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[CQ-Contest] N1MM's Embrace of Self-Spotting

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Subject: [CQ-Contest] N1MM's Embrace of Self-Spotting
From: Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 21:16:19 -0500
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In the latest release of N1MM+, a macro is added that can be put in any of the Entry Window buttons, effectively automating self-spotting, for example as each QSO is logged.  So far, at least, this option only works once every 10 minutes.

Tom has rejected my attempts to raise this issue on the N1MM reflector, so I'm trying here.    The difference between self-spotting and being spotted by an RBN node should be obvious - in the RBN case a transmitted signal has actually been heard by someone else. Making it easy to spot yourself every 10 minutes strikes me as a significant step away from the idea of only using radio to make radio contacts.

Just because you *can* do something doesn't mean you should.  It makes me sad that the N1MM group, of which I was proud to be a member for almost 15 years, should have decided to be the ones to facilitate self-spotting.

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