simply the RBN skimmer scoring system
[spider.git] / perl / RBN.pm
index 418c1cb357e45947baa9779f441cd5651fc72234..6ec93569b01c0bd837217803c2abf553b2d0fa29 100644 (file)
@@ -11,25 +11,71 @@ package RBN;
 
 use 5.10.1;
 
+use lib qw {.};
+
 use DXDebug;
 use DXUtil;
 use DXLog;
 use DXUser;
 use DXChannel;
-use Math::Round qw(nearest);
+use Math::Round qw(nearest nearest_floor);
 use Date::Parse;
-use Time::HiRes qw(clock_gettime CLOCK_REALTIME);
+use Time::HiRes qw(gettimeofday);
 use Spot;
-use JSON;
+use DXJSON;
 use IO::File;
 
+use constant {
+                         ROrigin => 0,
+                         RQrg => 1,
+                         RCall => 2,
+                         RMode => 3,
+                         RStrength => 4,
+                         RTime => 5,
+                         RUtz => 6,
+                         Respot => 7,
+                         RQra => 8,
+                         RSpotData => 9,
+                        };
+
+use constant {
+                         SQrg => 0,
+                         SCall => 1,
+                         STime => 2,
+                         SComment => 3,
+                         SOrigin => 4,
+                         SZone => 11,
+                        };
+use constant {
+                         OQual => 0,
+                         OAvediff => 1,
+                         OSpare => 2,
+                         ODiff => 3,
+                        };
+use constant {
+                         CTime => 0,
+                         CQual => 1,
+                         CData => 2,
+                        };
+
+use constant {
+                         DScore => 0,
+                         DGood => 1,
+                         DBad => 2,
+                         DLastin => 3,
+                         DEviants => 4,
+                        };
+
+
+our $DATA_VERSION = 1;
+
 our @ISA = qw(DXChannel);
 
 our $startup_delay = 5*60;             # don't send anything out until this timer has expired
                                 # this is to allow the feed to "warm up" with duplicates
                                 # so that the "big rush" doesn't happen.
 
-our $minspottime = 60*60;              # the time between respots of a callsign - if a call is
+our $minspottime = 30*60;              # the time between respots of a callsign - if a call is
                                 # still being spotted (on the same freq) and it has been
                                 # spotted before, it's spotted again after this time
                                 # until the next minspottime has passed.
@@ -48,20 +94,26 @@ my %runtime;                                        # how long each channel has been running
 our $cachefn = localdata('rbn_cache');
 our $cache_valid = 4*60;               # The cache file is considered valid if it is not more than this old
 
+our $maxqrgdiff = 10;                  # the maximum
+our $minqual = 2;                              # the minimum quality we will accept for output
+
 my $json;
 my $noinrush = 0;                              # override the inrushpreventor if set
+our $maxdeviants = 5;                  # the number of deviant QRGs to record for skimmer records
 
 sub init
 {
-       $json = JSON->new;
-       $spots = {};
+       $json = DXJSON->new;
        if (check_cache()) {
                $noinrush = 1;
+       } else {
+               $spots = {VERSION=>$DATA_VERSION};
        }
        if (defined $DB::VERSION) {
                $noinrush = 1;
                $json->indent(1);
        }
+       
 }
 
 sub new 
@@ -92,6 +144,7 @@ sub new
        $self->{showstats} = 0;
        $self->{pingint} = 0;
        $self->{nopings} = 0;
+       $self->{queue} = {};
 
        return $self;
 }
@@ -162,10 +215,7 @@ sub normal
        my $self = shift;
        my $line = shift;
        my @ans;
-#      my $spots = $self->{spot};
-       
-       # save this for them's that need it
-       my $rawline = $line;
+       my $dbgrbn = isdbg('rbn');
        
        # remove leading and trailing spaces
        chomp $line;
@@ -174,7 +224,7 @@ sub normal
 
        # add base RBN
 
-       my $tim = $main::systime;
+       my $now = $main::systime;
 
        # parse line
        dbg "RBN:RAW,$line" if isdbg('rbnraw');
@@ -200,7 +250,7 @@ sub normal
        $sort ||= '';
        $tx ||= '';
        $qra ||= '';
-    dbg qq{RBN:input decode or:$origin qr:$qrg ca:$call mo:$mode s:$s m:$m sp:$spd u:$u sort:$sort t:$t tx:$tx qra:$qra} if isdbg('rbn');
+    dbg qq{RBN:input decode or:$origin qr:$qrg ca:$call mo:$mode s:$s m:$m sp:$spd u:$u sort:$sort t:$t tx:$tx qra:$qra} if $dbgrbn;
 
        ++$self->{noraw};
        ++$self->{noraw10};
@@ -253,41 +303,61 @@ sub normal
                # process to just the standard "message passing" which has been shown to be able to sustain over 5000 
                # per second (limited by the test program's output and network speed, rather than DXSpider's handling).
 
