RBN Analytics

Skimmer frequency accuracy

To be a good RBN citizen a skimmer should have a frequency accuracy of 2ppm or better.

VERY IMPORTANT: To use the data below to improve the accuracy of your skimmer, multiply the current value of FreqCalibration in your skimmer software’s settings file with the suggested adjustment factor listed below.

The location of the settings files are:
CW Skimmer Server: %appdata%\Afreet\Products\SkimSrv\SkimSrv.ini
CW Skimmer: %appdata%\Afreet\Products\CwSkimmer\CwSkimmer.ini

The data listed below is based on yesterday’s RBN data, 00:00 to 23:59 UTC. This means that when making adjustments, changes in calibration will typically not have full impact on the listed data until the second day after the change.

The deviation estimates are based on spots on all active bands (40m and higher) from the respective skimmer. If different hardware is used for the different bands, the deviation number may thus not represent the actual deviation for a particular band. It is a good practice to run a separate instance of RBN Aggregator with a unique SSID for each hardware, (SM7IUN-1, SM7IUN-2, etc.)

A link to the software used to produce the tables can be found at the bottom of this page. It runs as a cron job in an Ubuntu container on my Synology server and uploads to this WordPress website shortly after midnight UTC daily.

The deviation estimation is done in two steps. The first step uses a small number of highly accurate skimmers (called “anchors” in the code, typically GPSDO-controlled skimmers) as reference. The whole estimation process is then repeated one more time but using both the anchors as well as all skimmers determined to be the “good” as reference. The “good” skimmers are those with less than 0.15ppm average deviation from the anchors, producing more than 100 qualifying spots (the qualification criteria of spots are outlined below.)

Repeating the analysis with this this extended set of skimmers as frequency references drastically increases the geographical coverage of the analysis thereby increasing the number of qualifying spots which means a much more reliable deviation estimates for all skimmers. The skimmers used as reference skimmers in the second stage (i.e. both anchors and “good”) are marked with an asterisk in the table below.

When looking at the numbers, keep in mind that the deviations estimated by the algorithm are 100 to 1000 times smaller than the 100Hz resolution of RBN frequency data. The input data is thus extremely “noisy” which inevitably leads to statistical variations. This is also the reason for not including spots under a certain frequency. Doing so would skew the statistics and cause underestimation of the frequency error.

Due to propagation characteristics, operator behavior (e.g. small QSY), and just statistical variations due to the 100Hz rounding, some skimmers selected as reference skimmers in the first stage may have more than 0.2ppm deviation in the second stage. This is not an error.

If you do not see your skimmer in the list below in spite of it successfully feeding spots to RBN the most likely reason is that it is off in frequency. The analytics discards all spots from skimmers having more than 0.5kHz frequency error.

if you want to implement an automated calibration of your skimmer you can access the skew data in machine-readable CSV format here https://sm7iun.se/rbnskew.csv

An skimmer calibration automation based on Windows PowerShell can be found here. It scrapes the calibration adjustment from this page and can be configured to update two CW Skimmer Server instances, two RTTY Skimmer Servers, and one CWSL_DIGI instance.

266017 RBN spots between 2025-09-09 00:00 and 23:59 UTC.
77076 spots (29.0%) were from reference skimmers (*).
Average spot flow was 185 per minute from 198 active CW skimmers.

128417 spots from 196 skimmers qualified for analysis by meeting
the following criteria:
 * Mode of spot is CW.
 * Also spotted by a reference skimmer within 1000 spots.
 * Also spotted by a reference skimmer within 10s. 
 * SNR is 3dB or higher. 
 * Frequency is 7000kHz or higher. 
 * Frequency deviation from reference skimmer is 0.5kHz or less.
 * At least 5 spots from same skimmer in data set.

