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

[Gerry Hull]

Hi Pete,

Yes, i have my RBN filters set to pass our callsign so I could see in the
info window of N1MM.  When I was,calling CQ, I was amazed at the sheer
number of Skimmers in EU spotting me (not typical for the time of day; as
an M/2, I did not want to waste time if not being heard).    This was the
point of my email.  Everyone who called in from my CQ was plenty loud, but
no run until I was manually spotted   Thus the question.

73 Gerry W1VE


On Dec 4, 2016 11:21 AM, "Pete Smith N4ZR" <n4zr at comcast.net> wrote:

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.
>
>
>
> 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"..
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> 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)
>
>
> Mike VE9AA
>
>
> Europe opened to NA very early on 40m this weekend; it was runable from
>
> K2LE by
>
> 13:30 local both Saturday and Sunday.
>
>
> When I would call CQ, the RBN would light up like a Christmas tree from EU
>
> skimmers with very good reports.
>
>
> However, little would call in until I was manually spotted by a caller, and
>
> a pile ensued.
>
>
> 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!! :-)
>
>
> 73, Gerry W1VE @ K2LE this weekend
>
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
>
> Keswick Ridge, NB
>
>
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