[RTTY] [rckskimmer] Re: RTTY SkimServer Announcment

[Mark]

We all own a great deal of thanks to Walter for his great support of all the digital modes.
I have thoroughly enjoyed the benefits of both his RCKskimmer as well as his digital only
cluster.   

I hope Walter will consider continuing his digital only cluster as well as RCKSkimmer
as they are both unique and useful creations.

Mark. N2QT

> On Oct 1, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Walter Dallmeier dl4rck at gmail.com [rckskimmer] <rckskimmer at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Mark,
> 
> really nice news, indeed.
> If so, my DCS-system (dl4rck.ham-radio-op.net:8000) is no longer necessary with the RTTY/BPSK skimmers, because of the very much better performance of a full SDR supported system.
> My system will going offline end of the year. Hope RTTYSkimServer will work this time.
> 
> Many thanks to all RCKskimmer user for the great support and distributing many digital spots over the last two years.
> Please prepare your systems with the new RTTYSkimServer and support the RBN as well as you did it for the Digital Cluster System DCS.
> 
> 73 de Walter, DL4RCK
> Walter Dallmeier
> www.dl4rck.de
> 
>  
> 
> 2014-10-01 1:27 GMT+02:00 Mark <n2qt.va at gmail.com>:
>> From the emails on this reflector and in the 3830 comments, it's clear that CQWW RTTY
>> participants noticed the increase of rttyskimmer spots!  As part of the team that has
>> been taking this software through alpha testing I've been asked to give you an update.
>> The software, RTTY SkimServer by Alex, VE3NEA,  entered alpha testing right before
>> the SCC RTTY Contest, and that contest was used to help wring out stability and other
>> issues.  Right before CQWW, the decision was made to start sending spots out over the
>> RBN  ( http://www.reversebeacon.net/ ).   This was to allow additional stress testing and
>> analysis of spotting performance.  This resulted in just under half a million spots due
>> to the efforts of:
>> Mark N2QT      Pete N4ZR              Petr OL5Q
>> Wes  WZ7I       Rick ZL2HAM         Alex VE3NEA
>> Dick W3OA      Vasily K3IT
>> 
>> These spots and their accompanying data are now being reviewed to improve the accuracy
>> of spots, especially for the correct identification of CQing stations. Currently the software
>> is stable, but lacks documentation.  The plan is to continue improving the performance
>> and completing the documentation before it becomes publicly available.  Spotting via the
>> RBN will continue as these refinements are tested and reviewed.
>> 
>> RTTYSkimServer is, unsurprisingly, very similar to CW SkimServer, also developed by
>> VE3NEA ( http://dxatlas.com/SkimServer/ ).  It has a minimal user interface and requires
>> editing an ini file for configuration It is designed to produce high quality spots over a
>> telnet link.  It will operate with any of the wide band SDRs that currently operate with
>> CW SkimServer i.e. QS1R, Hermes or USRP, and provides multiband operation.  The
>> software will be available as shareware.
>> 
>> Hope the spots added to your enjoyment of the contest!
>> 
>> 73
>> Mark N2QT
>> (and sorry, no more alpha testers needed)
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