--- Jim White <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Like K5KG I find myself using packet during several contests and whenever I
> tune past a station as he signs I type in his callsign...if it is a dupe
> rather than just F11 I hit Alt-F3 (think that is it) to spot that station to
> the cluster...mebbe the next guy will not stop there as it pops up on his
> band map! I know I will spot the same guy many times during a contest...but
> I do not keep mental note of this - that is what the machines are for.
The "machines" also have a band map which will tell you if the station has been
spotted recently. I don't spot stations that are still in my band map. This
keeps the number of redundant spots down.
73 - Jim AD1C
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