[Skimmertalk] Bad call filter for local distribution

[Jeff Blaine]

My point here is that in Aggregator the local feed is EITHER [RBN with 
filter] OR [no RBN no filter].  I can't push spots to the RBN all the 
time for a number of reasons hence the question.

73/jeff/ac0c
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
www.ac0c.com

On 15-Feb-19 5:26 PM, Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote:
> In the Aggregator, on the *Connections* tab, at the bottom, under 
> Local User Port, select *Only spots sent to RBN server*.
>
> But generally, skimmers at a Transmitter will keep spotting various 
> versions of your own callsign, variants you probably haven't added to 
> your BadCalls list, so I just turn off my skimmer when I'm operating 
> locally, then there is no danger of "self-spotting" busted versions of 
> my call, which could (worst case) lead to disqualification.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
>
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 3:11 PM Jeff Blaine <KeepWalking188 at ac0c.com 
> <mailto:KeepWalking188 at ac0c.com>> wrote:
>
>     Could we get an option in Aggregator the bad calls filter applied to
>     local feeds in all case?  As it's configured now, spots sent to a
>     local
>     users are not screened for the bad calls list.
>
>     That's a problem here because I get a ton of self-spots as a side
>     effect
>     when transmitting.  N1MM will filter my call out and so it's not
>     been an
>     issue.  But in some cases I will share my local connection with
>     someone
>     else and they end up getting hammered by all the garbage calls
>     which are
>     normally screened out by my bad calls list if they pull off the RBN
>     feed.  Maybe other guys are using an additional program to do the
>     further filtering but I just love Aggregator and other than this
>     issue
>     it's a rock star!
>
>     73/jeff/ac0c
>
>     alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
>     www.ac0c.com <http://www.ac0c.com>
>
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