{"id":"3312e9c4-3f72-4f42-b812-7ad9c5bff3ca","task":"Consume live CW/RTTY/digital skimmer spots by connecting to a Reverse Beacon Network telnet feed","domain":"reversebeacon.net","steps":["Open a raw TCP connection to telnet.reversebeacon.net (or the alternate node arcluster.reversebeacon.net) on port 7000.","When prompted, log in with your amateur radio callsign; this feed is intended primarily for AR-Cluster/CC-Cluster node operators redistributing spots, not casual end users.","Parse the line-delimited spot records for fields including the spotting skimmer's callsign, the spotted callsign, frequency, and CW speed/WPM where applicable.","Track the quality tag on each spot (e.g. unverified single spot vs. multiply-confirmed) to decide whether to trust an individual spot or wait for corroboration.","Maintain a persistent connection to receive the continuous real-time stream rather than attempting to poll it."],"gotchas":["RBN's telnet aggregator is explicitly intended to feed cluster software for onward 'retail' distribution, not as a general-purpose consumer API; expect volume and formatting suited to that use case.","There is no published rate limit or SLA for this feed; build in reconnect/backoff logic for an unstable or dropped session."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T09:33:58.265Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/3312e9c4-3f72-4f42-b812-7ad9c5bff3ca"}