[Skimmertalk] [N1MM] Re: Frequency (volume) of Spots (OT)

[Pete Smith]

FB Igor - to the best of my knowledge the 256 - character window (with 
other text in between - should usually be enough to handle TEST either 
before or after a callsign is sent.

Adding additional sequences or other features to Skimmer is, alas, not 
the RBN's to do - VE3NEA would have to take care of that, and I don't 
know what his plans for Skimmer revisions are.


73, Pete N4ZR

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On 12/3/2010 7:32 AM, Igor Sokolov wrote:
>>>> looking for such key words
>>>> as TEST, CQ, QRZ, QRZ?, and SS. If it finds a key word, it looks for a
>>>> callsign within 256 characters after the keyword. If it finds one, 
>>>> then
>>>> it looks for that call to be repeated a number of times set by the 
>>>> level
>>>> of callsign validation that the owner has specified.
>
> The above implies that those, who wants to be spotted by skimmers need 
> to call
>
> TEST  XX1XXX rather then XX1XXX TEST. Is that right?
>
> Another issue is when station sends key words (like TEST)  much faster 
> then the call sign, which is often the case during contests. Skimmer 
> so far ca not cope with variable speed or at least it can not adapt to 
> variation of speed that quickly.
> It is nice to know that one of the key words is SS. Is it possible to 
> add key words to the algorithm. That would be very useful feature is 
> operator could actually add or delete key words depending on the 
> requirements. In many Russian contests we send WSEM instead of TEST. 
> The word UP could be also useful addition.There are other cases, I am 
> sure, when such a flexibility would be of some use.
>
> 73, Igor UA9CDC
>
>