I think the explanation is that when you spotted yourself on DX Summit you
attracted a few casual operators who were just looking at DX Summit scroll by.
Then you got a spot from one of those guys or someone else who spotted you via
telnet and everyone working the contest using assistance got it and the pileup
ensued.
73…Stan, K5GO
> On Mar 8, 2023, at 4:48 PM, Edward Sawyer <EdwardS@advanced-conversion.com>
> wrote:
>
> I am interested to hear the opinion of the DX side on this topic. I was
> trying to self-spot a number of times without much success.
> I tried on DX Summit. The spot was posted.
> I tried on DX Watch. The spot was posted.
> I tried on DX Heat and it stated that self spotting was not allowed.
>
> What I found was that the self spot almost never generated any activity -
> maybe a couple of callers. But then later (sometimes 10 mins or more later)
> a huge group of callers would respond to a spot. The spot was always
> generated on the EU side of the pond.
>
> I am thinking that most people have a filter set to only see EU side spots.
> Is that true? If so, then there is almost zero value in self spotting. In
> fact its counter productive if people are now spotting less because they
> think we are self spotting so what's the value in spotting.
>
> Any comments on this topic welcome.
>
> Ed N1UR
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