-               my $nqrg = nearest(1, $qrg);  # normalised to nearest Khz
+               my $search = 5;
+               my $nqrg = nearest(1, $qrg * 10);  # normalised to nearest Khz
                my $sp = "$call|$nqrg";           # hopefully the skimmers will be calibrated at least this well!
-               my $spp = sprintf("$call|%d", $nqrg+1); # but, clearly, my hopes are rudely dashed
-               my $spm = sprintf("$call|%d", $nqrg-1); # in BOTH directions!
 
-               # do we have it?
-               my $spot = $spots->{$sp};
-               $spot = $spots->{$spp}, $sp = $spp, dbg(qq{RBN: SPP using $spp for $sp}) if isdbg('rbn') && !$spot && exists $spots->{$spp};
-               $spot = $spots->{$spm}, $sp = $spm, dbg(qq{RBN: SPM using $spm for $sp}) if isdbg('rbn') && !$spot && exists $spots->{$spm};
+               # find it?
+               my $cand = $spots->{$sp};
+               unless ($cand) {
+                       my ($i, $new);
+                       for ($i = $nqrg; !$cand && $i <= $nqrg+$search; $i += 1) {
+                               $new = "$call|$i";
+                               $cand = $spots->{$new}, last if exists $spots->{$new};
+                       }
+                       if ($cand) {
+                               my $diff = $i - $nqrg;
+                               dbg(qq{RBN: QRG Diff using $new (+$diff) for $sp for qrg $qrg}) if (isdbg('rbnqrg') || $dbgrbn);
+                               $sp = $new;
+                       }
+               }
+               unless ($cand) {
+                       my ($i, $new);
+                       for ($i = $nqrg; !$cand && $i >= $nqrg-$search; $i -= 1) {
+                               $new = "$call|$i";
+                               $cand = $spots->{$new}, last if exists $spots->{$new};
+                       }
+                       if ($cand) {
+                               my $diff = $nqrg - $i;
+                               dbg(qq{RBN: QRG Diff using $new (-$diff) for $sp for qrg $qrg}) if (isdbg('rbnqrg') || $dbgrbn);
+                               $sp = $new;
+                       }
+               }
                
-
                # if we have one and there is only one slot and that slot's time isn't expired for respot then return
                my $respot = 0;
-               if ($spot && ref $spot) {
-                       if (@$spot == 1) {
-                               unless ($self->{minspottime} > 0 && $tim - $spot->[0] >= $self->{minspottime}) {
-                                       dbg("RBN: key: '$sp' call: $call qrg: $qrg DUPE \@ ". atime(int $spot->[0])) if isdbg('rbn');
+               if ($cand && ref $cand) {
+                       if (@$cand <= CData) {
+                               unless ($self->{minspottime} > 0 && $now - $cand->[CTime] >= $self->{minspottime}) {
+                                       dbg("RBN: key: '$sp' call: $call qrg: $qrg DUPE \@ ". atime(int $cand->[CTime])) if $dbgrbn;
                                        return;
                                }
                                
-                               dbg("RBN: key: '$sp' RESPOTTING call: $call qrg: $qrg last seen \@ ". atime(int $spot->[0])) if isdbg('rbn');
-                               undef $spot;    # it's about to be recreated (in one place)
+                               dbg("RBN: key: '$sp' RESPOTTING call: $call qrg: $qrg last seen \@ ". atime(int $cand->[CTime])) if $dbgrbn;
+                               $cand->[CTime] = $now;
                                ++$respot;
                        }
 
                        # otherwise we have a spot being built up at the moment
-               } elsif ($spot) {
-                       dbg("RBN: key '$sp' = '$spot' not ref");
+               } elsif ($cand) {
+                       dbg("RBN: key '$sp' = '$cand' not ref");
                        return;
                }
 
                # here we either have an existing spot record buildup on the go, or we need to create the first one
-               unless ($spot) {
-                       $spots->{$sp} = $spot = [clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME)];;
-                       dbg("RBN: key: '$sp' call: $call qrg: $qrg NEW" . ($respot ? ' RESPOT' : '')) if isdbg('rbn');
+               unless ($cand) {
+                       $spots->{$sp} = $cand = [$now, 0];
+                       dbg("RBN: key: '$sp' call: $call qrg: $qrg NEW" . ($respot ? ' RESPOT' : '')) if $dbgrbn;
                }
 
                # add me to the display queue unless we are waiting for initial in rush to finish
@@ -297,11 +367,11 @@ sub normal
                # deal with the unix time
                my ($hh,$mm) = $t =~ /(\d\d)(\d\d)Z$/;
                my $utz = $hh*3600 + $mm*60 + $main::systime_daystart; # possible issue with late spot from previous day
-               $utz -= 86400 if $utz > $tim+3600;                                         # too far ahead, drag it back one day
+               $utz -= 86400 if $utz > $now+3600;                                         # too far ahead, drag it back one day
 
