It would also help or encourage people to go to rare DX locations. A
DXpedition couldn't justify the expense and trouble if they sat and
called CQ all day with a few S&P stations lucky enough to come across
them answering their CQ. By being spotted they will get more contacts
and thus a higher score. I can remember sitting portable DU calling CQ
Contest for maybe 10 minutes with no replies, then one JA answered me,
then in the next few minutes I had a mini pileup of JA's and HL's. I'm
sure it was because someone spotted me even if I didn't ask for them to
do so. Maybe I just sounded lonely.
Paul J. Piercey wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
>>[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of David
>>Robbins K1TTT
>>Sent: December 23, 2006 14:49
>>To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Spotting
>>
>>
>>
>>>I beats me why anyone actively engaged in a contest who
>>>
>>>
>>finds a rare
>>
>>
>>>multiplier by S&P would want to alert his competitors so
>>>
>>>
>>that they can
>>
>>
>>>also work the rare mult !!
>>>
>>>
>>Alerting competitors is a side effect we pay for having world
>>wide connectivity on the network today. Originally the
>>networks were partitioned and used to alert fellow club
>>members of new multipliers to help them and the club aggregate score.
>>
>>
>>
>
>This may have been a valid reason before the greatly expanded cluster
>network but now, with world wide availability and connectivity,I too have
>wondered why anyone would want to help another competitor. Then it occurred
>to me... not everyone is out to win.
>
>73 -- Paul VO1HE
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