[VHFcontesting] RBN (Skimmers) on 6M

[Dave Pascoe]

I enabled 6m again on my Skimmer, on an experimental basis. I'm located in
FN42et and it covers 50.000 to 50.182.  Performance should be sufficient to
catch Es openings.

I expect to do some hilltop roving on Sunday from nearby locations and
*possibly* a trip out to FN51.

73,
Dave KM3T


On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 1:27 AM, Dave Zeph <w9pa at w9pa.net> wrote:

> There was a question about which RBN Skimmers provide Spots of 6M.  The
> listing at:  http://www.reversebeacon.net/nodes/detail.php  shows a
> detailed
> list of worldwide Skimmers and the range(s) on which they provide Spots.
> Of
> course this is no guarantee that the Skimmers listed as having 6M
> capability
> will be active during the June VHF.
>
>
>
> A few indicating 6M spotting capability are K9IMM,  N2QT, N6EV, ND0B, NW0W,
> VE7AB, W3UA, & W8WTS,  Many Skimmer operators use the early QS1R SDR
> Receiver which did not cover 6M.  However the latest QS1R-Rev D covers up
> to
> 62.5mHz.
>
>
>
> Skimmer Spots are NOT carried by V4 AR-Clusters or (I believe) DXSpiders.
> Skimmer Spots are carried by V6 AR-Clusters and VE7CC Clusters.  The Telnet
> Servers in the original Clusters are not capable of handling the volume of
> Skimmer Spots during Contests.  The Clusters that carry the Skimmer Spots
> are only accessible via Telnet - again because of traffic volume.
>
>
>
> You will find Hand-Entered (human-entered) Spots on the V4 AR-Cluster and
> DXSpider Networks.  And these are also handled by the V6 AR-Clusters and
> VE7CC Clusters.
>
>
>
> Both the V6 AR-Clusters and VE7CC Clusters have extensive sets of Filter
> commands to control the "RBN fire-hose".  It is folly to try and use
> Skimmer
> Spots WITHOUT an appropriate Filter.  You can connect directly to the RBN
> but users are instead URGED to connect to the V6 AR-Cluster or VE7CC
> Cluster
> of their choice.  THE RBN Telnet Servers DO NOT RESPOND TO FILTER COMMANDS
> sent by Users who connect to them.
>
>
>
> A worldwide list of Telnet-Accessible Clusters can be found at:
> http://www.dxcluster.info/telnet/index.php .  A Country Index is available
> at the beginning of the List.
>
>
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>
> 73 --> Dave, W9PA (ex-W9ZRX, 1954 to 2012)
>
> EN60
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