[CQ-Contest] Don't EU stations use the RBN feeds?

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

I don't buy it, but an easy extra data-point would be to check how many 
times you were spotted by RBN nodes in Europe.  Most of the most 
prolific RBN nodes in the recent CQWW were in Europe, so it would be 
interesting to know how often you were, in fact, spotted.  I use the 
Info window in N1MM+ to report all the spots I get, so I can get a sense 
of how ell I'm heard.  A CQ toward Europe nearly always results in at 
least a modest pileup

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 11/28/2016 1:47 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA wrote:
> I was wondering something along the same lines Gerry.  I tuned across some
> loud EU's both days (vy easily worked), well before SSet and then thought,
> heck, I'll try CQing.
>
> Found a slot, started hammering away, might get one caller in 5 or 6
> minutes, then I moved as I thought I might be on some UA9's frequency, but
> just can't hear him,
>
> Move, CQ, one caller for every 5 or 6 minutes, gave up and went back to 20m.
>
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> I know I am not as loud into EU as K2LE or KC1XX, but with about 700w and a
> 4-square on the Ridge here, I do "OK"..
>
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>
> It was kinda Bizarro-World to hear 40m open this early.  I wonder if that is
> normal for this point in the cycle? Anyone comment?  I wasn't contesting HF
> 11 yrs ago.
>
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>
> Also, back to your question, why WOULDN'T the EU's use an RBN feed? (if
> memory serves, from some CQ survey, there are even more assisted ops in EU
> than NA, so it would stand to reason they would)
>
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>
> Mike VE9AA
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> Europe opened to NA very early on 40m this weekend; it was runable from
>
> K2LE by
>
> 13:30 local both Saturday and Sunday.
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> When I would call CQ, the RBN would light up like a Christmas tree from EU
>
> skimmers with very good reports.
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> However, little would call in until I was manually spotted by a caller, and
>
> a pile ensued.
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> BTW, congrats to the RBN team for quickly bringing the system back up after
>
> it died!
>
> (They exceeded a PHP config threshold)...  Essentially rebooting CQWW!! :-)
>
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> 73, Gerry W1VE @ K2LE this weekend
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> Mike, Coreen & Corey
>
> Keswick Ridge, NB
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