On Jul 29, 2009, at 4:57 PM, Andrew wrote:
> It wouldn't be hard to write a few lines of code that would allow
> you to
> spot yourself every minute, or 30 seconds or 10 seconds or....... how
> useful would the spotting network be during a contest if everyone
> repeatedly spotted themselves non-stop for 48hrs? It would be chaos
> and
> the cluster would probably fall over within minutes!
Would they? The spotting network has code that eliminates redundant
spots that usually come from network loops. If the same station is
spotting every few minutes, most of the spots could be eliminated as
duplicates.
I think the problem comes from the older rules that stated you
couldn't solicit contacts by non-amateur means. It was intended to
keep certain well-heeled hams from padding their logs with mults by
making lots of long-distance telephone calls for schedules during the
contest.
However, the argument proposing self-spotting seems to have some
merit, since the network is certainly easily accessible from most
places in the world, and it would eliminate a form of cheating that,
despite K1TTT's reports, continues to be quite popular.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com
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