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

[N4ZR]

Many in each category (minimum and aggressive) are fairly infrequent 
spotters, Andy, with the "minimums" contributing only limited amounts of 
pollution to the spot pool.  However, I will write in the next couple of 
days to the few that are prolific spotters, and suggest they tighten up 
to "normal."

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 8/12/2020 8:08 PM, Andy KU7T wrote:
>
> Aggressive is needed for 6m here, otherwise I am spotting a lot of 
> Europe from W7 😊. Otherwise, Normal is the way to go.
>
> Why would we ever need Minimum?
>
> If just for experimenting, could RBN network reject spots from those 
> spotters?
>
> Andy
>
> KU7T
>
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> *From: *N4ZR <mailto:n4zr at comcast.net>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, August 12, 2020 4:43 PM
> *To: *Björn Ekelund <mailto:bjorn at ekelund.nu>
> *Cc: *reflector cq-contest <mailto:CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [CQ-Contest] Why were there so many busted skimmer 
> spots during WAE?
>
> Good thought. We recommend normal validation for CW and aggressive for
> RTTY. Currently, with 145 nodes connected, 11 are running minimal
> validation and 10 are running aggressive
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Check out the Reverse Beacon Network
> at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now
> spotting RTTY activity worldwide.
> For spots, please use your favorite
> "retail" DX cluster.
>
> On 8/12/2020 1:38 PM, Björn Ekelund wrote:
> > Unfortunately it seems some skimmer operators use the "minimal"
> > setting rather
> > than "normal" for callsign validation in CW Skimmer Server. Probably
> > because they
> > like large spot counts. Or just out of ignorance.
> >
> > It's enough with one single skimmer with a good antenna to be set like
> > this to litter the
> > cluster with busted spots.
> >
> > Björn SM7IUN
> >
> > Den ons 12 aug. 2020 kl 18:19 skrev N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net
> > <mailto:n4zr at comcast.net>>:
> >
> >     Interesting question, Barry.  Any particular pattern you noticed,
> >     like
> >     WAE appended to the callsign, or whatever?  There have been no
> >     changes
> >     to CW Skimmer in years.
> >
> >     Something to consider is connecting to a reliable AR Cluster V6 node
> >     like NC7J and activating the CT1BOH extensions.  ARC V6 itself also
> >     includes various filters that can be used to be significantly more
> >     "skeptical" about the spots you are sent.
> >
> >     73, Pete N4ZR
> >     Check out the Reverse Beacon Network
> >     at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now
> >     spotting RTTY activity worldwide.
> >     For spots, please use your favorite
> >     "retail" DX cluster.
> >
> >     On 8/11/2020 8:53 PM, Barry W2UP wrote:
> >     > Title says it all.  I've never seen so many bad skimmer spots.
> >     >
> >     > Barry W2UP (@W4YY for the contest)
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