[RTTY] Re Skimmers

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Alex is actively experimenting with several variations on the RTTY 
Skimmer Server. There are RBN nodes currently running several different 
versions for statistical comparisons.  Please be patient.+

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 3/30/2016 4:55 PM, Ian White wrote:
> GU0SUP wrote:
>> Just for your info, take a look at the skimmers earlier this
>> evening at spots on 20m RTTY.
>> FT4JA was on 14090 listening up, and there were loads of
>> spots coming from most of the skimmer clusters just spotting
>> callers, me included, way up past 14125.
>>
>> I know I didn't send a CQ at all, just DE GU0SUP GU0SUP and yet I was
>> spotted by several skimmers.
>>
> There is something seriously wrong with a large number of skimmers at
> the moment, because *nobody* in that pileup was sending "CQ" either
> before or after their callsigns.
>
> But it wasn't the skimmers who stretched out the pileup "way up past
> 14125". The operator consistently replied to callers at the upper edge
> of the pileup, and kept on moving HF.
>
>
> 73 from Ian GM3SEK
>
>
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