[Skimmertalk] [RBN-OPS] URGENT for RBN Nodes - Making Sure You Spot WRTC Competitors

[Jack Reed]

WA7LNW RBN receiver site located in southwestern Utah has made all
neccessary patt3ch.lst updates.

Let the IARU contes begin!

73's de Jack, WA7LNW

On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 1:16 PM, <donovanf at starpower.net> wrote:

> Thanks Bob,
>
>
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Bob Wilson, N6TV" <n6tv at arrl.net>
> To: "SkimmerTalk Reflector" <skimmertalk at contesting.com>, "RBN-OPS
> Reflector" <RBN-OPS at groups.io>
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2018 1:59:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [RBN-OPS] URGENT for RBN Nodes - Making Sure You Spot WRTC
> Competitors
>
>
> Unfortunately there have been multiple versions of Patt3Ch.lst uploaded to
> the server in the last two days, and all have the potential to create
> busted spots for some (but not all) of the WRTC competitors, potentially
> creating unwanted dupes from hungry prefix hunters, possibly affecting the
> outcome if things are close. No WRTC callsigns use the prefixes Y80, Y85,
> or Y88.
>
>
> I therefore recommend manually editing Patt3Ch.lst as follows:
>
>
> REMOVE (if found):
>
> + Y##@
> + Y8#@
>
> ADD:
>
> + Y81@
> + Y82@
> + Y83@
> + Y84@
> + Y86@
> + Y87@
> + Y89@
>
>
> (The plus signs are significant and must be present, followed by a space,
> as shown).
>
>
> You will get a red message from Aggregator warning that Patt3Ch.lst does
> not match what's on the server. At 1200z Sunday, after the competition
> ends, you can download the server version.
>
>
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
>
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 5:03 AM, N4ZR < n4zr at comcast.net > wrote:
>
>
>
>
> The WRTC organizers have just announced that the WRTC competitors w ill
> all use callsigns in the format Y8#@, where "#" is a single digit and "@"
> is a single letter. The calls actually to be issued were the n culled to
> ensure more-or-less equal difficulty for CW and phone - for example, there
> are no Y85 calls included, and E, I, and S suffixes were not included.
>
> Assuming that you want you r RBN Skimmer node to copy the WRTC competitors
> fairly, you'll need to change your patt3ch.lst file. We've automated this
> to make it trivial to do.
>
> 1. Go t o the "patt3ch.lst" tab of the Aggregator. You should have already
> entered the current location of this file in the box on this page. For
> those who haven't , browse to it at, nominally, "C:\Users\[your
> username}\appdata\ r oaming \Afreet\reference" and make sure the box is
> properly filled.
>
> 2. Once the Aggregator knows where to find the pattern file, y ou'll see o
> n both the "patt3ch . lst" tab and the "Status" tab of the Aggregator a red
> message that your patt3ch.lst file needs to be updated . Go back to the
> "patt3ch.lst" tab and click the Download button. Within a few seconds,
> you'll see a green message indicating that your pattern file is now up to
> date.
>
> 3. One final, essential step - stop Skimmer or Skimmer Server and restart
> it, to load the new pattern file.
>
> A footnote for anyone running Skimmers on more than one computer: the
> procedure above assumes that Aggregator and Skimmer or Skimmer Server are
> on the same computer. If you have additional Skimmers running as Secondary
> Skimmers, you will need to copy the new patt3ch.lst file from the computer
> that has the Aggregator on it, and manually put it in the appropriate
> folder on the other(s). Don't forget to restart *each* instance of Skimmer
> or Skimmer Server so that it will load the new pattern file.
>
> One last thing - the new patt3ch.lst file can also be found on the RBN web
> site under the Downloads menu.
>
>
> Any questions? Write to me ASAP and I'll try to help.
>
> --
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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