the RBN Raw data shows 3,937,110 spots for the 2013 ARRL INT'L CW.
There are 32634 unique calls.
I've the list with counts.
Anyone with time to do the analysis, please let me know and I'll provide
the file.

Vy 73.

Martin, LU5DX

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:32 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV <olinger at bellsouth.net>wrote:

> Hmm.  A little attention to the math.  Looking at the spot counts in their
> analysis app, there's something in the magnitude of a million spots over
> the weekend.  400 errors through the process out of 1,000,000 spots is
> 0.04%.  Your city drinking water should be so good.
>
> And the RBN folks ARE actually working on ways to improve that 0.04%
>
> Leave 'em alone.  They're doing great.  And giving away the spots for free,
> a gift.
>
> 73,
> Guy, K2AV
>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Michael Adams <mda at n1en.org> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 5:13 PM, <w5ov at w5ov.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > If the 20 EK1LZ spots were the only errors, that would not be so bad -
> I
> > > guess... but that's not the case.
> > >
> >
> > It's probably worth noting that in all 20 cases, the EK1LZ spots appear
> to
> > have been unique, coming from only one skimmer.  (Different skimmers at
> > different times, but only one at a time.)
> >
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