  Skimmer    [ppm]  Spots    Adjustment 
  -------------------------------------
  3B8GL       +0.0      5   1.000000000
  3D2AG       +0.3     81   1.000000264
  5Z4GO       +0.4     13   1.000000426
  7N4XCV      +0.6     21   1.000000566
  9M2CNC      +0.1     60   1.000000092
  AA0O        +0.5    522   1.000000533
  AC0C-1*     +0.0   1431   1.000000009
  BA4OP       -0.5     60   0.999999524
  BA6KC       -0.0     78   0.999999970
  BG0AJO      +0.1     86   1.000000083
  BG0AJO/0    +0.4     33   1.000000431
  BG2TFW      +0.2     98   1.000000174
  BG4GOV      +0.0      7   1.000000000
  BH4RRG      +0.7     14   1.000000680
  BH4XDZ      +0.2     29   1.000000246
  BI4MPH      +0.0     45   1.000000000
  CT1EYQ      -0.4    838   0.999999646
  CX6VM       +1.1    242   1.000001115
  DD5XX       +0.2    414   1.000000207
  DE1LON      +1.1   1084   1.000001080
  DF2CK*      +0.1   2278   1.000000069
  DF7GB*      -0.0   1223   0.999999963
  DK0TE       +0.4   1157   1.000000376
  DK3UA       +5.1     28   1.000005096
  DK3WW       +0.2   1388   1.000000161
  DK9IP*      +0.2    701   1.000000167
  DK9IP-1*    +0.1    879   1.000000084
  DL0LA*      +0.0    346   1.000000014
  DL0PF      +11.0   1824   1.000011032
  DL1HWS      +0.4   1417   1.000000431
  DL1HWS-3    +0.0      5   1.000000000
  DL1HWS-4    +0.9    123   1.000000942
  DL8LAS      +3.2   1300   1.000003235
  DM5GG       +0.6   1348   1.000000626
  DM6EE*      +0.1    854   1.000000070
  DO4DXA*     +0.0   1233   1.000000019
  DR4W        -0.9   1298   0.999999091
  E28AC       -2.8     28   0.999997196
  EA2CW       -0.2   1051   0.999999835
  EA2RCF-4*   -0.1    643   0.999999892
  EA8/DF4UE*  -0.1   1831   0.999999928
  ES2RR*      -0.1   1308   0.999999939
  ES5PC*      -0.1   1607   0.999999878
  F4GOU       +6.3   1134   1.000006270
  G0KTN       +0.3   1141   1.000000300
  G4IRN*      +0.2   1594   1.000000174
  G4ZFE       +0.7   1142   1.000000667
  GI4DOH*     +0.0    608   1.000000012
  GX0FRE      +0.3    533   1.000000303
  HA1VHF      +0.7   1391   1.000000691
  HA5JI-8     -0.7    973   0.999999262
  HA8TKS      +0.2    715   1.000000189
  HA8TKS-2    +0.0     37   1.000000000
  HB9BXE*     -0.0    316   1.000000000
  HB9DCO      -0.2   1017   0.999999777
  HB9GVO      +0.7     49   1.000000726
  HG0Y        +7.8    251   1.000007811
  HG8A        +2.1   1179   1.000002132
  IK3STG      +1.0    952   1.000000979
  IK7YTT      -6.9   1506   0.999993057
  IT9GSF*     -0.0   1885   0.999999993
  IW9GDC      -0.2    421   0.999999762
  JH7CSU1     +1.3     68   1.000001329
  JI1HFJ      +0.0     14   1.000000003
  JK1QLQ      +0.0     15   1.000000000
  JN1ILK      -0.2    248   0.999999837
  K1RA        +0.2    980   1.000000190
  K2PO/7      +0.4    411   1.000000439
  K3PA-1*     +0.0   1252   1.000000028
  K3PA-2     -17.4     15   0.999982602
  K4PP*       +0.0    690   1.000000034
  K5EM        +2.1    512   1.000002125
  K5TR        +2.0    961   1.000002042
  K6FOD       +0.0    611   1.000000007
  K7CO        +0.6    694   1.000000645
  K7EK        -0.6    138   0.999999429
  K7RUT       -0.2    655   0.999999750
  K9IMM*      -0.0    942   0.999999968
  K9LC        +0.4   1164   1.000000431
  KC4YVA      -4.6    295   0.999995414
  KD2OGR      +0.0      8   1.000000000
  KD7EFG      +0.2    451   1.000000247
  KH6LC       +0.2     85   1.000000168
  KL2R        +0.0     11   1.000000000
  KM3T-2*     +0.1    977   1.000000120
  KM3T-3*     +0.0   1296   1.000000022
  KM3T-5*     +0.0    882   1.000000027
  KO7SS       +0.6    362   1.000000632
  KP2RUM      -0.3     83   0.999999676
  KP3CW       -0.6    522   0.999999376
  KV4TT*      +0.0   1078   1.000000024
  KW7MM*      +0.0   1094   1.000000032
  KW7MM/7     +0.8     41   1.000000751
  LA6TPA      -0.1    345   0.999999892
  LA7GIA      +0.1    175   1.000000120
  LB9KJ       +0.1    139   1.000000051
  LU8XW       +0.0     31   1.000000000
