[CQ-Contest] RBN Map Beta Available

[Björn Ekelund]

I learned this when developing the FT8 skimmer solution for the Red Pitaya.

It's clearly spelled out on this page  https://pskreporter.info/pskdev.html so
the
uploader has to accumulate spots and then only send them maximum once every
five minutes. So saying that the average spot is delayed 6 minutes is
actually
an exaggeration, it is more of a worst case delay. The average is lower but
still in
the order of several minutes.

Björn

Den tis 28 juli 2020 kl 17:07 skrev N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net>:

> Ah, interesting Bjorn. For contesters, that's huge. The RBN's batching
> of spots from each Skimmer typically imposes a delay of only 30 seconds
> or so.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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>
> On 7/28/2020 1:08 AM, Björn Ekelund wrote:
> > There is one HUGE benefit with RBN above PSKreporter and that is latency.
> >
> > PSKreporter enforces an upload policy on all clients making the average
> > spot 6 minutes old when it shows up on the web site.
> >
> > Björn SM7IUN
> >
> > Den tis 28 juli 2020 kl 01:12 skrev Michael Adams <mda at n1en.org>:
> >
> >> One advantage for including the FT/JT modes in RBN: I can monitor the
> RBN
> >> for "needed" band-entities with a single spotting program/utility,
> rather
> >> than requiring multiple tools.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Michael Adams | mda at n1en.org
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> >> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> >> Sent: Sun, Jul 26, 2020 9:34 pm
> >> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] RBN Map Beta Available
> >>
> >> Hi Pete,
> >> Although I'm an active user of FT8 for weak signal work on 6M and 160M,
> >> occasionally on 80, and MSK144 on 6M, I see no need for RBN to include
> >> these spots, simply because the WSJT-X universe (and other software to
> run
> >> those modes) is quite well supported by PSKReporter and hamspots.
> >> The operating software defaults to feed PSKR, and JTAlert can feed
> >> hamspots.
> >>
> >> The only benefit I see from inclusion in RBN are the statistical and
> >> comparative features for station performance.
> >>
> >> 73, Jim K9YC
> >>
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