Topband: Web SDR's and 'Cheating'

[Kostas Stamatis]

I think this is usual the last time for many stations. I don't remember the 
call but a dxpedition to pacific told the same: many stations were heard 
them via sdr receivers. Beside this, even noone uses an sdr, i could always 
suspect another station for cheating this way because i could not ever heard 
a station. So the simplest solution for me is this: every sdr receiver 
should have a small delay (lets say 15 seconds) of re-transmitted signal. 
Everyone can make the same tests or enjoy the same pileup with a small delay 
without using it for cheating. Is this so difficult to be programmed?
73 Kostas SV1DPI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brendan Minish" <ei6iz.brendan at gmail.com>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 10:38 PM
Subject: Topband: Web SDR's and 'Cheating'


> Hello all
>
> I have a Software Defined Receiver (SDR) that I make available when I am
> not using it for others to use. it's an SDR-14 and is usually connected
> to one of my beverages via a multi-coupler so it hears and performs well
> Software wise , anyone using sdrradio can connect to it.
> the latency is alos very low with sdrradio.
>
> I am happy to make this available to others because in turn I enjoy
> using internet connected SDR's provided by others
>
> last night however I took a listen to what the connected user was
> listening to, It turns out that the connected user was a DX station
> utilising my SDR to work 160m SSB. He had a pileup of EU stations and
> was utilising my SDR to better hear his pileup.
> Surely this is 'not on' After all the EU stations may have been able to
> hear him (although I could not copy him better than about 21 here)
> But he was using a receiver within Europe to hear the EU stations calling.
>
> What is the ethical position on this, it sure seems wrong to me
>
>
>
> -- 
> 73
> Brendan EI6IZ
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