Hi Art,
I was just commenting on your statements. You pointed out that 4 keystrokes
could get you around the band from spot to spot without having to touch the
tuning dial. I merely stated that if this practice was put into use, the
result could be a lot of wrong calls being logged because you would be
relying totally on the competence of the spotters.
I enter contests for fun. If I want to go to the can or get a snack or take
a spin on my motorcycle, I'll get up from the radio and do that. Here in VO
I compete against the likes of VO1MP, VO1TA, VO1HP, etc. I came fourth in
the CQWW CW last weekend for VO, according to 3830.... in a field of 4.
On to the next one....
73 -- Paul VO1HE
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Art
> Searle W2NRA
> Sent: November 29, 2006 21:54
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] The Value of Spotting Networks
>
> Hi Paul
>
> You wrote: "If you're just jumping . . ."
>
> What do you mean me? I don't do this! I'm was just making
> the point that you could do this. I get enough UBNs due to
> my poor antennas and weak received signals, especially on 40,
> 80 & 160. But I believe that a serious effort that combines
> quickly jumping through the band map for multipliers and
> careful tuning will benefit your score. Please take what I
> say with a grain of salt. I am not a serious contester. I
> just play. My biggest problem is the lack of "in the chair
> time." And like you said careful tuning got me some weak
> mults, that had they been spots, I could not have competed in
> the pileups.
>
> 73 Art W2NRA
>
>
> > Thanks Art,
>
> > I am fairly comfortable with logging software but one thing
> I never do
> > is assume the cluster is correct. If you're just jumping
> from spot to
> > spot and relying on others to provide all the info, you must have a
> > pretty high UBN rate. It also takes the fun out of tuning for that
> > weak rare one.
>
> > In the contests where I use the cluster, it's for a
> specific purpose
> > and I always verify the callsign myself first. A lot of the
> time I'm
> > just trying to get new countries and other counters.
> > If all that gets spotted in a DXcontest is domestic spots,
> that's no
> > good either. And, quite frankly, as one responder pointed
> out, not all
> > the good stuff gets spotted.
>
> > No, I've resolved to wean myself off the cluster and go it alone in
> > major contests. I did better this past weekend without it
> than I did
> > last year with it; granted I have an amp and a better
> antenna system
> > now.
>
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