[CQ-Contest] Contest simulation using RBN archives

[Jukka Klemola]

Dez,
Depends what you want to do.

RBN data is one source.
Mirroring that with solar data takes you further.

The CQ contest logs are public and you can run a next level simulation with
stations that really were on the bands during a contest.

Many logs show accurate frequencies, so you can estimate pretty well who
would answer your CQ if you would place yourself on a frequency with a
setup of equipment at a location in a contest ..


You are probably getting close to the feature set we saw in 1980's, a C64
game Doctor DX.
With Doctor DX you could set SFI and K indexes if I recall right. Band
conditions were reflected with sunrise / set phenomena.
It was an awesome game to play.


Maybe you target in something like that, with today's computers.


73,
Jukka OH6LI

2016-06-20 15:53 GMT+03:00 Dez Watson <g3ww.dez at gmail.com>:

> Hi,
>
> There are tools out there to analyse archived RBN data, ViewProp is one
> such program which springs to mind.
>
> This is great for analysing propagation and planning contest strategies
> using real data.
>
> What I'd really like to do is use RBN archived data to simulate a telnet
> feed into my contest logger's bandmap.
>
> In essence, I want to simulate a contest using archived data to
> experiment  with band changes and alternative
>
> strategies, retrospectively.
>
> The RBN raw data is in the .csv format so I'm well aware I can view the
> data in say Excel or Access so could do
>
> this manually but really want to simulate an archived RBN feed to my
> logger's bandmap.
>
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions?!
>
>
> 73
>
> Dez, G3WW / M6W
>
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