[Skimmertalk] Please update Watch.lst to spot new NCDXF beacon KH6RS, replacing KH6WO

Bob Wilson, N6TV n6tv at arrl.net
Tue Jan 19 20:50:35 EST 2016


On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 11:14 AM, David Robbins <k1ttt at verizon.net> wrote:

> I did search for some of the beacons and it seems that I am reporting
> them, just not very often.  I see my node spotting the LU beacon, but so
> far none of the others I have searched for.  it seems that some of the
> beacons in that list are rarely spotted if at all, so maybe its just a
> timing thing and I haven't been watching when it heard any of them.


See below for a report that shows which skimmers are spotting the NCDXF
beacons.  It summarizes the last 8 days of RBN raw data, counting NCDXF
beacon callsigns *only.*

As you can see, 3 of the 18 NCDXF beacons were not spotted by any skimmer
(probably because they are off the air). Others like JA2IGY are rarely
spotted due to equipment troubles.

I found 37 different skimmers spotting the NCDXF beacons, but some skimmers
do not seem to be optimized for beacon spotting.

Note that the Faros <http://dxatlas.com/faros> program by VE3NEA is far
more sensitive.  It can spot very weak NCDXF beacons, based on very
accurate timing.  If you install Faros, be sure to replace the Beacon.lst
file with the updated version, here:

http://www.ncdxf.org/beacon/programs/Beacon.lst

73,
Bob, N6TV

            ----- NCDXF Beacon Spots per Skimmer -----
                Tue, 2016-01-12 to Tue, 2016-01-19

Skimmer     Beacon        20m    17m    15m    12m    10m   Total
-------     ------      -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  ------
9V1RM       4S7B           36      6      3                    45
9V1RM       JA2IGY          1                                   1
9V1RM       VR2B            7                                   7
9V1RM       ZS6DN           2             1                     3

CX7ACH      OA4B                   3      1                     4

DF4UE       4S7B            6      4      9      3             22
DF4UE       4X6TU         137    210    261    153     39     800
DF4UE       5Z4B                   9      1                    10
DF4UE       LU4AA                         2      1              3
DF4UE       OA4B                   1      1                     2
DF4UE       OH2B          129    145     18     24      5     321
DF4UE       RR9O           26     20     11      5             62
DF4UE       VE8AT                  1      5                     6
DF4UE       VR2B                                 1              1
DF4UE       W6WX                   3                            3
DF4UE       YV5B            1      2      4                     7
DF4UE       ZL6B            8                                   8
DF4UE       ZS6DN           9      4     30     47     30     120

DJ9IE       4S7B            7      2      2                    11
DJ9IE       4X6TU          41     41     78     38      1     199
DJ9IE       LU4AA                         1                     1
DJ9IE       OA4B                   2      2                     4
DJ9IE       OH2B           80     37     17      3            137
DJ9IE       RR9O           26     19      6                    51
DJ9IE       VE8AT           1      3      3                     7
DJ9IE       VR2B            1             1                     2
DJ9IE       W6WX            1      1                            2
DJ9IE       YV5B                   1                            1
DJ9IE       ZL6B            8                                   8
DJ9IE       ZS6DN          13      1     20      8             42

DL9GTB      4S7B           12            11                    23
DL9GTB      4X6TU         170           260                   430
DL9GTB      OH2B           67             3                    70
DL9GTB      RR9O           55             7                    62
DL9GTB      VE8AT           2                                   2
DL9GTB      VR2B            4             3                     7
DL9GTB      ZL6B           16                                  16
DL9GTB      ZS6DN          25            30                    55

DQ8Z        4X6TU           1      1      7      7             16
DQ8Z        OH2B           10      2                           12
DQ8Z        RR9O            2                                   2

ES5PC       4X6TU          32            56                    88
ES5PC       ZS6DN                         1                     1

ES5TO       4X6TU                        11                    11

GW8IZR      OH2B                   6                            6

HA6PX       4X6TU           3            31                    34
HA6PX       OH2B            1                                   1

HB9DCO      4X6TU           2      6     80      9             97
HB9DCO      OH2B           85    179     15                   279
HB9DCO      RR9O            3      2     10                    15

JF2IWL      4S7B                          1                     1
JF2IWL      4X6TU                         1                     1
JF2IWL      JA2IGY                                      1       1
JF2IWL      LU4AA                  1                            1
JF2IWL      RR9O            3     22     16     10             51
JF2IWL      VR2B           29     80    176     95     33     413
JF2IWL      W6WX            4      2      3      1             10
JF2IWL      ZL6B            2             1      1              4
JF2IWL      ZS6DN                         1                     1

JG1VGX      JA2IGY          1                                   1
JG1VGX      VR2B                          2                     2

K1TTT       LU4AA          13             2                    15
K1TTT       OA4B                         62                    62
K1TTT       OH2B            1                                   1
K1TTT       VE8AT           3                                   3
K1TTT       W6WX            9            25                    34
K1TTT       YV5B           10             8                    18
K1TTT       ZS6DN          14            12                    26

K2NNY       YV5B                          1                     1
K2NNY       ZS6DN                         1                     1

K3LR        LU4AA                         4             1       5
K3LR        W6WX                          5                     5

KM3T        4X6TU                                1              1
KM3T        LU4AA                         1                     1
KM3T        OA4B                   8            87      6     101
KM3T        OH2B            2      5             3             10
KM3T        VE8AT                  1                            1
KM3T        W6WX            2                    7              9
KM3T        YV5B                   1                            1
KM3T        ZS6DN          11      8            19      3      41

