Re: [CQ-Contest] Is Self Spotting now allowed in ARRL tests?

[Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr@gmail.com>]

Given the confusion about self-spotting before the contest, it doesn't 
surprise me that relatively few people took advantage of the rule 
change. Just wait....
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 11/23/2022 10:53 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
> Pete N4ZR writes:
>
> > The difference is that if highly competitive single ops can self-spot,
> > they will do so after every QSO, not every 10 minutes. They are
> > motivating those people to clog up the packet cluster network in ways
> > that will make the RBN seem almost trivial.
>
> Pete, it wasn't until Sunday morning in SS that I began keeping a log 
> of the cluster traffic to look just for self spots. I see 95 
> self-spots by 22 SS participants in the last 11.5 hours of SS SSB, 
> which amounts to less than 9 per hour.
> I'm honestly surprised it's so low. Elsewhere in the thread I've 
> already shown how W5OV of the ARRL corrected my misreading of the text 
> of the actual SS rules, so maybe the language wasn't so clear to 
> others either. I'm gonna have to get some law dictionaries or something.
> Self spots in the last 11.5 hours are below.
>
> Tim N3QE
>
> DX de K6OK:      21384.0  K6OK                1534Z
> DX de W7RN:      14229.5  W7RN         NV             1540Z DM09
> DX de K1KD:      14322.4  K1KD         MN             1542Z EN34
> DX de W7RN:      14228.6  W7RN         NV             1544Z DM09
> DX de W0UC:       7187.3  W0UC            1548Z EN35
> DX de N0UR:      21427.1  N0UR         USB            1550Z EN03
> DX de N3OC:      21274.5  N3OC            1551Z FM19
> DX de W0UC:      21272.1  W0UC            1557Z EN35
> DX de NI0K:      21367.5  NI0K            1604Z EN27
> DX de W7RN:      21363.0  W7RN         NV             1615Z DM09
> DX de W6SR:      21436.2  W6SR         USB            1617Z
> DX de W7RN:      21360.6  W7RN         NV             1622Z DM09
> DX de N0UR:       7263.1  N0UR         LSB            1633Z EN03
> DX de W0UC:      14338.1  W0UC            1640Z EN35
> DX de N3OC:      28433.0  N3OC            1700Z FM19
> DX de W7RN:      28417.0  W7RN         NV             1703Z DM09
> DX de AB2ZY:     21320.0  AB2ZY        NNY            1708Z
> DX de K6OK:      28470.0  K6OK            1711Z
> DX de N3OC:      14284.0  N3OC            1713Z FM19
> DX de K0HB:      21311.0  K0HB            1737Z EN34
> DX de N9TTK:     21318.5  N9TTK        IN             1740Z
> DX de W6SR:      21436.2  W6SR         USB            1802Z
> DX de N0EG:       7232.0  N0EG         OK where are you!!?!?         
>  1803Z EM28
> DX de K6OK:      21373.0  K6OK            1805Z
> DX de N3OC:       7208.0  N3OC            1815Z FM19
> DX de N3OC:      21319.0  N3OC            1824Z FM19
> DX de K1KD:      14322.8  K1KD         MN             1833Z EN34
> DX de W6SX:      21388.8  W6SX         SJV            1843Z
> DX de K6OK:      28458.0  K6OK            1846Z
> DX de K0AD:      21261.6  K0AD         USB            1852Z
> DX de K0AD:      14169.1  K0AD         USB            1903Z
> DX de K6OK:      21392.6  K6OK            1915Z
> DX de K1KD:      21434.4  K1KD         MN             1915Z EN34
> DX de N9TTK:     14295.5  N9TTK        IN looking for ONN             
> 1918Z
> DX de W6SR:      28424.4  W6SR         USB            1919Z
> DX de K0TG:      21282.9  K0TG            1931Z
> DX de KI6RRN:    14281.6  KI6RRN       ORG            1932Z
> DX de K6OK:      14317.4  K6OK            1932Z