  LY3G        +1.1     24   1.000001120
  LZ3CB       -0.0    995   1.000000000
  LZ4UX*      -0.1    818   0.999999916
  LZ5DI       +2.5    194   1.000002521
  LZ7AA       +0.6    781   1.000000590
  M0ORD       -1.1   1566   0.999998877
  MM0GPZ*     -0.1   1019   0.999999898
  MM0ZBH*     -0.1   1396   0.999999925
  N2CR        +0.2    524   1.000000239
  N2YCH       +0.4   1471   1.000000370
  N6TV        +0.7    519   1.000000668
  N7TUG       +0.1     59   1.000000121
  N8DXE       +1.1     53   1.000001071
  N9CO        +0.0    772   1.000000043
  ND7K        -0.1    689   0.999999911
  NG7M*       +0.0    627   1.000000019
  NT6Q        +3.1    837   1.000003113
  NU4F*       -0.0    825   0.999999970
  OE9GHV      +0.0    411   1.000000023
  OG66X       +0.0     17   1.000000000
  OH4KA       -0.0    246   0.999999953
  OH6BG       +0.2   1169   1.000000155
  OH8KA       +3.7     67   1.000003666
  OK1FCJ*     +0.2   1535   1.000000197
  OK1HRA      -3.8   1131   0.999996211
  ON6ZQ       +0.6    810   1.000000635
  OZ1AAB      +0.2    416   1.000000165
  OZ1BZS      +0.0     27   1.000000000
  OZ4ADX      +0.2    294   1.000000170
  PA5KT-4     -0.2    849   0.999999785
  PA8MM       +0.3    647   1.000000305
  PE5TT       +0.7    739   1.000000746
  PI4CC       +0.3   1435   1.000000282
  PY2KNK      +3.0    238   1.000003048
  PY2PE       -1.1    102   0.999998882
  R4NCU       -0.4    142   0.999999649
  RK3TD       -0.2    107   0.999999757
  RK3TD-2     +0.2    861   1.000000170
  RN4WA       +1.7    722   1.000001731
  RU9CZD*     -0.0    449   0.999999967
  S50U        +0.2    706   1.000000200
  S53A        +0.6   1307   1.000000623
  S53WW       +0.2   1198   1.000000245
  S54L        +0.3   1189   1.000000344
  SE5E*       -0.1   1593   0.999999926
  SM7IUN      +0.1    370   1.000000071
  SQ5J        +8.0   1139   1.000008018
  SV1CDN      +0.1    143   1.000000100
  SZ1A        -0.6   1092   0.999999406
  TF3Y        +1.2    732   1.000001222
  TI7W        +0.7   1280   1.000000746
  UT5R-1      +3.8    100   1.000003796
  UY2RA       -0.8    950   0.999999204
  V51YJ       +1.0     90   1.000001047
  VE3EID      +0.1   1591   1.000000128
  VE6JY       +2.9    988   1.000002886
  VE6WZ       -0.4   1211   0.999999578
  VE6WZ-3     -1.3    717   0.999998668
  VE7CC       +0.2    379   1.000000188
  VK2GEL      +0.9     93   1.000000920
  VK2RH       +0.5     30   1.000000475
  VK3RASA     -1.4     82   0.999998609
  VK6ANC      -0.5     58   0.999999495
  VR2FUN-77   +0.8    447   1.000000756
  VU2CDP     +18.3     26   1.000018289
  VU2CPL      -0.0     49   0.999999960
  VU2OY      +10.9     69   1.000010930
  VU2TUM      +1.3    163   1.000001297
  W1NT-2*     -0.0   1271   0.999999974
  W1NT-6*     -0.0   1675   0.999999959
  W2LB        +1.4    207   1.000001442
  W2MV        +0.3    109   1.000000261
  W2NAF       +1.0   1100   1.000001045
  W2NNN      +13.3    765   1.000013320
  W3DAN       +1.8     55   1.000001808
  W3OA*       +0.1   1170   1.000000123
  W3RGA*      -0.2   1305   0.999999798
  W4AX        +6.9     11   1.000006906
  W4KAZ*      -0.2    750   0.999999761
  W6YX        +0.4    940   1.000000431
  W8WTS       +0.3    609   1.000000292
  W8WWV       -1.2    979   0.999998807
  WA7LNW*     +0.0   1271   1.000000047
  WB6BEE      +0.0    503   1.000000039
  WC2L        +0.1   1003   1.000000103
  WC8GOP     +13.4     24   1.000013437
  WE9V        -0.2   1283   0.999999800
  WS2C        +9.7    874   1.000009678
  WS3W        +0.6    417   1.000000586
  WT9U        +6.6    587   1.000006624
  WV4P        +0.2    777   1.000000176
  WX7V/5      +0.8     44   1.000000772
  WZ7I        +0.5   1576   1.000000536
  YO2CK       +0.2    983   1.000000180
  YO2KAR      +0.2    570   1.000000223
  YO5LD       +0.4    729   1.000000393
  ZL2KS       -2.3     17   0.999997745
  ZL3X        +0.1    259   1.000000127
  ZS1NN       -4.0     56   0.999996033

