[RTTY] Another use for RTTY skimmer?

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

The algorithmfor separating runners from callers is a work in progress.  
We're beta-testing a new build now.

Actually, what you're doing is something akin to the original CW 
Skimmer, which shows all the signals in its bandpass on the waterfall 
and tags any that it sees transmitting "599", so you can tell which 
trace is the caller, even if a bunch of yoyos continue calling blindly.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 4/16/2016 8:58 AM, Don Hill AA5AU wrote:
> Last night in the EP2A pileup, I was using WriteLog with a bandmap and
> connected to a Packetcluster node with RTTY skimmer spots enabled.
>
> Some skimmers were showing all the callers up above EP2A. I'm not sure why
> this happens (?????) but I was able to find where the DX was listening by
> looking at the call he was working, then clicking on that call on the
> bandmap, which had been skimmer-spotted, and it put my VFO right on the
> caller's frequency. It was pretty slick. It didn't help me make the contact
> but it was interesting to use it that way.
>
> I wonder how all the calls are being spotted without CQ or QRZ or anything
> else other than their callsign being sent. Why does this happen?
>
> Don AA5AU
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