                # create record and add into the buildup
                my $r = [$origin, nearest(.1, $qrg), $call, $mode, $s, $t, $utz, $respot, $u];
-               my @s =  Spot::prepare($r->[1], $r->[2], $r->[6], '', $r->[0]);
+               my @s =  Spot::prepare($r->[RQrg], $r->[RCall], $r->[RUtz], '', $r->[ROrigin]);
                if ($s[5] == 666) {
                        dbg("RBN: ERROR invalid prefix/callsign $call from $origin-# on $qrg, dumped");
                        return;
@@ -311,102 +381,16 @@ sub normal
                        my ($want, undef) = $self->{inrbnfilter}->it($s);
                        return unless $want;    
                }
-               $r->[9] = \@s;
+               $r->[RSpotData] = \@s;
 
-               push @{$self->{queue}}, $sp if @$spot == 1; # queue the KEY (not the record)
+               ++$self->{queue}->{$sp};# unless @$cand>= CData; # queue the KEY (not the record)
 
-               dbg("RBN: key: '$sp' ADD RECORD call: $call qrg: $qrg origin: $origin") if isdbg('rbn');
+               dbg("RBN: key: '$sp' ADD RECORD call: $call qrg: $qrg origin: $origin") if $dbgrbn;
 
-               push @$spot, $r;
+               push @$cand, $r;
 
-               # At this point we run the queue to see if anything can be sent onwards to the punter
-               my $now = clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME);
-
-               # now run the waiting queue which just contains KEYS ($call|$qrg)
-               foreach $sp (@{$self->{queue}}) {
-                       my $cand = $spots->{$sp};
-                       unless ($cand && $cand->[0]) {
-                               dbg "RBN Cand " . ($cand ? 'def' : 'undef') . " [0] " . ($cand->[0] ? 'def' : 'undef') . " dwell $dwelltime";
-                               next;
-                       } 
-                       if ($now >= $cand->[0] + $dwelltime ) {
-                               # we have a candidate, create qualitee value(s);
-                               unless (@$cand > 1) {
-                                       dbg "RBN: QUEUE key '$sp' MISSING RECORDS " . dd($cand) if isdbg 'rbn';
-                                       shift @{$self->{queue}};
-                                       next;
-                               }
-                               my $savedtime = shift @$cand; # save the start time
-                               my $r = $cand->[0];
-                               my $quality = @$cand;
-                               $quality = 9 if $quality > 9;
-                               $quality = "Q:$quality";
-                               if (isdbg('progress')) {
-                                       my $s = "RBN: SPOT key: '$sp' = $r->[2] on $r->[1] by $r->[0] \@ $r->[5] $quality";
-                                       $s .=  " route: $self->{call}";
-                                       dbg($s);
-                               }
-                               
-                               send_dx_spot($self, $quality, $cand);
-                               
-                               # clear out the data and make this now just "spotted", but no further action required until respot time
-                               dbg "RBN: QUEUE key '$sp' cleared" if isdbg 'rbn';
-                               
-                               $spots->{$sp} = [$savedtime];
-                               shift @{$self->{queue}};
-                       } else {
-                               dbg sprintf("RBN: QUEUE key: '$sp' SEND time not yet reached %.1f secs left", $spot->[0] + $dwelltime - $now) if isdbg 'rbnqueue'; 
-                       }
-               }
        } else {
-               dbg "RBN:DATA,$line" if isdbg('rbn');
-       }
-}
-
-sub per_minute
-{
-       foreach my $dxchan (DXChannel::get_all()) {
-               next unless $dxchan->is_rbn;
-               dbg "RBN:STATS minute $dxchan->{call} raw: $dxchan->{noraw} sent: $dxchan->{norbn} delivered: $dxchan->{nospot} users: " . scalar keys %{$dxchan->{nousers}} if isdbg('rbnstats');
-               if ($dxchan->{noraw} == 0 && $dxchan->{lasttime} > 60) {
-                       LogDbg('RBN', "RBN: no input from $dxchan->{call}, disconnecting");
-                       $dxchan->disconnect;
-               }
-               $dxchan->{noraw} = $dxchan->{norbn} = $dxchan->{nospot} = 0; $dxchan->{nousers} = {};
-               $runtime{$dxchan->{call}} += 60;
-       }
-
-       # save the spot cache
-       write_cache() unless $main::systime + $startup_delay < $main::systime;;
-}
-
-sub per_10_minute
-{
-       my $count = 0;
-       my $removed = 0;
-       while (my ($k,$v) = each %{$spots}) {
-               if ($main::systime - $v->[0] > $minspottime*2) {
-                       delete $spots->{$k};
-                       ++$removed;
-               }
-               else {
-                       ++$count;
-               }
-       }
-       dbg "RBN:STATS spot cache remain: $count removed: $removed"; # if isdbg('rbn');
-       foreach my $dxchan (DXChannel::get_all()) {
-               next unless $dxchan->is_rbn;
-               dbg "RBN:STATS 10-minute $dxchan->{call} raw: $dxchan->{noraw10} sent: $dxchan->{norbn10} delivered: $dxchan->{nospot10} users: " . scalar keys %{$dxchan->{nousers10}};
-               $dxchan->{noraw10} = $dxchan->{norbn10} = $dxchan->{nospot10} = 0; $dxchan->{nousers10} = {};
-       }
-}
-
-sub per_hour
-{
-       foreach my $dxchan (DXChannel::get_all()) {
-               next unless $dxchan->is_rbn;
-               dbg "RBN:STATS hour $dxchan->{call} raw: $dxchan->{norawhour} sent: $dxchan->{norbnhour} delivered: $dxchan->{nospothour} users: " . scalar keys %{$dxchan->{nousershour}};
-               $dxchan->{norawhour} = $dxchan->{norbnhour} = $dxchan->{nospothour} = 0; $dxchan->{nousershour} = {};
+               dbg "RBN:DATA,$line" if $dbgrbn;
        }
 }
 
