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Re: [CQ-Contest] Good Grief people with nothing better to do!

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Good Grief people with nothing better to do!
From: "David Robbins K1TTT" <k1ttt@arrl.net>
Reply-to: k1ttt@arrl.net
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:41:13 -0000
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Yeah, and I one of my reports the same ip had logged in as ka1lmr and also
the other calls.  And it is a Comcast cable line, and always the same ip, so
he hasn't logged in from somewhere else... its always the same box. 


David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Rhodes
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 05:54
> To: Chris Merchant KA1LMR; cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Good Grief people with nothing better to do!
> 
> This is just too funny. Look at the header of this e-mail and see the
> address it came from!!!!
> 
> by dayton.akorn.net (Postfix) with SMTP id A727731940F
> for <cq-contest@contesting.com>; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 22:08:09 -0500 (EST)
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> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 19:08:09 -0800 (PST)
> From: Chris Merchant KA1LMR <ka1lmr@yahoo.com>
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
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> 
> Then go look at the ip in the spotting reports. Someone's credibility is
> decidedly slipping!
> 
> dxsummit spots for ka1lmr:
> IK2CFG-@: 14195 KA1LMR CQ CONTEST 24.62.145.56
> F6FDW-@: 14195 KA1LMR TEST NH 24.62.145.56
> I2DFI-@: 14195 KA1LMR TEST 24.62.145.56
> 
> Chris, you should do this from a dialup where you get a new ip each time
> rather than from your fixed ip.
> 
> 
> 
> At 09:08 PM 3/9/2006, Chris Merchant KA1LMR wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >   I just received a email froma friend who was reading  the yes pitiful
> > self spotting reports, spending the time to look and report these
> > stations seems just as pathetic or  ridiculous as the self spotting  it
> > self in my view.
> >   in any case heres part the email I sent   to my friend  after for the
> > first  time hearing of this taddle tailing :
> >       "Hey Chris--
> >   You are getting hammered on CQ-CONTEST for self-spotting.
> >
> >   HI ----,
> >
> >
> >   I guess so, Yikes, This has never been brought to my attention before.
> >   I do have a local ham friend that has put spots for me before he
> doesnt
> > live that far away.
> >
> >   But any case only strange thing is the IP number thats listed does not
> > seem to be  mine at all,  also A few those contest I operated portable
> > with my laptop from a totaly diffrent location and connection then my
> > home computer.
> >
> >   In any case I didnt know we had guys with nothing better to do then go
> > sniffing  for soemone putting self spots!
> >
> >   Apparently theres  a watch dog for everything these days.
> >
> >   I am not sure of all the restrictions there is on self or a friend
> > spotting,
> >    but with guys nit picking and nothing better to do then snif and find
> > some thing to gripe  about  its no wonder why this country is becoming
> > more and   more  Socialistic  one then democratic one! but,  I guess
> this
> > should  come as no surprise.
> >
> >   None the less thanks for the info and will try to fix it.
> >   73 Chris
> >
> >   PS: I notice alot of stations ask the statsions they work to spot them
> > over and over I guess that really ought  to be considered self
> > spotting  as well,
> >    So apparentaly  not your self , not a friend, or even some one you
> > work should spot you!? In that case why allow spotting at all!!??  maybe
> > that would make the the socialistic , "nothing better to do
> > doers",  P&Mers happy?!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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