RBNHole is down

N1EU 2018-01-15 13:12:58 UTC #1

There have been no RBNHole spots since yesterday at 1359Z. CW activators take note.

73, Barry N1EU

MM0FMF 2018-01-15 13:22:02 UTC #2

Add this bit of text >>>> @vk3arr <<<< somewhere to any reports of RBNHOLE not working n the reflector so that Andrew gets a message notifying him. Just in case he doesn’t check on here for a while.

KE6MT 2018-01-15 20:27:03 UTC #3

Do we have any more information on why? Or how we can help?

Rex KE6MT

VK3ARR 2018-01-15 20:55:22 UTC #4

The RBN changed their login format as part of a new beta test or something (judging from the banner). That impacted what RBNHole was expecting to see when it needs to log in. I will have to fiddle a bit to sort that out, but shouldn’t take too long

KE6MT 2018-01-15 22:00:46 UTC #5

Much appreciated. Please do let me know if I can help.

VK3ARR 2018-01-15 22:35:11 UTC #6

AA0BV 2018-01-15 23:55:04 UTC #7

Thank you!

ct1dbs 2018-01-16 00:03:06 UTC #8

Thank you Andrew!

You’re an “IT mountain” and the best friend of the CW activator!

73 de Pedro, CT1DBS

N1EU 2018-01-16 12:27:41 UTC #9

It looks like RBNhole is still down. . . And now it’s up at 1257Z! Thanks!

73, Barry N1EU

N1EU 2018-01-16 15:16:33 UTC #10

I guess RBNHole can occasionally miss forwarding an RBN spot to SOTAWatch. For example, F/HB9CBR/P never got spotted on SOTAwatch on 30M at 1319Z today, despite numerous RBN spots.

Spots on reversebeacon.net:

de	dx	freq	cq/dx	snr	speed	time
SM6FMB	F/HB9CBR/P	10119.2	CW CQ	8 dB	24 wpm	1323z 16 Jan
HA1VHF	F/HB9CBR/P	10119	CW CQ	13 dB	23 wpm	1319z 16 Jan
G0LUJ	F/HB9CBR/P	10119.1	CW CQ	11 dB	23 wpm	1319z 16 Jan
EI9KF	F/HB9CBR/P	10119.1	CW CQ	5 dB	23 wpm	1319z 16 Jan
OH6BG	F/HB9CBR/P	10119.1	CW CQ	16 dB	23 wpm	1319z 16 Jan
GW8IZR	F/HB9CBR/P	10119	CW CQ	16 dB	23 wpm	1319z 16 Jan
OE6TZE	F/HB9CBR/P	10119.1	CW CQ	11 dB	23 wpm	1319z 16 Jan

Spots on SOTAwatch:
Tue 13:59 SV2RUJ/P on SV/TL-069 14.310 ssb
73 stavros aprs SV2RUJ-10 (Posted by SY2BIK)
Tue 13:17 F/HB9CBR/P on FL/VO-131 14.062 cw
(Posted by SA4BLM)
Tue 13:08 CT1DBS/P on CT/BB-003 14.061 cw
*[RBNHole] at GI4DOH 18 WPM 20 dB SNR (Posted by RBNHOLE)
Tue 13:07 F/HB9CBR/P on FL/VO-131 7.029 cw
(Posted by HB9BIN/P)

VK3ARR 2018-01-16 20:06:51 UTC #11

Someone else spotted him, so RBNHole doesn’t. It’s a feature, not a bug

N1EU 2018-01-16 20:42:18 UTC #12

Nobody spotted him on 30M - that was my point

He was spotted two minutes earlier on 20M but not when he qsy’d to 30M.

VK3ARR 2018-01-17 08:46:28 UTC #13

My dad always warned me I’d go blind. I’ll take a look sometime and see what I can find. I’m still guessing spot lockout, but who knows?