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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Erm...<br>
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That sounds like a "bad thing[tm]", doesn't it? Surely a direct
feed from the RBN has been a feature of contest programs for quite
a while. All DXSpider does is curate somewhat to reduce (and
distribute) the bandwidth requirements, whilst trying to retain
(and condense) the richness of information available. So I am
struggling to understand why overall spot numbers have changed
because of my stuff. <br>
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I have another suggestion. The last two years have had many
(most?) people at home for (far) more time than usual - for some
reason or other. Even though this is a weekend contest, I wonder
whether all this enforced time at home meant that more non-work
related related jobs that would, under normal work condx, be done
at the weekend, got done during the week instead. Thus leaving
more time (and concentration levels) available for contesting.
This year, things have got back to more normal patterns, but now
everything has got much more expensive very quickly. Maybe people
are actually having to work more to pay their bills and have much
less time for hobbies. <br>
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Or have I got the wrong end of the stick (again)?<br>
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73 Dirk G1TLH<br>
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On 28/11/2022 12:25, Mike G3YPP via Dxspider-support wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Well, I have a theory.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I was an active
participant in CQWW CW operating G4P making 1100 QSOs, 2/3
of which were S&P (Search and Pounce) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I used N1MM Logger+
connected to my cluster MX0NCA-2. My cluster is connected
to the RBN so RBN spots are shown in the N1MM bandmap along
with “normal” spots.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have “Spot all S&P
QSOs” selected in N1MM.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">BUT even with this
selected N1MM does not spot recently spotted callsigns (on
same frequency). This is a good intended feature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">So because of the RBN
feed, N1MM only actually sent 45 of my QSOs to the
cluster. All the rest had already been spotted by the
RBN. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Given more clusters now
connecting to the RBN – thanks to Dirk’s great work on the
mojo branch – far fewer CW signals are actually spotted on
the “normal” feed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">That’s my take on it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Mike G3YPP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Sysop for MX0NCA-2</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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