[Skimmertalk] beacons.csv and beacon spotting
John Ackermann N8UR
jra at febo.com
Fri Jan 19 07:55:40 EST 2018
Our VHF/UHF Skimmer is going to mainly hear beacons, and that's the main
value of the project -- to use them as a sign of propagation enhancement.
I found Pete's blog articles about optimizing for NCDXF beacons
(http://reversebeacon.blogspot.com/2014/02/ncdxf-beacon-spotting-redux.html
and
http://reversebeacon.blogspot.com/2017/09/beacons-revisited-checklist.html).
From that, I'm guessing that the Watch.lst file might be helpful,
though most of our beacons do send their call more than once.
I also notice that there is a beacons.csv file, but I can't find any
documentation about it. The only reference seems to be in a list
posting by W3OA
(http://dayton.contesting.com/pipermail/skimmertalk/2013-August/001214.html)
but that doesn't indicate what the contents of the file should be.
Can anyone provide a pointer on how to populate and use that file?
Thanks!
73,
John
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