[Skimmertalk] NA5NN and CW Skimmer

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

I know that CW Skimmer listens for the pattern 5NN thinking it is part of a
typical contest exchange.  So perhaps this callsign is fooling Skimmer into
thinking that the call being sent was actually giving an exchange on that
frequency?

K6LL 123 A NA*5NN* 10 MS

?

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 7:16 AM, Dave Hachadorian <k6ll.dave at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I noticed during the CW Sweepstakes Contest that a number of different
> call signs were being posted by CW Skimmers on NA5NN's CQ frequency.  These
> were definitely Skimmer posts, and not some kind of inadvertent self-post
> by NA5NN.  I had spotter state filter set to UT, AZ, NV, and CA, and
> various skimmers in these states were making the posts.  I listened to
> NA5NN's macros for a while, and didn't see anything unusual.
>
> Is there some way to run a retro analysis to see what was going on there,
> or any other thoughts?  Is there something unusual in the dot/dash pattern
> of NA5NN that might confuse a skimmer?
>
> By the way, the Skimmers generally worked beautifully in SS. Thanks to all
> for all the hard work.
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
>
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