I'll start by saying "I don't have the answer"... but some things can be
carried (or perceived) to the extreme... your XYL bringing food & drink to
you (sorry, you're now reclassified assisted)... I ran 150 Watts in Low
Power class (sorry, your measurement techniques are +/- 5% so you're now
reclassified into HP class)... my buddy stopped by to drop off the handheld
I loaned him last week (sorry, you're now reclassified multi-op)... etc.
So... what if the spotting and self spotting rules were dropped
altogether???... Spot your brains out if you want... Flood the packet system
with your run frequencie(s)... Call all your friends on the phone... Send
them TWXes... Get on the local repeater... Or setup a Jerry Lewis style
marathon to solicit contacts for your station...
What impact would this have in the contest and in the final standings? This
is not a rhetorical question! Do you think this would change the outcome of
the contest? Or would you simply be wasting time with all these distractions
instead of "contesting", as has been suggested about the Scoreboard?
I am also interested in what the intent of the no self-spotting rule is in
the first place? Is it to assure all communications is via amateur radio? Or
that some unfair advantage is circumvented? Or what?
73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tree" <tree@kkn.net>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 1:55 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Chatgate
>
> Welcome to "chatgate".
>
> During the course of the discussion surrounding the events that occurred
> on the ON4AST chat page during the CQ 160 - I have had time to better
> reflect on my own actions. I have come to the conclusion that while what
> I did might not rise to same level as some of the other abuse - some of my
> actions could be perceived as crossing over a line that I would rather not
> be seen doing.
>
> To be specific - I asked JH4IFF to give me a signal report on my CQ
> frequency:
>
> 2008-01-27 09:52:36Z N6TR Tree Is my signal making it to Japan? 1812.6
> / K7RAT
>
> I suspected that my signal was very weak since I wasn't working hardly
> anyone
> at that time - and I knew Mitsu has a pretty small signal on 160 and he
> wasn't likely to be appearing in my log. However, looking back, I now
> wish
> I had not done this.
>
> Here is my log segment around that time:
>
> 160CW 27-Jan-08 09:50 1045 YV1DIG 599 599 YV YV
> 10
> 160CW 27-Jan-08 10:03 1046 WA4BUE 599 599 Va
> 2
> 160CW 27-Jan-08 10:05 1047 K6JEY 599 599 Ca
> 2
> 160CW 27-Jan-08 10:18 1048 K9WJU 599 599 In
> 2
> 160CW 27-Jan-08 10:22 1049 W1DEO 599 599 Me
> 2
> 160CW 27-Jan-08 10:27 1050 W7WA 599 599 Wa
> 2
> 160CW 27-Jan-08 10:30 1051 JA9CSE 599 599 JA
> 10
> 160CW 27-Jan-08 10:35 1052 W7SX 599 599 Or
> 2
> 160CW 27-Jan-08 10:39 1053 WB3HLH 599 599 Md
> 2
> 160CW 27-Jan-08 10:43 1054 WA4GLH 599 599 Tn
> 2
> 160CW 27-Jan-08 10:44 1055 W2HTI 599 599 Nc
> 2
> 160CW 27-Jan-08 10:44 1056 K4AMC 599 599 Tn
> 2
> 160CW 27-Jan-08 10:45 1057 K1BG 599 599 Ma
> 2
> 160CW 27-Jan-08 10:46 1058 WA3AFS 599 599 Ny
> 2
> 160CW 27-Jan-08 10:49 1059 W8GP 599 599 Mi
> 2
> 160CW 27-Jan-08 10:58 1060 N3RN 599 599 Pa
> 2
> 160CW 27-Jan-08 10:58 1061 N3GJ 599 599 Pa
> 2
>
> As can be seen - there was no resulting packet rush.
>
> However, as was pointed out to me - this could be perceived as a self spot
> and therefore, I have decided to reclassify the K7RAT multi-single log as
> a
> check log. I do not believe self spotting is an appropriate thing for
> competitors to be engaged in during a contest - regardless of what the
> specific rules for that contest say - or what category I might be in.
>
> Another interesting point. The YV1DIG QSO was made after YV1DIG announced
> his frequency on the chat room. I used that information to leave my CQ
> frequency long enough to work him. I did not notify him that I would be
> calling. However, this raises an interesting point that I hadn't
> considered
> before... is it wrong to take advantage of a self spot? Obviously, you
> can't always know it is a self spot is someone is hidding their true
> identity.
>
> With all of this attention currently focused on this situation, I hope
> everyone will take this opportunity to think about how they feel about
> the situation and how they want to operate contests in the furture. For
> me, I will refrain from doing anything that could appear to be self
> spotting
> regardless of my intent in the future.
>
> 73 Tree N6TR
> tree@kkn.net
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