[Skimmertalk] Z60A not being copied by CT1BOH-#

[Dave Pascoe]

There may be multiple issues going on here. Most of the Skimmers that I
recognize spotting Z60A are running single band Skimmers (CW Skimmer as
opposed to Skimmer Server). Even though a few Skimmer Server ops may have
updated Patt3ch.lst, none of them seem to be spotting Z60A. This may be
something that Alex can shed some light on.

Dave KM3T

On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 2:13 PM, Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net> wrote:

> But they almost never send Z60A twice in a row, or twice in the same
> minute, so that doesn't give Skimmer must of a chance to get it right.  All
> the QRM on the frequency doesn't help either.
>
> Nevertheless, plenty of skimmers are copying them OK:
>
> http://reversebeacon.net/dxsd1/dxsd1.php?f=0&c=z60a&t=dx
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
>
> On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 11:07 AM, <donovanf at starpower.net> wrote:
>
> > After every QSO Z60A usually sends:   Z60A UP
> >
> > 73
> > Frank
> > W3LPL
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From: *"Bob Wilson, N6TV" <n6tv at arrl.net>
> > *To: *"SkimmerTalk Reflector" <skimmertalk at contesting.com>
> > *Sent: *Friday, February 2, 2018 7:04:05 PM
> > *Subject: *Re: [Skimmertalk] Z60A not being copied by CT1BOH-#
> >
> >
> > If Z60A never sends CQ, NA, QRZ, TEST, or UP, Skimmer doesn't recognize
> > that they are calling CQ.  Skimmer also likes to see the callsign twice
> in
> > a row sent the same way.  See my Contest University Presentation:
> > https://bit.ly/UsingRBN2017, slide 22 (also linked from my QRZ.COM
> page).
> > I need to update these slides for the 2018 Dayton CTU.
> >
> > I never heard of an issue with 0s not being copied well by Skimmer, but
> it
> > makes a bit of sense since it is the longest character that has to be
> > copied with no noise or QSB to confuse the CW decoding logic.
> >
> > Humans still copy CW better than computers, especially on HF with lots of
> > QSB and noise.
> >
> > 73,
> > Bob, N6TV
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 9:43 AM, José Nunes CT1BOH <ct1boh at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I have a skimmer going at my QTH
> > > http://www.reversebeacon.net/dxsd1/dxsd1.php?f=0&t=de&c=CT1BOH
> > >
> > > I have + Z6#@ in pattern file in aggregator.
> > > Z60A is loud and clear, but my skimmer never "skims" Z60A
> > >
> > > It seems this is not only my problem. Skimmer spots for Z60A are very
> > few.
> > >
> > > First it seemed that only skimmer stations copy Z60A and the problem is
> > > with skimmer-server stations, but no sure about that.
> > >
> > > Any hint about what problem may be?
> > >
> > > 73
> > >
> > > --
> > > José Nunes
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