@@ -415,7 +399,7 @@ sub send_dx_spot
 {
        my $self = shift;
        my $quality = shift;
-       my $spot = shift;
+       my $cand = shift;
 
        ++$self->{norbn};
        ++$self->{norbn10};
@@ -423,7 +407,7 @@ sub send_dx_spot
        
        # $r = [$origin, $qrg, $call, $mode, $s, $utz, $respot];
 
-       my $mode = $spot->[0]->[3]; # as all the modes will be the same;
+       my $mode = $cand->[CData]->[RMode]; # as all the modes will be the same;
        
        my @dxchan = DXChannel::get_all();
 
@@ -450,7 +434,7 @@ sub send_dx_spot
                                   )) if isdbg('rbnll');
 
                # send one spot to one user out of the ones that we have
-               $self->dx_spot($dxchan, $quality, $spot) if $want;
+               $self->dx_spot($dxchan, $quality, $cand) if $want;
        }
 }
 
@@ -459,106 +443,348 @@ sub dx_spot
        my $self = shift;
        my $dxchan = shift;
        my $quality = shift;
-       my $spot = shift;
+       my $cand = shift;
        my $call = $dxchan->{call};
-       
-
+       my $seeme = $dxchan->user->rbnseeme();
        my $strength = 100;             # because it could if we talk about FTx
        my $saver;
-
        my %zone;
-       my %qrg;
        my $respot;
        my $qra;
 
        ++$self->{nousers}->{$call};
        ++$self->{nousers10}->{$call};
        ++$self->{nousershour}->{$call};
+
+       my $filtered;
+       my $rf = $dxchan->{rbnfilter} || $dxchan->{spotsfilter};
+       my $comment;
        
-       foreach my $r (@$spot) {
+       foreach my $r (@$cand) {
                # $r = [$origin, $qrg, $call, $mode, $s, $t, $utz, $respot, $qra];
                # Spot::prepare($qrg, $call, $utz, $comment, $origin);
+               next unless $r && ref $r;
 
-               my $comment = sprintf "%-3s %2ddB $quality", $r->[3], $r->[4];
-               $respot = 1 if $r->[7];
-               $qra = $r->[8] if !$qra && $r->[8] && is_qra($r->[8]);
+               $qra = $r->[RQra] if !$qra && $r->[RQra] && is_qra($r->[RQra]);
 
-               my $s = $r->[9];                # the prepared spot
-               $s->[3] = $comment;             # apply new generated comment
-               
-               
-               ++$zone{$s->[11]};              # save the spotter's zone
-               ++$qrg{$s->[0]};                # and the qrg
+               $comment = sprintf "%-3s %2ddB $quality", $r->[RMode], $r->[RStrength];
+               my $s = $r->[RSpotData];                # the prepared spot
+               $s->[SComment] = $comment;              # apply new generated comment
 
-               my $want = 0;
-               my $rf = $dxchan->{rbnfilter} || $dxchan->{spotsfilter};
-               if ($rf) {
-                       ($want, undef) = $rf->it($s);
-                       next unless $want;
-                       $saver = $s;
-                       dbg("RBN: FILTERED call: $s->[1] qrg: $s->[0] origin: $s->[4] dB: $r->[4]") if isdbg 'rbn';
-                       last;
+               ++$zone{$s->[SZone]};           # save the spotter's zone
+
+               # if the 'see me' flag is set, then show all the spots without further adornment (see set/rbnseeme for more info)
+               if ($seeme) {
+                       send_final($dxchan, $s);
+                       next;
                }
 
