Probably (or as the young kids now say) 'Prolly' for the same reason
locals would pick up the phone and call others to alert them about a new
one that was on the air. Of course, this was prior to packet radio. Then
there were the DX spotting voice repeaters, which gave way to the packet
system that could receive and collect 'spots' even while you were still
at work.
Just a few days ago I was pining that I really missed the hand crank
when I came out and found the battery was dead in my car!
73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
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On 2/22/2013 7:00 PM, Radio K0HB wrote:
The bigger question is why would anyone spot anyone except themselves?
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.
73, Hans, K0HB/4ID
On Thursday, February 21, 2013, Robert Chudek - K0RC wrote:
It was about 3-1/2 years ago I asked the question below, on this
reflector. The third full paragraph contains the core concept I
was asking / proposing. It didn't take too long for the technology
to 'change the game plan' once again! Yes, I'm gloating! Nyuk,
nyuk, nyuk... :-)
Regarding those people objecting that the RBN isn't delivering a
pristine stream of data, my opinion is that the existing level of
accuracy is more than adequate. For example, K3LR pops up on my
bandmap and I work him. His call sign turns gray, letting me know
I have already worked him.
Five minutes later, EK3LR pops up on the bandmap. Funny thing is
that EK3LR is sitting right on the same frequency as the K3LR I
already worked. My eyes and brain tells me instantaneously it's a
bust. I don't waste time removing it from the bandmap because I
know it's going to pop back up there again anyway. Cleaning the
bandmap is a waste of contesting time.
Now if there was only a way to eliminate the clueless from
pointing and clicking their way to the elusive EK3 multiplier and
causing havoc on the K3LR run frequency. (Or substitute any of the
other traditionally busted spots; BY vs. 6Y, 5K vs. HK, etc. Oh
and MY personal favorite KØRF vs. KØRC.)
73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
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/ -----Original Message-----/
/ From: Robert Chudek - K0RC [mailto:k0rc@citlink.net]/
/ Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 02:18/
/ To: cq-contest@contesting.com/
<http://cq-contest@contesting.com/>
/ Subject: [CQ-Contest] Self spotting rationale/
/ /
/ This isn't a rhetorical question./
/ /
/ How / why was the "no self spotting" rule created in the
first place? Was/
/ it a knee-jerk reaction to the introduction of new
technology at the time/
/ spotting networks began to flourish? What actual purpose
does this rule/
/ serve? Whatever that purpose, is it outdated by technology?/
/ /
/ The use of the spotting networks automatically classifies a
participant as/
/ "assisted" in the first place. To the non-assisted
participants, why would/
/ they care whether stations were self-spotting or not? When
I operate in/
/ the non-assisted category I don't care what is going on
with the spotting/
/ network./
/ /
/ To the participants in the "assisted" category, why not let
them spot/
/ their brains out? Other than saturating the spotting
network I don't see a/
/ down-side to this. If an assisted station spotted
themselves once every X/
/ minutes, many things would "fall into place."/
/ /
/ First, there would be fewer busted calls being spotted.
Second, assisted/
/ operators would know which bands were being used by the
self spotter (are/
/ they operating 10 meters right now or not?). Third, self
spotting timers/
/ could evolve in contest software to spot on a predetermined
schedule./
/ Fourth, David's spotting reports would not be necessary to
see who was/
/ breaking the rules. Fifth, I wouldn't have to worry whether
my call would/
/ appear on a report as "helping my team mates in our contest
club" when I/
/ spot the members. (I have basically quit spotting anyone
compared to the/
/ early days of the spotting network.)/
/ /
/ I can only imagine if Wal-Mart, Target, and K-Mart were not
allowed to/
/ advertise their stores were open for business and what
times you would/
/ find them open. I think the "no self spotting" rule is absurd./
/ /
/ 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
/
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