[PVRCNC] Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto

[Jim Jordan, K4QPL]

Good comments, Kaz.

There's still one more factor--elapsed time between start of run and spot. 
Operating from BiggGunn NY4A, I noticed that the "You have been spotted" 
messages were coming up almost instantaneously for us (Once within about 5 
seconds of my first CQ on 80M simultaneously from W3LPL, K3MM, and N4ZR!) 
whereas in previous years it would often take quite a while before a live 
peepul spotted us. The resulting pileups also came quicker. This is very 
important in a M/S or M/2 where you sometimes need to abandon/change your 
run frequency more often to change bands or get mults under the band change 
rules.

Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "KAZeringue" <kazeringue at aol.com>
To: "PVRCNC" <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 9:23 AM
Subject: [PVRCNC] Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto


> Useless trivia of the day.......
>
> Just in case you wondered if the CW skimmers were working, or what the
> big deal is, some skimmer stats for the Bigg Gunz from ARRL DX CW......
>
> http://reversebeacon.blogspot.com/2012/02/arrl-dx-cw-stats-thanks-n6tv.html
>
> Also, FWIW, I pulled stats for N4YDU for that contest.  Nate was low
> power from his home QTH for 40+ hours.
>
> 'YDU spots (From Europe only)....
> CW skimmer spots : 1223
> Real Peepul spots: 0009 (nine)
>
> Seems like this skimmer stuff will make a much bigger difference in the
> contest experience for little pistols than for the super stations.  A
> super station's skimmer spot counts may be an order of magnitude larger,
> but they usually suck most of the available Q's up anyway, and are
> usually spotted by real peepul anyway.
>
> The robots are less likely to vote only for their friends-n-favorites,
> and have the patience to work the weak ones.
>
> So if you don't hook into the skimmers, you are very likely to hear from
> more of the folks that do.  And as more folks do.....  :)
>
> kaz
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