                # save the lowest strength one
-               if ($r->[4] < $strength) {
-                       $strength = $r->[4];
+               if ($r->[RStrength] < $strength) {
+                       $strength = $r->[RStrength];
                        $saver = $s;
-                       dbg("RBN: STRENGTH call: $s->[1] qrg: $s->[0] origin: $s->[4] dB: $r->[4]") if isdbg 'rbn';
+                       dbg("RBN: STRENGTH spot: $s->[SCall] qrg: $s->[SQrg] origin: $s->[SOrigin] dB: $r->[RStrength] < $strength") if isdbg 'rbnll';
+               }
+
+               if ($rf) {
+                       my ($want, undef) = $rf->it($s);
+                       dbg("RBN: FILTERING for $call spot: $s->[SCall] qrg: $s->[SQrg] origin: $s->[SOrigin] dB: $r->[RStrength] com: '$s->[SComment]' want: " . ($want ? 'YES':'NO')) if isdbg 'rbnll';
+                       next unless $want;
+                       $filtered = $s;
                }
        }
 
+       if ($rf) {
+               $saver = $filtered;             # if nothing passed the filter's lips then $saver == $filtered == undef !
+       }
+       
        if ($saver) {
                my $buf;
                # create a zone list of spotters
-               delete $zone{$saver->[11]};  # remove this spotter's zone (leaving all the other zones)
+               delete $zone{$saver->[SZone]};  # remove this spotter's zone (leaving all the other zones)
                my $z = join ',', sort {$a <=> $b} keys %zone;
 
-               # determine the most likely qrg and then set it
-               my $mv = 0;
-               my $fk;
-               my $c = 0;
-               while (my ($k, $v) = each %qrg) {
-                       $fk = $k, $mv = $v if $v > $mv;
-                       ++$c;
-               }
-               $saver->[0] = $fk;
-               $saver->[3] .= '*' if $c > 1;
-               $saver->[3] .= '+' if $respot;
-               $saver->[3] .= " Z:$z" if $z;
+               # alter spot data accordingly
+               $saver->[SComment] .= " Z:$z" if $z;
+               
+               send_final($dxchan, $saver);
                
-               dbg("RBN: SENDING call: $saver->[1] qrg: $saver->[0] origin: $saver->[4] $saver->[3]") if isdbg 'rbn';
-               if ($dxchan->{ve7cc}) {
-                       my $call = $saver->[4];
-                       $saver->[4] .= '-#';
-                       $buf = VE7CC::dx_spot($dxchan, @$saver);
-                       $saver->[4] = $call;
-               } else {
-                       my $call = $saver->[4];
-                       $saver->[4] = substr($call, 0, 6);
-                       $saver->[4] .= '-#';
-                       $buf = $dxchan->format_dx_spot(@$saver);
-                       $saver->[4] = $call;
-               }
-#              $buf =~ s/^DX/RB/;
-               $dxchan->local_send('N', $buf);
-
                ++$self->{nospot};
                ++$self->{nospot10};
                ++$self->{nospothour};
                
                if ($qra) {
-                       my $user = DXUser::get_current($saver->[1]) || DXUser->new($saver->[1]);
+                       my $user = DXUser::get_current($saver->[SCall]) || DXUser->new($saver->[SCall]);
                        unless ($user->qra && is_qra($user->qra)) {
                                $user->qra($qra);
-                               dbg("RBN: update qra on $saver->[1] to $qra");
+                               dbg("RBN: update qra on $saver->[SCall] to $qra");
                                $user->put;
                        }
                }
        }
 }
 
