Dave, I agree entirely. Which is why I have BOTH streamed together via VE7CC into my main packet window, the bandmap, and onto the Flex waterfall.
steve > On Mar 8, 2020, at 3:51 PM, <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > While I watch RBN I still watch the old fashioned packet cluster that whose > ship sailed many years ago. Many worthwhile things appear on the cluster > that never appear on RBN. If you really want to know what's going on you > need to be watching both. 73. . .Dave, FLS > > -----Original Message----- From: VE6WZ_Steve > Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2020 4:15 PM > To: Topband > Subject: Topband: RBN and cluster spots > > This winter I've noticed that when CQing on 160m, if I get spotted on the > “conventional” packet cluster, I seem to get more action. > I’ve always found this surprising because usually with 3 seconds (!!!) my > call is spotted on the RBN network, so why doesn't everyone already know I’m > CQing there? > > It seems that quite a few ops out there either don’t know about, have > forgotten about, or somehow “don’t believe” in the RBN network?? As far as > thinking the RBN network is “un-fair” or not "old school" like finding your > own DX, well to each his own, but the packet cluster ship sailed many years > ago! > > Perhaps this email is just a reminder to consider either checking the RBN > network directly in your browser or getting the RBN skimmer spots fed > directly into your logging program packet window. > I use the VE7CC “CC cluster” program which will filter the skimmer spots > anyway I want (eg. no NA spots) and they get streamed together with the > conventional packet cluster into my logging program, and also directly onto > the Flex waterfall. If anyone in EU calls CQ, the spot will show up on the > waterfall within 2-5 seconds! I know exactly where the “open” spots are on > 160m before I call CQ. I see the who’s-who across the band all the time. > > I know many reading this already use the RBN regularly, but even in the KST > chat room I get questions like “where are you CQing”? Heck, I was spotted > within seconds of my first CQ on the RBN network ! > > 73, de steve ve6wz > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
