Packet spots should be treated like any outside tool you get for free -
buyer beware. Check the call. Let's not go down the path of berating
people for a few bad spots. I have sent a few out over time. It is
certainly not intentional. I always verify the call of the spot before
working the station. We should positively encourage improved accuracy
and not negatively punish mistakes.
Self-spotting is a clear and intentional violation of rules and should
be exposed and disciplined. Self-spotting is way different than a
mis-copied call.
Jimk8mr@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 3/7/2007 2:44:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> k1ir@designet.com writes:
>
>
> Almost as detrimental as self-spotting, busted spotting is the next big
> problem to deal with. Guys who can't copy and can't type should not be
> passing
> their errors on to the rest of the world. So, how about some post-contest
> comparisons of spotted calls against the SCP database? For those who have
> posted
> 50 or more spots during the contest, what percent appear to be busted calls?
> Listed from highest percent to lowest, that would be a good way to expose
> the
> worst and the best!
>
> ********************************
>
> Maybe I've just reached the age of being a cantankerous old codger, but I
> think busted spots are good.
>
> To me contesting is not the game of working as many people as possible, but
> the game of *finding* and working as many people as possible. Looking at
> your spot window is not *finding* people in my mind.
>
> Anyone lazy enough or dumb enough to work a busted spot (or waste time
> trying) deserves what they get.
>
>
>
>
>
> 73 - Jim K8MR
>
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