While technically one might argue this situation is not "primary"
self-spotting, I personally would not do it. I think it is better to take
the high road and stay away from any form of self-spotting. Secondly,
starting this practice opens the door to all manner of other rationale for
"secondary" self-spotting and it all deteriorates very fast.
I'd rather be having fun contesting than spending time defending some corner
case interpretation of the rules.
Yes, RTTY frequency spotting is still a problem, but a far better solution
is for us all to continue encouraging spotters to spot the Mark frequency,
regardless of their specific station configuration.
Ed - W0YK
Gary AL9A posed:
> I always run FSK so when I generate a spot for someone I'm
> sure the frequency I'm putting out is correct. Unfortunately
> there are many RTTY spots generated that have the wrong
> frequency . I suspect these are being generated by folks
> running AFSK who forget to adjust the actual frequency to
> compensate for their being on LSB or USB. It's discouraging
> to be calling away in a contest and finally see someone spot
> me, but then give the wrong frequency!
>
> So my question is this. I know self spotting is a no-no, but
> if someone else spots you and includes the wrong frequency
> would it be frowned upon to generate a correction spot
> yourself? Perhaps the Remarks section of the spot would
> contain something like, "Correct freq". Any thoughts?
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