Last updated 2025-09-10 00:10:25 UTC

Historical skimmer frequency accuracy

Below you will find historical accuracy data for the past ten days. Do not be concerned over minor daily variations. Since RBN spots only have 100Hz frequency accuracy, the input data is very noisy. Even for a perfectly accurate skimmer, the typical RMS rounding error across all shortwave bands is around 3ppm. This means that for a skimmer with 1000 spots per day the statistical variation is up to 0.2ppm. For skimmers with less than 100 spots per day the statistical variation can be above 2ppm. The content of the table below is based on the historical content of the above table.

Skimmer    0909  0908  0907  0906  0905  0904  0903  0902  0901  0831
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3B8GL      +0.0                          +0.1  +0.0  +0.7  +0.2  +0.5
3D2AG      +0.3  +0.5  +0.0  +0.4  +0.3  +0.1  +0.1  +0.3  +0.6  +0.1
5Z4GO      +0.4  +1.1  +0.0  +0.5  +0.6  +0.9  +0.0        +1.4  +0.0
7N4XCV     +0.6  +0.0  +0.2  +0.6  +0.4  +0.6  +1.1        +2.1  +0.9
9M2CNC     +0.1  +0.4  +0.1  +0.5  +0.2  +0.2  +0.6  +0.1  +0.1  +0.7
AA0O       +0.5  +0.7  +0.6  +1.0  +0.5  +0.6  +0.9  +0.8  +0.6  +0.5
AC0C-1     +0.0  -0.1  -0.1  -0.1  -0.0  -0.1  +0.1  -0.3  -0.0  +0.0
BA4OP      -0.5  +0.0  +0.2  -0.2  +0.0  -0.2  +0.0  +0.2  -0.1  -0.2
BA6KC      -0.0  -0.4  +0.1  -0.2  -0.1  -0.1  -0.1  +0.3  -0.2  -0.0
BD7JNA                                                           +0.0
BG0AJO/0   +0.4  +0.0  +0.0  +0.0  +0.4  +0.0  +0.1  -0.2  +0.1  -0.1
BG0AJO     +0.1  +0.5  +0.0  +0.4  +0.4  +0.5  +0.2  +0.8  +0.7  +0.7
BG2TFW     +0.2  +0.4  +0.0  +0.4  +0.3  +0.1  +0.2  +0.6  +0.2  +0.3
BG4GOV     +0.0  +0.0  +0.6  +0.1  +0.5  +0.0  +0.0  +0.0  +1.0  +0.3
BH4RRG00                                             +0.0            
BH4RRG     +0.7  +0.0  +0.0  +0.2  +0.2  +0.4  +0.0  +0.3            
BH4XDZ     +0.2  +0.0  +0.0  -0.2  +0.1  +0.1  +0.0  +0.1  +0.3  -0.1
BI4MPH     +0.0  +0.2  +0.3  +0.3                                +0.0
BI4UYX                       +0.0  +0.0                              
CT1EYQ     -0.4  -0.1  -0.1  -0.1  -0.2  -0.0  -0.1  -0.2  -0.2  -0.1
CT7ANO                                   +8.5                        
CX6VM      +1.1  +0.4  +0.6  +0.8        +1.3  +2.2  +2.1  +2.3  +2.6
DD5XX      +0.2  +0.5  +0.6  +0.3  +0.4  +0.5  +0.4  +0.4  +0.4  +0.2
DE1LON     +1.1  +1.3  +1.3  +1.2  +1.1  +1.1  +1.1  +1.1  +1.5  +1.1
DE2SAX           +0.5  +1.4  +1.4  +0.8  +1.3  +2.3  +0.9  +1.8  +1.5
DF2CK      +0.1  +0.2  +0.2  +0.2  +0.1  +0.1  +0.0  +0.0  +0.0  +0.0
DF7GB      -0.0  -0.1  -0.0  -0.1  +0.0  -0.1  +0.0  -0.0  +0.0  +0.0
DK0TE      +0.4  +0.6  +0.5  +0.5  +0.5  +0.4  +0.4  +0.4  +0.6  +0.5
DK3UA      +5.1  +4.8  +4.0                          +0.7  +0.3  +0.7
DK3WW      +0.2  +0.2  +0.0  +0.2  +0.1  +0.1  +0.2  +0.1  +0.1  +0.1
DK8NE                                          +1.0                  
DK9IP      +0.2  +0.2  +0.0  +0.1  +0.1  +0.1  +0.1  +0.1  +0.1  +0.1
DK9IP-1    +0.1  +0.2  -0.0  +0.1  +0.1  +0.0  +0.1  +0.0  +0.1  +0.0
