[Skimmertalk] Skimmer and Live Audio

[Pete Smith]

At 03:02 PM 12/8/2008, Stan Stockton wrote:
>I would love to be able to access something similar in Europe and be
>able to do some antenna testing, seeing and hearing for myself what the
>differences are between two antennas.


Stan, I realize it lacks the "hear for myself" factor, but all you have to 
do is look on skimmer.dxwatch.com, find out if there is a skimmer on in 
Europe on your band of interest, and then call CQ on Antenna A.  Wait to 
see if you're spotted and then change frequency slightly and call CQ on 
radio B.  Assuming you're spotted again, the two spots will give the 
relative signal-to-noise ratio of the two CQs.

Of course, this all depends on getting more skimmers on the air.  We could 
particularly use Skimmers in Japan, South America  and Australia, as well 
as more bands everywhere.

73, Pete N4ZR