[CQ-Contest] 2 bands, 2 sigs, same station

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Well,as the saying goes, "Easy to do is easy to say."  Recording 7 x 192 
KHz bands generates about 1.3 terabytes of data over a 48-hour contest.  
We did it last fall, and the only really practical way to move the data 
from the recording stations to the contest adjudicators was by mailing 
the disk drives.

CW Skimmer's waterfall is quite wonderful, but Skimmer Server, VE3NEA's 
variant for simultaneous Skimming with the QS1R receiver, does not have 
a waterfall.

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 3/4/2013 12:17 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
>
> Well, if we're talking about CW Skimmer itself and not the RBN, the CW 
> Skimmer waterfall display would clearly show if simultaneous CQ's were 
> being sent by the same station.  You could even, of course, record an 
> entire contest and play it back later to look for such behavior if the 
> RBN spots were to raise suspicions.  All it would require is that the 
> CW Skimmers feeding the RBN be set up to record.
>
> 73,
> Dave  AB7E
>
>
>
> On 3/4/2013 5:45 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
>> Sorry, Charly, but the only way to do that is to review multi-band 
>> time-stamped recordings - otherwise you can'tbe sure that the 
>> transmissions overlap.  CW Skimmer software is cumulative, so exactly 
>> when a spot is sent is not an indication of precisely when the 
>> station was heard.
>>
>> The use of multi-band recordings is in its infancy, but much like 
>> radar in police cars, I expect that its presence will actually deter 
>> abuses.
>>
>> 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 3/1/2013 5:57 PM, Charles Harpole wrote:
>>> The first advantage I can think of for the Skimmer is that it is now
>>> possible to see that some stations are CQing on two bands at exactly 
>>> the
>>> same moment in time.
>>>
>>> I am surprised that some are not showing up as being on three or 
>>> more bands
>>> at the same moment.  Contesting has gone further into the pig lot.
>>>
>>
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