+sub send_final
+{
+       my $dxchan = shift;
+       my $saver = shift;
+       my $call = $dxchan->{call};
+       my $buf;
+       
+       dbg("RBN: SENDING to $call spot: $saver->[SCall] qrg: $saver->[SQrg] origin: $saver->[SOrigin] $saver->[SComment]") if isdbg 'rbnll';
+       if ($dxchan->{ve7cc}) {
+               my $call = $saver->[SOrigin];
+               $saver->[SOrigin] .= '-#';
+               $buf = VE7CC::dx_spot($dxchan, @$saver);
+               $saver->[SOrigin] = $call;
+       } else {
+               my $call = $saver->[SOrigin];
+               $saver->[SOrigin] = substr($call, 0, 6);
+               $saver->[SOrigin] .= '-#';
+               $buf = $dxchan->format_dx_spot(@$saver);
+               $saver->[SOrigin] = $call;
+       }
+       $dxchan->local_send('N', $buf);
+}
+
+# per second
+sub process
+{
+       my $rbnskim = isdbg('rbnskim');
+       
+       foreach my $dxchan (DXChannel::get_all()) {
+               next unless $dxchan->is_rbn;
+
+               # At this point we run the queue to see if anything can be sent onwards to the punter
+               my $now = $main::systime;
+               my $ta = [gettimeofday];
+               my $items = 0;
+               
+               # now run the waiting queue which just contains KEYS ($call|$qrg)
+               foreach my $sp (keys %{$dxchan->{queue}}) {
+                       my $cand = $spots->{$sp};
+                       ++$items;
+                       unless ($cand && $cand->[CTime]) {
+                               dbg "RBN Cand $sp " . ($cand ? 'def' : 'undef') . " [CTime] " . ($cand->[CTime] ? 'def' : 'undef') . " dwell $dwelltime";
+                               next;
+                       } 
+                       if ($now >= $cand->[CTime] + $dwelltime ) {
+                               # we have a candidate, create qualitee value(s);
+                               unless (@$cand > CData) {
+                                       dbg "RBN: QUEUE key '$sp' MISSING RECORDS, IGNORED" . dd($cand) if isdbg 'rbnqueue';
+                                       next;
+                               }
+                               dbg "RBN: QUEUE PROCESSING key: '$sp' $now >= $cand->[CTime]" if isdbg 'rbnqueue'; 
+                               my $quality = @$cand - CData;
+                               my $spotters = $quality;
+
+                               # dump it and remove it from the queue if it is of unadequate quality
+                               if ($quality < $minqual) {
+                                       if ($rbnskim) {
+                                               my $r = $cand->[CData];
+                                               if ($r) {
+                                                       my $s = "RBN:SKIM Ignored (Q:$quality < Q:$minqual) key: '$sp' = $r->[RCall] on $r->[RQrg] by $r->[ROrigin] \@ $r->[RTime] route: $dxchan->{call}";
+                                                       dbg($s);
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                                       delete $spots->{$sp}; # don't remember it either - this means that a spot HAS to come in with sufficient spotters to be processed.
+                                       delete $dxchan->{queue}->{$sp};
+                                       next;
+                               }
+
+                               $quality = 9 if $quality > 9;
+                               $cand->[CQual] = $quality if $quality > $cand->[CQual];
+
+                               my $r;
+
+                               # this scores each candidate according to its skimmer's QRG score (i.e. how often it agrees with its peers)
+                               # what happens is hash of all QRGs in candidates are incremented by that skimmer's reputation for "accuracy"
+                               # or, more exactly, past agreement with the consensus. This score can be from -5 -> +5. 
+                               my %qrg = ();
+                               my $skimmer;
+                               my $sk;
+                               my $band;
+                               my %seen = ();
+                               foreach $r (@$cand) {
+                                       next unless ref $r;
+                                       if (exists $seen{$r->[ROrigin]}) {
+                                               undef $r;
+                                               next;
+                                       }
+                                       $seen{$r->[ROrigin]} = 1;
+                                       $band ||= int $r->[RQrg] / 1000;
+                                       $sk = "SKIM|$r->[ROrigin]|$band"; # thus only once per set of candidates
+                                       $skimmer = $spots->{$sk};
+                                       unless ($skimmer) {
+                                               $skimmer = $spots->{$sk} = [1, 0, 0, $now, []]; # this first time, this new skimmer gets the benefit of the doubt on frequency.
+                                               dbg("RBN:SKIM new slot $sk " . $json->encode($skimmer)) if $rbnskim;
+                                       }
+                                       $qrg{$r->[RQrg]} += ($skimmer->[DScore] || 1);
+                               }
+                               
+                               # determine the most likely qrg and then set it - NOTE (-)ve votes, generated by the skimmer scoring system above, are ignored
+                               my @deviant;
+                               my $c = 0;
+                               my $mv = 0;
+                               my $qrg = 0;
+                               while (my ($k, $votes) = each %qrg) {
+                                       if ($votes >= $mv) {
+                                               $qrg = $k;
+                                               $mv = $votes;
+                                       }
+                                       ++$c;
+                               }
+
+                               # Ignore possible spots with 0 QRG score - as determined by the skimmer scoring system above -  as they are likely to be wrong 
+                               unless ($qrg > 0) {
+                                       if ($rbnskim) {
+                                               my $keys;
+                                               while (my ($k, $v) = (each %qrg)) {
+                                                       $keys .= "$k=>$v, ";
+                                               }
+                                               $keys =~ /,\s*$/;
+                                               my $i = 0;
+                                               foreach $r (@$cand) {
+                                                       next unless $r && ref $r;
+                                                       dbg "RBN:SKIM cand $i QRG likely wrong from '$sp' = $r->[RCall] on $r->[RQrg] by $r->[ROrigin] \@ $r->[RTime] (qrgs: $keys c: $c) route: $dxchan->{call}, ignored";
+                                                       ++$i;
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                                       delete $spots->{$sp}; # get rid
+                                       delete $dxchan->{queue}->{$sp};
+                                       next;
+                               }
+
+                               # detemine and spit out the deviants. Then adjust the scores according to whether it is a deviant or good
+                               # NOTE: deviant nodes can become good (or less bad), and good nodes bad (or less good) on each spot that
+                               # they generate. This is based solely on each skimmer's agreement (or not) with the "consensus" score generated
