[RTTY] Skimmer spots dropped at VE7CC cluster node

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Or conceivably because of less than perfect AFSK (bit jitteror 
distortion from overdrive?)

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 10/4/2015 9:18 PM, Lee Sawkins wrote:
> You get busted because you are too close in frequency and call to W7RN or W7DRM and they were there first.
>
> 73 Lee
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Jim W7RY" <w7ry at centurytel.net>
> To: "Lee Sawkins" <ve7cc at shaw.ca>, rtty at contesting.com
> Cc: dezrat at outlook.com
> Sent: Sunday, October 4, 2015 11:41:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Skimmer spots dropped at VE7CC cluster node
>
> So why am I in the busted list 41 times?
>
> 73
> Jim W7RY
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Sawkins
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 6:19 PM
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Cc: dezrat at outlook.com
> Subject: [RTTY] Skimmer spots dropped at VE7CC cluster node
>
> These links may be interesting to some of you. These are the typical
> rejected spots of any CC Cluster.
>
> RTTY skimmer spots are considered valid if spotted by ONE Skimmer. RTTY
> Skimmers are generally more accurate than CW and there are simply not enough
> of them to use 2 or more Skimmers to validate them. CW spots are valid if
> spotted by 2 or more Skimmers.
>
> Here is the list of dropped Skimmer spots by the VE7CC-1 cluster.
> If you connect to the RBN directly, you will receive all these spots as well
> as the good ones.
>
> Many times there are two calls in succession that are dropped for RTTY
> calls. I am receiving data from both the RBN and DL4RCK for redundancy.
> Usually they both spot the same RTTY calls.
>
> Most columns are self explanatory.
>
> The number directly before a skimmer call is a quality number. It is the
> number of times a call has been detected as correct minus the number of
> times it is busted. When the number decreases below 5, it is no longer
> considered valid. If the active call has not been spotted in 12 minutes it
> is also no longer considered valid. In one place, for 9A1A the quality
> number is over 2000. This means 9A1A has been spotted over 2000 times on the
> same frequency!
> "Sysop added" means I have manually added a call to the list because it is
> busted all the time and is never good.
>
> http://www.bcdxc.org/ve7cc/ccc/Busted-26-Sep-2015.txt
> http://www.bcdxc.org/ve7cc/ccc/Busted-27-Sep-2015.txt
>
> Lee
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