[Skimmertalk] 6m bad spots

[Andy KU7T]

Paul,

Thanks for the guidance. Great blog article.

Can you share your current beacon.lst file? I am thinking of dedicating one receiver of the RP16 to 6m, 10m, WARC bands, and running as aggressive.

Thanks
Andy
KU7T

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Subject: Re: [Skimmertalk] 6m bad spots


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-beacon.html



Hope this helps.

73  Paul  N6EV



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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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Subject: RE: [Skimmertalk] 6m bad spots



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.



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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
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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

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