+                               # above ($qrg). The resultant score + good + bad is stored per band and will be used the next time a spot
+                               # appears on this band from each skimmer.
+                               foreach $r (@$cand) {
+                                       next unless $r && ref $r;
+                                       my $diff = $c > 1 ? nearest(.1, $r->[RQrg] - $qrg) : 0;
+                                       $sk = "SKIM|$r->[ROrigin]|$band";
+                                       $skimmer = $spots->{$sk};
+                                       if ($diff) {
+                                               ++$skimmer->[DBad] if $skimmer->[DBad] < $maxdeviants;
+                                               --$skimmer->[DGood] if $skimmer->[DGood] > 0;
+                                               push @deviant, sprintf("$r->[ROrigin]:%+.1f", $diff);
+                                               push @{$skimmer->[DEviants]}, $diff;
+                                               shift @{$skimmer->[DEviants]} while @{$skimmer->[DEviants]} > $maxdeviants;
+                                       } else {
+                                               ++$skimmer->[DGood] if $skimmer->[DGood] < $maxdeviants;
+                                               --$skimmer->[DBad] if $skimmer->[DBad] > 0;
+                                               shift @{$skimmer->[DEviants]};
+                                       }
+                                       $skimmer->[DScore] = $skimmer->[DGood] - $skimmer->[DBad];
+                                       my $lastin = difft($skimmer->[DLastin], $now, 2);
+                                       my $difflist = join(', ', @{$skimmer->[DEviants]});
+                                       $difflist = " ($difflist)" if $difflist;
+                                       dbg("RBN:SKIM key $sp slot $sk $r->[RQrg] - $qrg = $diff Skimmer score: $skimmer->[DGood] - $skimmer->[DBad] = $skimmer->[DScore] lastseen:$lastin ago$difflist") if $rbnskim; 
+                                       $skimmer->[DLastin] = $now;
+                                       $r->[RSpotData]->[SQrg] = $qrg if $qrg && $c > 1; # set all the QRGs to the agreed value
+                               }
+
+                               $qrg = (sprintf "%.1f",  $qrg)+0;
+                               $r = $cand->[CData];
+                               $r->[RQrg] = $qrg;
+                               my $squality = "Q:$cand->[CQual]";
+                               $squality .= '*' if $c > 1; 
+                               $squality .= '+' if $r->[Respot];
+
+                               if (isdbg('progress')) {
+                                       my $s = "RBN: SPOT key: '$sp' = $r->[RCall] on $r->[RQrg] by $r->[ROrigin] \@ $r->[RTime] $squality route: $dxchan->{call}";
+                                       my $td = @deviant;
+                                       $s .= " QRGScore $mv Deviants ($td/$spotters): ";
+                                       $s .= join(', ', sort @deviant) if $td;
+                                       dbg($s);
+                               }
+
+                               # finally send it out to any waiting public
+                               send_dx_spot($dxchan, $squality, $cand);
+                               
+                               # clear out the data and make this now just "spotted", but no further action required until respot time
+                               dbg "RBN: QUEUE key '$sp' cleared" if isdbg 'rbn';
+
+                               delete $spots->{$sp};
+                               delete $dxchan->{queue}->{$sp};
+
+                               # calculate new sp (which will be 70% likely the same as the old one)
+                               # we do this to cope with the fact that the first spotter may well be "wrongly calibrated" giving a qrg that disagrees with the majority.
+                               # and we want to store the key that corresponds to majority opinion. 
+                               my $nqrg = nearest(1, $qrg * 10);  # normalised to nearest Khz
+                               my $nsp = "$r->[RCall]|$nqrg";
+                               if ($sp ne $nsp) {
+                                       dbg("RBN:SKIM CHANGE KEY sp '$sp' -> '$nsp' for storage") if $rbnskim;
+                                       $spots->{$nsp} = [$now, $cand->[CQual]];
+                               }
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               dbg sprintf("RBN: QUEUE key: '$sp' SEND time not yet reached %.1f secs left", $cand->[CTime] + $dwelltime - $now) if isdbg 'rbnqueue'; 
+                       }
+               }
+               if (isdbg('rbntimer')) {
+                       my $diff = _diffus($ta);
+                       dbg "RBN: TIMER process queue for call: $dxchan->{call} $items spots $diff uS";
+               }
+       }
+}
+
+sub per_minute
+{
+       foreach my $dxchan (DXChannel::get_all()) {
+               next unless $dxchan->is_rbn;
+               dbg "RBN:STATS minute $dxchan->{call} raw: $dxchan->{noraw} retrieved spots: $dxchan->{norbn} delivered: $dxchan->{nospot} after filtering to users: " . scalar keys %{$dxchan->{nousers}} if isdbg('rbnstats');
+               if ($dxchan->{noraw} == 0 && $dxchan->{lasttime} > 60) {
+                       LogDbg('RBN', "RBN: no input from $dxchan->{call}, disconnecting");
+                       $dxchan->disconnect;
+               }
+               $dxchan->{noraw} = $dxchan->{norbn} = $dxchan->{nospot} = 0; $dxchan->{nousers} = {};
+               $runtime{$dxchan->{call}} += 60;
+       }
+
+       # save the spot cache
+       write_cache() unless $main::systime + $startup_delay < $main::systime;;
+}
+
+sub per_10_minute
+{
+       my $count = 0;
+       my $removed = 0;
+       while (my ($k,$cand) = each %{$spots}) {
+               next if $k eq 'VERSION';
+               next if $k =~ /^O\|/;
+               next if $k =~ /^SKIM\|/;
+               
+               if ($main::systime - $cand->[CTime] > $minspottime*2) {
+                       delete $spots->{$k};
+                       ++$removed;
+               }
+               else {
+                       ++$count;
+               }
+       }
+       dbg "RBN:STATS spot cache remain: $count removed: $removed"; # if isdbg('rbn');
+       foreach my $dxchan (DXChannel::get_all()) {
+               next unless $dxchan->is_rbn;
+               my $nq = keys %{$dxchan->{queue}};
+               my $pc = $dxchan->{noraw10} ? sprintf("%.1f%%",$dxchan->{norbn10}*100/$dxchan->{noraw10}) : '0.0%';
+               dbg "RBN:STATS 10-minute $dxchan->{call} queue: $nq raw: $dxchan->{noraw10} retrieved spots: $dxchan->{norbn10} ($pc) delivered: $dxchan->{nospot10} after filtering to  users: " . scalar keys %{$dxchan->{nousers10}};
+               $dxchan->{noraw10} = $dxchan->{norbn10} = $dxchan->{nospot10} = 0; $dxchan->{nousers10} = {};
+       }
+}
+
+sub per_hour
+{
+       foreach my $dxchan (DXChannel::get_all()) {
+               next unless $dxchan->is_rbn;
+               my $nq = keys %{$dxchan->{queue}};
+               my $pc = $dxchan->{norawhour} ? sprintf("%.1f%%",$dxchan->{norbnhour}*100/$dxchan->{norawhour}) : '0.0%';
+               dbg "RBN:STATS hour $dxchan->{call} queue: $nq raw: $dxchan->{norawhour} retrieved spots: $dxchan->{norbnhour} ($pc) delivered: $dxchan->{nospothour} after filtering to users: " . scalar keys %{$dxchan->{nousershour}};
+               $dxchan->{norawhour} = $dxchan->{norbnhour} = $dxchan->{nospothour} = 0; $dxchan->{nousershour} = {};
+       }
+}
+
 sub finish
 {
        write_cache();
@@ -566,10 +792,19 @@ sub finish
 
