Ken, I hear that some wise guys are sending the calls of DX stations, "CQ callsign" or "de callsign", on oddball frequencies so they will show up as skimmer spots. That might explain some of the bogus spots being posted on the DX cluster network. I have seen quite a few low band spots for Asian DX stations from W3LPL hours after Frank's sunrise. Having operated DX contests at W3LPL at the 160M position since the mid '90's, I know what DX can be expected to be heard after sunrise. I'm pretty sure that the source of those bogus spots are ops with a twisted sense of humor who are within radio range of skimmer receivers . Maybe they are trying to make W3LPL and other skimmer stations look bad so they will turn them off.
Skimmers have resulted in my adding many new band countries to the K1HTV low power totals. Now have over 2800 worked with 100 Watts. Still having fun in Ham Radio after almost 54 years and loving my K3! 73, Rich - K1HTV = = = -----Original Message----- From: Ken G Kopp [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] K3 spurious radiation? There are -many- bogus spots showing up on the DX Summit site, and most seem to originate from "skimmers" running amuck. W3LPL's seems to be among the largest error generators. 73! Ken - K0PP ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
