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--></style></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Well, I have a theory. <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>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><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p class=MsoNormal>Message: 1</p><p class=MsoNormal>Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 06:10:17 +0100</p><p class=MsoNormal>From: "Rene Olsen" <rene@rcolsen.dk></p><p class=MsoNormal>To: dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</p><p class=MsoNormal>Subject: [Dxspider-support] Number of spots in CQWW CW?</p><p class=MsoNormal>Message-ID: <638442B9.14963.59ABC5F4@rene.rcolsen.dk></p><p class=MsoNormal>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just wondered if anyone have an idea why the number of spots this past weekend was as </p><p class=MsoNormal>"low" as it was. It was almost half of what it was in the SSB part.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Was conditions just worse, or is there some other reason for this?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Don't recall what the numbers for a CQWW contest normally is, so I can only compare SSB </p><p class=MsoNormal>vs CW.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My node shows</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 29-Oct-2022: 51285</p><p class=MsoNormal> 30-Oct-2022: 50757</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 26-Nov-2022: 34667</p><p class=MsoNormal> 27-Nov-2022: 27665</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Checked on DB0SUE-7 and it has just about the same numbers.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Vy 73 de Ren? / OZ1LQH</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>