 sub write_cache
 {
-       my $fh = IO::File->new(">$cachefn") or confess("writing $cachefn $!");
-       my $s = $json->encode($spots);
-       $fh->print($s);
-       $fh->close;
+       my $ta = [ gettimeofday ];
+       $json->indent(1) if isdbg 'rbncache';
+       my $s = eval {$json->encode($spots)};
+       if ($s) {
+               my $fh = IO::File->new(">$cachefn") or confess("writing $cachefn $!");
+               $fh->print($s);
+               $fh->close;
+       } else {
+               dbg("RBN:Write_cache error '$@'");
+       }
+       $json->indent(0);
+       my $diff = _diffms($ta);
+       dbg("RBN:WRITE_CACHE time to write: $diff mS");
 }
 
 sub check_cache
@@ -577,7 +812,7 @@ sub check_cache
        if (-e $cachefn) {
                my $mt = (stat($cachefn))[9];
                my $t = $main::systime - $mt || 1;
-               my $p = difft($mt);
+               my $p = difft($mt, 2);
                if ($t < $cache_valid) {
                        dbg("RBN:check_cache '$cachefn' spot cache exists, created $p ago and not too old");
                        my $fh = IO::File->new($cachefn);
@@ -593,12 +828,23 @@ sub check_cache
                        }
                        if ($s) {
                                eval {$spots = $json->decode($s)};
-                               if ($spots && ref $spots) {
-                                       dbg("RBN:check_cache spot cache restored");
-                                       return 1;
+                               if ($spots && ref $spots) {     
+                                       if (exists $spots->{VERSION} && $spots->{VERSION} == $DATA_VERSION) {
+                                               # now clean out anything that has spot build ups in progress
+                                               while (my ($k, $cand) = each %$spots) {
+                                                       next if $k eq 'VERSION';
+                                                       next if $k =~ /^O\|/;
+                                                       next if $k =~ /^SKIM\|/;
+                                                       if (@$cand > CData) {
+                                                               $spots->{$k} = [$cand->[CTime], $cand->[CQual]];
+                                                       }
+                                               }
+                                               dbg("RBN:check_cache spot cache restored");
+                                               return 1;
+                                       } 
                                }
+                               dbg("RBN::checkcache error decoding $@");
                        }
-                       dbg("RBN::checkcache error decoding $@");
                } else {
                        my $d = difft($main::systime-$cache_valid);
                        dbg("RBN::checkcache '$cachefn' created $p ago is too old (> $d), ignored");