[Skimmertalk] 6m bad spots

[Paul N6EV]

Andy,

I’ve had a lot of success in eliminating false spots on 6 Meters with my
single-band RBN node.   The reason 6 meters is more challenging from an RBN
perspective is in order to pass beacon spots, the skimmer must be configured
to pass all spots, not just CQing stations.  A combination of Aggressive
call validation, Aggregator settings and the use of the Watch List in
Skimmer help a lot.   Not sure how this would translate into a multiband
skimmer situation though.

 

Back in 2013 I wrote an article for the Reverse Beacon Blog about 6 meters
and the RBN.  It outlines several steps to eliminate false spots.  Even
though much evolution has occurred to Aggregator since then, these steps
still work well.

http://reversebeacon.blogspot.com/2013/06/6-meters-and-power-of-reverse-beac
on.html

 

Hope this helps.

73  Paul  N6EV

 

From: Skimmertalk <skimmertalk-bounces+paul=n6ev.com at contesting.com> On
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Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020 7:56 AM
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Subject: Re: [Skimmertalk] 6m bad spots

 

Thanks Gabriel.

Why is 6m so different?

How do you suppose to handle these different settings for multiband skimming
with Skimmer server?

73,

Andy

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Andy,

 

For 6m is much better to have the validation level set to "Aggressive" in
CW-Skimmer and also tick the "Don't send VHF+ spots to the RBN server if SNR
<= 1dB" option in Aggregator.

 

It is the only way to keep the number of false spots at an acceptable level.
I do it in that way and it works fine.

 

73. Gabriel – EA6VQ

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De: Skimmertalk
[mailto:skimmertalk-bounces+ea6vq_ml=dxmaps.com at contesting.com] En nombre de
Andy KU7T
Enviado el: sábado, 13 de junio de 2020 20:26
Para: skimmertalk at contesting.com <mailto:skimmertalk at contesting.com> 
Asunto: [Skimmertalk] 6m bad spots

 

Hi, 

 

My skimmer creates lots of busted spots on 6m. How do others configure their
CW Skimmer or RBN aggregator to avoid this? It seems others do not have this
issue
 I am not transmitting nearby.

 

Thanks

Andy

KU7T

 

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