What does "generating spotting information for use by other stations"
mean? To me that's massively obscure - does it mean it's OK for you to
spot other stations? I hope so, but it's not obvious.
73, Pete N4ZR
Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network
web server at<https://reversebeacon.net>.
For spots, please use your favorite
"retail" DX cluster.
On 11/19/2022 12:47 PM, Jack Brindle wrote:
Every contester should read the contest rules _before_ entering the contest. From this
year’s ARRL Sweepstakes rules:
"Generating spotting information for use by other stations is not considered to be
spotting assistance."
Also, the old prohibition of self-spotting is no longer in the rules.
You might want to check out the rules before 2100Z…
73,
Jack, W6FB
On Nov 19, 2022, at 9:44 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR<pete.n4zr@gmail.com> wrote:
I've been appalled by how few stations spot in phone contests, even though N1MM+
(and perhaps other contest logging programs) offer the option of spotting all
S&P QSOs, regardless of mode.
It's been suggested to me that some non-assisted contest entrants may be
deterred because of concern that they might risk disqualification if frequent
spots attributed to them are seen on the cluster network. If that's a
significant deterrent, which seems somewhat credible, then perhaps the sponsors
of the major contests should singly or collectively announce that the
appearance of spots attributed to non-assisted competitors will not, by
themselves, be considered evidence of assisted status.
Then how would illicit assisted operation be detected? 15 years ago, CT1BOH
and VE5ZX authored a paper on how to identify undisclosed two-radio or assisted
operation through log analysis. With the capabilities now available to us, and
the near-universal acceptance of open logs, it seems to me that the means exist
for detecting undisclosed assistance without making assumptions based on
spotting.
So what say, contest organizers?
--
73, Pete N4ZR
Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network
web server at<https://reversebeacon.net>.
For spots, please use your favorite
"retail" DX cluster.
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