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Re: [CQ-Contest] SS - No more self-spotting needed, let's bait and switc

To: Jack Brindle <jackbrindle@me.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SS - No more self-spotting needed, let's bait and switch
From: Radio K0HB <kzerohb@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:52:16 -0600
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I had this happen to me a number of times this weekend — “What’s that guy
doing on my run QRG on the bandmap? I just worked him!”  Doesn’t happen on
CW because you hit <f1>.

On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 13:23 Jack Brindle via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:

> This also might be something far less sinister.
> Most loggers allow you to auto-spot stations you have worked while S&P. If
> you switch over to running, but haven’t told the logger, this will
> continue, spotting stations on your run frequency. I will admit to being
> guilty of this from time to time. When I see a station I just worked show
> up on my run frequency I will quickly switch the logger over to run mode to
> limit the number of bogus spots.
>
> It isn’t always that someone is trying to game the system or do something
> they shouldn’t.
>
> For the record, it wasn’t me. My one and only QC was worked while S&P this
> weekend.
>
> 73,
> Jack, W6FB
>
>
> > On Nov 20, 2023, at 11:21 PM, David Gilbert <ab7echo@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I've never understood why callsigns aren't provided in posts like this.
> If you're certain of what you said, it can be verified by matching the spot
> with the culprit's log ... assuming that the ploy was successful in
> garnering him some contacts.  If you're not certain, your post is out of
> place.
> >
> > Self-policing isn't self-policing if everything is kept anonymous.
> >
> > Dave   AB7E
> >
> >
> > On 11/20/2023 11:50 AM, Bill N6MW wrote:
> >> Near the end of phone SS, QC was need for the sweep. An N*** spotted a
> bogus VE2 on his run frequency. A bit later he did again on a different
> frequency.  So this brilliantly solves the moral dilemma of self-spotting.
> QC never found.
> >>
> >> N6MW
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