Thanks all for the info. I use DX4WIN and I can see how that could be a problem.
73; Kurt -W2MW Sent from my iPhone4 On Jul 23, 2013, at 7:33 PM, Barry <w...@comcast.net> wrote: > Pete - I believe, until recently, they were from around the world, as the > band and times made no sense for US stations - even for LPL antennas. > > Kurt - You are missing something. Many of us keep DX4Win on in the > background with an audio alert set for new band-countries. It's very > annoying when these spots alert us to something that doesn't exist in our > part of the world. > > Barry W2UP > > On 7/23/2013 15:55, Kurt Zimmerman wrote: >> What is a skimmer? I've seen W3LPL spots and if I'm on the band and hear the >> DX station I work him. >> >> Am I missing something? >> 73 >> Kurt - W2MW >> >> Sent from my iPhone4 >> >> On Jul 23, 2013, at 5:41 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR <n...@contesting.com> wrote: >> >>> Not quite right, Jim - they are from NA Skimmers only, and for several >>> months now, the location where the station was heard has been appearing in >>> the Comment field >>> >>> 73, Pete N4ZR >>> Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at >>> http://reversebeacon.net, >>> blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. >>> For spots, please go to your favorite >>> ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. >>> >>> On 7/23/2013 4:51 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: >>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Andreas Junge N6NU wrote: >>>> >>>>> Use the VE7CC “CC user” cluster filtering tool. There is a switch to turn >>>>> on/off Skimmer spots. >>>> Actually, they do not come in as skimmer spots. CW Skimmer spots are >>>> identified by -# at the end of the spotter callsign. I have CW >>>> Skimmer disabled, but still get the W3LPL spots. >>>> >>>>> W3LPL has such a great antenna farm, I can't hear his spots even when they >>>>> are from MD. >>>> Spots arriving from W3LPL originate from CW skimmers all over the >>>> world, not just in MD. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreis...@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> DX4WIN mailing list >>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>> Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net >>>> >>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> DX4WIN mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> ______________________________________________________________ >> DX4WIN mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
