The point I am trying to make :
a/ some people out there - including K1TTT -
are extremely obsessed with spotting and slef appointed spot policing;
always ready to point finger to "cheaters" with or without evidence;
b/ large number of spots are useless or spam anyway;
c/ if you like to help your local team / club
keep your spots on local network. Otherwise it is contra productive
and will work against you;
d/ there is no evidence that more spots result in higher score;
and spoting other people will definitely lower your ranking;
e/ although spots may increase QSO rate for K4, they would very often
make things worse for rare DX - recent FB8 was perfect example;
f/ there is a number of US East Coast stations - small but faithful flock-
who no longer need receiver. Uninterrupted access to cluster is all they need;
and I honestly doubt in their ability to S+P or God forbid, call CQ.
Personally I find this viagra-style contesting boring - but hey - I am not here
to judge :-)
73 Nick vk1aa/2
----- Original Message -----
From: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com
To: vk1aa@tpg.com.au
Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Re: self-spotting
In a message dated 4/14/04 8:17:23 PM Greenwich Standard Time,
vk1aa@tpg.com.au writes:
And could you please explain this "half-spotting" : is there anyone,
anywhere who is actually benefiting from YOUR spots:
Yup, lots of times my rate gets a big bump when I am spotted and I am only a
lowly K4. it's fun to go back after the contest and check DXSummit to see
where the "bumps" took place as a result of the spots.
Bill K4XS
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