[Skimmertalk] Number in suffix

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

Just because AR Cluster software apparently rejects spots with unusual
callsigns, one should not feel compelled to completely ban these special
callsigns from being spotted by *all* skimmer clusters.  I assume VE7CC
Cluster and DXSpider have no such restrictions.  Why not try it?

I recommend the patt3ch.lst file be updated on the RBN server to add the
indicated patterns.  This should be a trivial task, and eventually most RBN
ops will download the update, or at least see the notification about it.
This is better than asking every op. to do the update themselves, because
that inevitably leads to synchronization problems.

At the same time, please add:

8N3@#@

to the file to help 8N3G2O get spotted.

Now, if one wants to contend that special event callsigjns are short-lived
and therefore shouldn't have semi-permanent status in the patt3ch.lst file,
I can see that point, but it's already hard enough for these special event
callsigns to get pileups, so it seems like the least we can do to help them
is have our RBN skimmers spot them as much as possible, especially when
they have specifically asked us for our help.  We have no way of compelling
regulators to do what we prefer.

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 7:52 PM N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net> wrote:

> Doesn't surprise me. The pattern file does not have any entries with the
> pattern #@#@## (where # is a numeric wild-card and @ is an alphabetic).
> Even if Skimmer Server were told that these patterns were OK, it appears
> that many cluster servers that are out there now will reject these spots
> as busted. I'm afraid this isn't as simple as changing a pattern file,
> because national administrations are issuing strange new calls almost
> weekly, and their creativity knows no bounds hi.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Check out the Reverse Beacon Network
> at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now
> spotting RTTY activity worldwide.
> For spots, please use your favorite
> "retail" DX cluster.
>
> On 5/12/2019 9:04 PM, Dai NAGAKURA wrote:
> > Dear Gerard
> >
> > Our Japan's special callsign of G20 Conference in Japan "8N3G2O"
> > is recognized as "3G2O",Chile now.
> >
> > See below(RBN page)
> > http://www.reversebeacon.net/dxsd1/dxsd1.php?f=0&c=3g2o%2F3&t=dx
> >
> > Dai JF2IWL
>