[CQ-Contest] Why were there so many busted skimmer spots during WAE?

N4ZR n4zr at comcast.net
Wed Aug 12 21:56:32 EDT 2020


I doubt it.  CW Skimmer looks for multiple repetitions of a callsign 
(minimum 2), and keywords such as CQ and TEST to identify CQ messages. 
QTC messages don't fit this template.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 8/12/2020 1:20 PM, dj7ww at t-online.de wrote:
> I guess Skimmers posted call signs from qtc groups sent by participants.
>
> 73
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Barry W2UP
> Sent: Mittwoch, 12. August 2020 02:54
> To: CQ-Contest Reflector
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Why were there so many busted skimmer spots during
> WAE?
>
> Title says it all.  I've never seen so many bad skimmer spots.
>
> Barry W2UP (@W4YY for the contest)
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