KO7SS       KH6RS           1                                   1
KO7SS       LU4AA          10      4      7                    21
KO7SS       OA4B                  57     32     20            109
KO7SS       VE8AT                  1                            1
KO7SS       W6WX          124     17      1                   142
KO7SS       YV5B            4     10      8                    22
KO7SS       ZL6B            2             7      1             10
KO7SS       ZS6DN           2      1     10      1             14

KU7T        OA4B                   1      2      3              6
KU7T        VR2B                          3                     3
KU7T        W6WX          122      4      1                   127
KU7T        ZL6B            2             3                     5

N6TV        LU4AA           5                                   5
N6TV        W6WX          277    212    202     40     78     809

NC7J        4X6TU                  1                            1
NC7J        LU4AA           1             1                     2
NC7J        OA4B                   6     20      4             30
NC7J        VE8AT           2      1                            3
NC7J        W6WX            4      2      3      3             12
NC7J        ZS6DN           1             5                     6

NP2L        OA4B                   1                            1
NP2L        ZS6DN                  4                            4

OH6BG       4S7B            3             1                     4
OH6BG       4X6TU         142    118     80     39     16     395
OH6BG       5Z4B                          1                     1
OH6BG       OH2B            2      7                            9
OH6BG       RR9O           38     17     12      1             68
OH6BG       VR2B            5      4      4                    13
OH6BG       ZL6B            7                                   7
OH6BG       ZS6DN          11            11      3             25

ON5KQ       4S7B            6      5     14                    25
ON5KQ       4X6TU          65     62     79            42     248
ON5KQ       5Z4B                   5     11                    16
ON5KQ       JA2IGY          3      3                            6
ON5KQ       LU4AA           3                                   3
ON5KQ       OA4B                   1                            1
ON5KQ       OH2B          143    123     29             9     304
ON5KQ       RR9O           20     31     13             5      69
ON5KQ       VR2B            2      1      3                     6
ON5KQ       YV5B            1                                   1
ON5KQ       ZL6B           23             2                    25
ON5KQ       ZS6DN           2      5     27             5      39

SE0X        4S7B            1                                   1
SE0X        4X6TU         165           155                   320
SE0X        5Z4B                          1                     1
SE0X        OH2B            2                                   2
SE0X        RR9O           33             2                    35
SE0X        ZL6B            3                                   3
SE0X        ZS6DN           7             5                    12

SK2AT       4X6TU                                       1       1
SK2AT       RR9O                                        2       2
SK2AT       ZS6DN                                       1       1

SK3W        4S7B           25            20                    45
SK3W        4X6TU         286                                 286
SK3W        JA2IGY          1                                   1
SK3W        LU4AA           3                                   3
SK3W        OA4B            2                                   2
SK3W        OH2B            2                                   2
SK3W        RR9O           54                                  54
SK3W        VE8AT           3                                   3
SK3W        VR2B           15             6                    21
SK3W        ZL6B           27                                  27
SK3W        ZS6DN          36                                  36

UA4M        4X6TU                                9              9

VE2WU       4S7B            6                                   6
VE2WU       4X6TU           7                                   7
VE2WU       OH2B           16                                  16
VE2WU       VE8AT           8                                   8
VE2WU       W6WX           16                                  16
VE2WU       YV5B            1                                   1

VK3FFB      ZL6B                                        1       1

VU2PTT      4S7B           31      5      2      3             41
VU2PTT      4X6TU          88     92    113     37            330
VU2PTT      5Z4B                   1     16      2             19
VU2PTT      JA2IGY          2                                   2
VU2PTT      LU4AA           1             1                     2
VU2PTT      OA4B                   1                            1
VU2PTT      OH2B                                 1              1
VU2PTT      RR9O            7      5      5      4             21
VU2PTT      VR2B           12      3     17     15             47
VU2PTT      ZL6B            6                                   6
VU2PTT      ZS6DN          87     82    142     43            354

W3OA        LU4AA                  2                            2
W3OA        OA4B            1     44      9     13     11      78
W3OA        VE8AT                                1              1
W3OA        W6WX           14      1      1                    16
W3OA        YV5B            2      8      5                    15
W3OA        ZS6DN           1             3      3              7

W3UA        ZS6DN                         1                     1

W4KKN       OA4B                          1                     1
W4KKN       YV5B            2                                   2
W4KKN       ZS6DN                         2                     2

WA7LNW      JA2IGY          2                                   2
WA7LNW      LU4AA          15     31     23     12      2      83
WA7LNW      OA4B           24    130    110     46            310
WA7LNW      VE8AT           3      8      1                    12
WA7LNW      VR2B            5                                   5
WA7LNW      W6WX           48     13      3                    64
WA7LNW      YV5B            5     15     14                    34
WA7LNW      ZL6B           18             2      2             22
WA7LNW      ZS6DN          41      9     16                    66

WZ7I        4X6TU           5             9                    14
WZ7I        LU4AA           6      1     10                    17
WZ7I        OA4B                   1     71                    72
WZ7I        VE8AT           9            10      4             23
WZ7I        W6WX           84      3     91                   178
WZ7I        YV5B            8      1      9                    18
WZ7I        ZL6B            1                                   1
WZ7I        ZS6DN          53            99                   152

WZ7I/3      W6WX                   3                            3
-------     ------      -----  -----  -----  -----  -----  ------
37          15          3,467  2,002  2,891    833    292   9,485

NCDXFSpots.awk by N6TV
2016-01-20 01:16:44 UTC

73,
Bob, N6TV


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