Confused with W1AW/1 from Maine

[N0EVH]

So where was the W1AW SOTA that was signing /1 and from the state of ME. The only spot on the reflector shows him out in western US.

Logged him 17:50 UTC on 14.031 mhz. Perhaps our late August heat spell has me hearing things!

Thanks, John N0EVH

[K1MAZ]

There was a W1AW/7 SOTA but he ONLY did 20 SSB. All the /7 and /1 CW spots were bogus. RBNGate assumed that they were all related. W1AW has been added to the RBNGate blocklist. There was a topic about this earlier.

W1AW/7 CW spots not SOTA

Yep, I just got up and noticed all the spots. RBNGate ignores the portable designation and mode, so it assumed those were from K7TEJ’s alerted activation in which he will use the W1AW/7 call. I just added W1AW to my excluded activators file, so no more spots of W1AW or any portable variant of the call should appear. 73, Eric KU6J =========================================== Free SOTA Spot Monitor Software + RBNGate FAQ: http://www.ku6j.com

[2M0NCM]

@K1MAZ

There was a W1AW/7 SOTA but he ONLY did 20 SSB. All the /7 and /1 CW spots were bogus. RBNGate assumed that they were all related. W1AW has been added to the RBNGate blocklist.

Only just found this thread, after trying to find the callsign in the database.
There was a spot appeared for this call on 1st November on 24MHz RTTY. Can this be added to the blocked list as well.
I did get a copy with them and great signal into SW Scotland as well. Oh hum!

Neil 2M0NCM

[KU6J]

All of the W1AW’s are now excluded from RBNGate spotting, Neil.

I run three instances of RBNGate (1 primary and 2 backups) so as to maximize reliability and availability, and one of the backup instances was missing the W1AW entry in the exclusion file. That’s why there were a few W1AW/1 spots a few days ago. I deleted them from SOTAWatch as soon as I saw them, you must have been paying close attention to the spots!

73,

Eric KU6J

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Free SOTA Spot Monitor Software + RBNGate FAQ:
http://www.ku6j.com

[2M0NCM]

Thanks Eric,

I did notice they vanished soon after I worked them. As for paying attention, I have been off my work for 7 weeks with a back injury so have been poised like a coiled spring getting as many chaser points as I can because I don’t get much chance with that stupid work thing. ;

73 Neil