[Skimmertalk] CQ and DE calls in RTTY Skimmer Server and CW Skimmer Server

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

If you watch CW Skimmer decode CW real time, you can see what's going on.
It adds the DE tag only when it confirms that someone sends "DE *callsign*"
(it has to hear "DE").  Same for CQ or TEST, if it hears those, then it
adds the CQ tag.  If it hears the same call later, on the same frequency,
it continues to flag it as a CQ.

If it does not hear CQ/TEST/DE, it just posts the call without a DE or CQ
tag.  Most of these decoded calls are valid assuming you use "normal"
Validation on the *Calls* tab (with CW Skimmer, but not Skimmer Server),
and an updated MASTER.DTA.

Calls posted are verified according to MASTER.DTA and Patt3ch.lst, so yes,
all calls are verified in the same way; the CQ or DE or (missing) tags are
not an indicator of decoding accuracy.

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 7:06 PM, Wes Cosand <wes.cosand at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have always operated these software packages set to telnet only CQ
> calls.  But recently I had reason to be interested in the "DE" calls as
> well so I changed the ini files and used telnet to access the software
> directly.  In addition to those calls accompanied by "CQ" or "DE" I get a
> lot of calls without either tag.
>
> Is the fidelity of these calls that are not tagged "DE" or "CQ" determined
> with the same rigor as the tagged calls or are these untagged telnet spots
> for calls which cannot be determined with the certainty that meet the
> criteria for "Normal" or "Aggressive" filtering?
>
> I am afraid my questions are not clear.  Can I be reasonably certain that
> the untagged calls have been accurately decoded?
>
> Wes, WZ7I
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