> DX de W7RN:      28416.7  W7RN         NV             1938Z DM09
> DX de K0AD:      21270.5  K0AD         USB            1941Z
> DX de W0UC:      28402.6  W0UC            1942Z EN35
> DX de K1KD:      21232.4  K1KD         MN             1947Z EN34
> DX de KI6RRN:    28500.0  KI6RRN       ORG            1950Z
> DX de K0AD:      14174.1  K0AD         USB            1950Z
> DX de N9TTK:     14295.5  N9TTK        IN, need ONN             1951Z
> DX de W6SR:      14249.4  W6SR         USB            1954Z
> DX de W0UC:      21438.9  W0UC            1955Z EN35
> DX de K0TG:      21283.3  K0TG            2009Z
> DX de W6SR:      21338.0  W6SR         USB            2038Z
> DX de K0TG:      14234.5  K0TG            2042Z
> DX de K0TG:      14157.3  K0TG            2044Z
> DX de W6SR:      14283.7  W6SR         USB            2045Z
> DX de K0AD:      14281.7  K0AD         USB            2051Z
> DX de AB2ZY:     14181.0  AB2ZY        NNY            2053Z
> DX de K1KD:      14344.2  K1KD         MN             2108Z EN34
> DX de K0AD:      21369.2  K0AD         USB            2115Z
> DX de W6SR:      14175.0  W6SR         USB            2117Z
> DX de K0TG:      14289.9  K0TG            2120Z
> DX de K0TG:      21291.0  K0TG            2136Z
> DX de K0TG:      21294.0  K0TG            2143Z
> DX de N9TTK:      7255.0  N9TTK        in             2146Z
> DX de W4SDX:     28405.0  W4SDX        USB            2200Z
> DX de W4SDX:     28405.0  W4SDX        SWEEPSTAKES USB            2201Z
> DX de W6SR:      14340.6  W6SR         USB            2208Z
> DX de K1KD:       7253.7  K1KD         MN             2210Z EN34
> DX de KD9V:       7272.0  KD9V         LSB            2234Z
> DX de W6SR:       7182.6  W6SR         LSB            2239Z
> DX de N9TTK:      7272.0  N9TTK        IN             2250Z
> DX de AB2ZY:      3777.5  AB2ZY        NNY            2329Z
> DX de K0AD:       7150.9  K0AD         LSB            2336Z
> DX de W6SR:      14183.2  W6SR         USB            2341Z
> DX de N9TTK:      7272.0  N9TTK        IN, need ONN             2349Z
> DX de W0UC:       3783.3  W0UC            2352Z EN35
> DX de NE9U:      14237.0  NE9U            2353Z EN24
> DX de K1KD:       7292.5  K1KD         MN             0000Z EN34
> DX de KE0L:       7197.6  KE0L         LSB            0003Z
> DX de AB2ZY:      7215.0  AB2ZY        NNY            0007Z
> DX de K4PQC:      3532.9  K4PQC        CW             0030Z
> DX de W6SR:       7291.4  W6SR         LSB            0037Z
> DX de K1KD:      14311.4  K1KD         MN             0048Z EN34
> DX de K1KD:       3765.9  K1KD         MN             0106Z EN34
> DX de W6SR:       7280.9  W6SR         LSB            0126Z
> DX de AL2F:       7267.5  AL2F         AK             0126Z BO49
> DX de W6SR:       7281.8  W6SR         LSB            0136Z
> DX de W0UC:       3669.1  W0UC            0153Z EN35
> DX de W6SR:      14246.8  W6SR         USB            0154Z
> DX de W4SDX:      3743.0  W4SDX        SWEEPSTAKES LSB            0155Z
> DX de W6SR:       3638.5  W6SR         LSB            0158Z
> DX de NE9U:       3705.0  NE9U            0214Z EN24
> DX de W6SR:       7157.8  W6SR         LSB            0221Z
> DX de KD9V:       7250.0  KD9V         LSB IN             0227Z
> DX de KE0L:       3742.1  KE0L         LSB            0231Z
> DX de W6SX:       3740.4  W6SX         SJV            0235Z
> DX de W6SR:       7153.5  W6SR         LSB            0247Z
> DX de N9TTK:      7250.5  N9TTK        IN, NEED ONN             0248Z
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