Not necessarily true. All users behind a single NAT will have the same IP
address as far as the external network is concerned. The NAT network could
actually be very big (ours at work is US-wide connected through a large VPN).
So it is entirely possible that these are spots by different people in
different locations.
Of course this also applies to participants on different computers in a
multi-multi, who are also probably using a single IP address behind a NAT.
Having pointed this out, I'd say it doesn't look all that good for the spotters.
Jack Brindle, W6FB
-----Original Message-----
>From: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
>Sent: Mar 12, 2009 7:56 AM
>To: 'Tom Osborne' <w7why@verizon.net>, 'CQ-Contest' <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] arrl dx ssb spotting report
>
>Three of them used the same Ip address and the other one was in the same
>block.
>
>Which means the same person.
>
>
>"A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may
>never get over." Ben Franklin
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
>[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom Osborne
>Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 9:13 PM
>To: CQ-Contest
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] arrl dx ssb spotting report
>
>Any body care to compute the odds of 4 different stations with the same
>suffix doing 4 spots in a row? 73 Tom W7WHY
>
>
>66.50.29.32 W0GHY-@ 1887 WP4U cq cq contest
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