Just noticed , whilst sitting on the top of GW/MW-002, that RBN is not spotting the correct frequency on 7 MHz. Seems to beat out 6 kHz low!
In reply to G4ISJ:
I guess that is down to the individual receive skimmer that reported up to RBN, from where RBNGate pulls its information…
I had a RBNGate spot a couple of weeks ago with an innaccurate sending speed, which was curious but much less significant!
Adrian
G4AZS
In reply to G4ISJ:
The wrong spots are all from ON6ZQ
73, Colin
In reply to M0CGH:
The wrong spots are all from ON6ZQ
Hmmm… ON6ZQ does seem to be reporting frequencies that don’t match with other skimmers, and the difference seems to be quite random:
ON6ZQ G4PTN 7033.8 CW CQ 18 dB 25 wpm 1545z 05 Mar
GW8IZR G4PTN 7022.2 CW CQ 22 dB 25 wpm 1545z 05 Mar
ON6ZQ IW7EEX 7035.9 CW CQ [LoTW] 18 dB 18 wpm 1548z 05 Mar
ON5KQ IW7EEX 7020.1 CW CQ [LoTW] 21 dB 18 wpm 1548z 05 Mar
ON6ZQ PA1MAX 7027.2 CW CQ 28 dB 24 wpm 1553z 05 Mar
ON5KQ PA1MAX 7028.8 CW CQ 26 dB 23 wpm 1553z 05 Mar
GW8IZR PA1MAX 7028.8 CW CQ 27 dB 23 wpm 1553z 05 Mar
EI6IZ PA1MAX 7028.8 CW CQ 19 dB 24 wpm 1553z 05 Mar
ON6ZQ M0JHA 7033.0 CW CQ 20 dB 22 wpm 1554z 05 Mar
ON5KQ M0JHA 7023.0 CW CQ 9 dB 21 wpm 1554z 05 Mar
GW8IZR M0JHA 7023.0 CW CQ 20 dB 21 wpm 1554z 05 Mar
73, Rick M0LEP
In reply to M0LEP:
Eric KU6J can blacklist ON6ZQ spots from RBNGate
73,
Barry N1EU
In reply to M0LEP:
Ooops…
I was hoping to help by leaving a skimmer ON all day on 40m, but I realize I am just creating trouble. Sorry for the inconvenience.
The skimmer is now turned off.
I suspect the cause is related to the IF frequency settings in PowerSDR (Flex 1500) and/or in CWSkimmer.
I’ll try to find out and will not not feed RBN again before it is fixed.
Should someone have a hint as what the correct settings should be, I would be of course very interested to know.
Sorry again for the trouble.
73, Christophe ON6ZQ
In reply to ON6ZQ:
Sorry again for the trouble.
Those of us who use the skimmers are very grateful to people like you who run them. I hope you can get this resolved soon and get your skimmer back on air.
Andy
MM0FMF
In reply to ON6ZQ:
Hi Christophe,
I agree with Andy’s comment. Thank you for being part of RBN, it is really useful, and good luck with resolving the problem.
Best 73s
Adrian
G4AZS
Indeed. Sites like RBN and WSPRNet rely on volunteers feeding them information, and without that network of listeners they wouldn’t work. You were hearing some stations other listeners had missed, so thanks, and I hope you can figure out the problem soon.
73, Rick M0LEP
In reply to ON6ZQ:
I think I have got the settings right now. My skimmer reports the same frequency as the other stations on RBN (http://www.reversebeacon.net).
Should you still notice a problem, please let me know.
73 de ON6ZQ, Christophe