On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> At 01:17 PM 10/28/2002 -0800, Scott Pederson KI5DR wrote:
>
> >I noticed that there were a few instances where there were several DX
> >spots for exactly the same frequency - apparently the running station was
> >sending packet spots for stations that worked him. I'm sure this was
> >un-intentional, but would explain why you follow a packet spot and it
> >turns out to be someone else....
Curious ...
>
> Well, it wasn't us! :-)
>
> On Saturday afternoon, KA6BIM put out a number of spots using the KC1XX 10
> meter run frequency (data from http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/)
>
> KA6BIM 28574.7 PY2BT 1933 26 Oct 2002
> KA6BIM 28574.7 LU3HIP 1934 26 Oct 2002
> KA6BIM 28574.7 VA3SK 1936 26 Oct 2002
Curiouser and curiouser ...
>
> We were not working these stations, and I have no idea where they were on
> the band. However, it did result in an inordinately large number of
> 0-point stateside callers, as you can see from the log extract below:
>
> 26-Oct-02 1937 895 28574 VE6FI 59 04 2
> 26-Oct-02 1941 899 28574 KM9Z 59 04 0
> 26-Oct-02 1942 900 28574 N3CY 59 05 0
And the beat goes on ...
> Perhaps the VFO that was being read for spotting was different than the one
> he actually tuned with. Note that he did actually spot KC1XX once, but the
> VFO problem occurred before that spot, and continued afterwards.
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C (one of 10 meter ops at KC1XX)
If that was some sort of a weird yet honest mistake, it could be
overlooked as one of the many technological glitches present in the modern
world. But if it was an attempt to "screw the competition" (Note - I
didn't say it was, I said IF it was), it would be unsportsmanlike in the
extreme.
It would be interesting to see if this happens again in a major contest.
73, Zack W9SZ
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