DL0LA      +0.0  -0.1  -0.1  -0.1  +0.1  -0.0  -0.1  +0.0  -0.0  -0.1
DL0PF     +11.0 +11.1 +13.4 +12.0 +11.7 +11.9 +11.5 +11.8 +11.7 +11.4
DL1HWS     +0.4  +0.6  +0.6  +0.7  +0.6  +0.4  +0.5  +0.5  +0.6  +0.5
DL1HWS-3   +0.0  +3.3  +0.0                    +0.6  +0.6  +0.6  +0.6
DL1HWS-4   +0.9  +0.9  +0.7  +0.4  +0.6  +0.5  +0.4  +0.6  +0.6  +0.7
DL5RCN                +14.3       +13.0 +13.4 +13.1                  
DL8LAS-1         +3.0  +3.1  +2.9  +3.1  +3.0  +2.7                  
DL8LAS     +3.2  +2.9  +0.5  +0.8  +0.6  +0.6  +0.7  +0.4  +0.8  +2.0
DL8TG                        -0.1  -0.0  -0.0  -0.1  -0.0  -0.1  -0.1
DL9GTB                             +0.1                          +0.2
DM5GG      +0.6  +0.8  +0.6  +0.7  +0.7  +0.6  +0.6  +0.7  +0.7  +0.6
DM6EE      +0.1  -0.1              +0.0  -0.1  -0.1  -0.1  -0.0  -0.1
DM7EE                  +0.4  +0.5                                    
DO4DXA     +0.0  -0.0  -0.0  -0.1  -0.0  +0.0  -0.1  -0.1  -0.0  -0.0
DR4W       -0.9  +0.2              -1.4  -1.0  -2.1  -1.3  -1.1  -1.6
E28AC      -2.8  -3.1  -0.6  -3.6  -2.5  -2.2  -2.4  -2.1  -2.0  -2.3
EA2CW      -0.2  -0.3  -0.0  -0.1  -0.1  -0.2  -0.1  -0.2  -0.3  -0.2
EA2RCF-4   -0.1  +0.1  +0.1  -0.1  -0.1  -0.1  -0.0  -0.2  -0.2  -0.0
EA5RQ/A                      +0.2                                    
EA5WU                  -0.1  +0.1        -0.1  -0.1  +0.0  -0.0  +0.0
EA8/DF4UE  -0.1  -0.1  -0.3  -0.6  -0.6  -1.3  -1.4  -1.5        -0.4
ES2RR      -0.1  -0.0  -0.0  -0.1  -0.0  +0.0  -0.0  -0.2  -0.1  -0.0
ES5PC      -0.1  -0.1  -0.0  +0.0  -0.0  -0.0  -0.0  -0.0  -0.0  -0.1
ET3AA                                         -12.5                  
F4GOU      +6.3  +6.1  +6.3  +5.9  +5.8  +5.4  +5.4  +5.0  +6.1  +6.3
F4VVG                  +0.1  +0.0  +0.0  +0.0  +0.0  -0.0  +0.1  +0.1
G0KTN      +0.3  +0.6  +0.3  +0.5  +0.5  +0.3  +0.4  +0.3  +0.4  +0.4
G0TMX                        +0.5                                    
G3YPP                        -1.4  +0.9  +0.4  +0.9  +0.9  +0.8  +0.7
G4IRN      +0.2  +0.2  -0.4  -6.0  +0.2  +0.2  +0.2  +0.2  +0.2  +0.2
G4MKR                        +0.2                                +0.3
G4ZFE      +0.7  +1.2  +0.7  +0.9  +0.6  +0.7  +0.8  +0.7  +0.8  +0.6
GI4DOH     +0.0  +0.2  +0.1  +0.2  +0.2  +0.2  +0.1  +0.3  -0.1  -0.3
GX0FRE     +0.3  +0.3  +0.2        +0.2  +0.2  +0.1  +0.2  +0.2  +0.2
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HA5PP-2                +2.0  -0.1                                    
HA5PP-3                -0.4                                          
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IU0MVD                                                           -6.0
IV3DXW                 -1.4                                          
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LY2XW                  +0.4  +0.6                                    
LY3G       +1.1        +0.6  +0.4                                    
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LZ5DI      +2.5                                                      
