[RTTY] Getting spotted by RTTY skimmers

[John GW4SKA]

Rudy,

Have a look at http://wz7i.com/cw-skimmer/rtty-skimmer.html

John GW4SKA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rudy Bakalov via RTTY" <rtty at contesting.com>
To: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 5:04 PM
Subject: [RTTY] Getting spotted by RTTY skimmers


> This may seem like a silly question, but I will ask it anyway: how does 
> one get spotted by the RTTY skimmers? Is there a "trick" to it?
> I am asking because upon reviewing skimmer data for CQ WW RTTY on 80m I 
> realized I was spotted only twice. No, I don't have a farm of antennas, 
> but have a decently performing inv-V with an apex at 90'. Running 1500W.
> Just for kicks, I switched to CW and the call sign I used got spotted by a 
> dozen or so CW skimmers with SNR between 20 and 40 db. So my signal is 
> loud enough. Then I started digging even further and noticed that the 
> stations that were calling me got spotted, but I did not.
> I tried different permutations during the contest: CQ call call CQ, TEST 
> call call CQ, etc. None of them made any difference.
> Any thoughts?
>
> Rudy N2WQ
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