[CQ-Contest] Ea8's banned from RBN? Hmmm

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

LPL has created a tool that does something different.  It is what it 
is.  When that system first came about many Cluster owners decided to 
ignore those spots until the system was refined better.  EA8's are 
spotted just fine.  LPL does not sponsor and run contests.  It is just 
one tool that appears to be created for DXers.

There is nothing stopping someone else from creating a tool that does 
something else is there?

The LPL system is dumped into the regular cluster system so what exactly 
is the problem?  There is no secret gateway to LPL spots that only 
certain contesters use etc.  Smart folks will connect to many different 
clusters to make sure they get the spot as soon as possible to avoid 
packet pileups.

There are plenty of tools out there to be used.  Pick the ones that work 
for you.  Not being spotting on LPL's system is a non issue.

W0MU


On 2/28/2017 7:07 AM, Eric M. Guzman, P.E. wrote:
> Mike, please allow me to jump in.
>
> I think Juan RM is not referring in general to RBN network. It looks 
> like W3LPL (at least) has some kind of RBN to "Normal Cluster" gateway 
> in which RBN spots that meets certain criteria, are forwarded to 
> "Normal Clusters". Apparently the criteria is rareness.
>
> So Juan point is, during a contest, he is competing with another AF 
> station. He finds unfair that W3LPL keeps forwarding his rare AF 
> competitor RBN spots to normal clusters while not forwarding his spotd 
> because he is not rare enough.
>
> I think Juan has a valid point if it is tbe way he describes.
>
> 73 Eric G. NP3A
>
>
> On February 28, 2017 2:19:51 AM "Mike Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> 
> wrote:
>
>> N1EN says".Keep in mind EA8's aren't banned from RBN.."
>>
>>
>>
>> EA8RM says (in part)". The EA8s are banned from the system I don't 
>> know why,
>> but it is very easy to
>>
>> check.."
>>
>>
>>
>> From Mike VE9AA:
>>
>> Juan,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am not sure where you got your information from, and I am not an 
>> authority
>> on the RBN by any means, but I find that statement quite odd indeed !
>>
>> You can check this out yourself and prove that it's just not true my 
>> friend.
>> (I did a search myself of EA8's and see 100 CW and RTTY spots from 
>> several
>> EA8's just this afternoon in the past couple hours alone.
>>
>>
>>
>> Go to some band that is open. (20m in the daytime, 40m in the evening).
>>
>> Pick a clear frequency.
>>
>> Use a good antenna and normal power and call CQ EA8RM TEST 4 or 5 times.
>> (all at the same speed)
>>
>> Repeat a couple times on the same frequency just to be sure.
>>
>>
>>
>> Go to: http://www.reversebeacon.net/srch.php
>>
>> Type in EA8RM. Hit enter.
>>
>> I am sure the page will be full from all over EU or NA (or both, 
>> depending
>> on your power, antenna, prop,e tc).
>>
>>
>>
>> Try it.
>>
>>
>>
>> GL !
>>
>>
>>
>> CU in the next contest.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike VE9AA
>>
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