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N1GP                                                             -0.6
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NU4F-2           -0.5  -0.2                                          
OE3KLU                                         -3.0        -2.1      
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OG66X      +0.0              +0.3                    +0.8            
OG73X                        +2.8                                    
OH0K/6                       -3.0                                    
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ON4EM                                                      -0.4      
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PA2SQ            +1.3  +0.6  +1.4                                    
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RN4WA      +1.7                                                      
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SM1HEV                                               -0.3  -0.4      
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SP8R                   -4.3 +11.2                                    
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VK3VB                        -0.6        +0.0  +0.0                  
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VU2CDP    +18.3 +18.5                                                
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WC8GOP    +13.4 +11.3 +11.4 +10.3 +15.7                              
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WX7V/5     +0.8  -0.0  +0.6  +1.0  +1.1  +0.5  +0.8  +0.3  +0.1  +0.2
WZ7I       +0.5  +0.6  +0.5  +0.9  +0.6  +0.7  +0.8  +0.6  +0.6  +0.6
YO2CK      +0.2  +0.3  +0.3  +0.4  +0.4  +0.3  +0.3  +0.3  +0.3  +0.3
YO2KAR     +0.2  +0.6  +0.4  +0.4  +0.2  +0.2  +0.2  +0.1            
YO2MAX                                               +0.2  +0.3  +0.2
YO5LD      +0.4  +0.8  +0.7  +1.1  +0.9  +0.6  +0.5  +0.5  +0.6  +0.5
ZL2KS      -2.3  -1.7  -4.4  -3.3  -0.6  -3.7  -4.7  -1.1  -4.0  -2.4
ZL3X       +0.1  -0.7  -0.2  -1.5                          -0.4  -1.2
ZS1NN      -4.0  -4.6  -4.1  -4.5  -3.9  -4.0  -4.5  -3.7  -4.2  -4.6

Last updated 2025-09-10 00:10:31 UTC

Anchor skimmers

The below skimmers use external frequency references and are confirmed to have continuous, high accuracy. Their accuracy is also confirmed against each other on a daily basis.

DF7GB ES2RR KM3T-5 LZ3CB LZ4UX OE9GHV WB6BEE 

Last updated 2025-09-10 00:10:31 UTC

It is the owners of these skimmers who make this web page possible. Thank you.

To get good geographic coverage and a good size dataset, a two-step method is used for the analysis shown above. Since the second step also relies on spots from skimmers with slightly lower accuracy the displayed error for the anchor skimmers may not always be 0.0, even though they are perfectly accurate.

Software

The software powering this page can be found on github.