On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 ki9a@aol.com wrote:
> #2 & #3,"unique" spots, inactive calls, blah,blah,blah.
>
> Is this really going to make or break contesting?
>
> DO THE RULES STATE YOU NEED TO USE YOUR OWN CALL TO PUT *INTERNET*, yes,
> INTERNET spots up??
>
> This thread needs to stop. BTW, I do not condone using "fake" calls for
> spotting, but, I'm sure there are better things to talk about than this BS.
>
> Again folks, you don't need to correctly ID on the internet spots, errr,
> maybe they changed the rules? Maybe I will spot guys during the next contest
> using the word MOE or CURLEY instead of my own call, I'm sure NS3T will drive
> himself nuts trying to figure if MOE is still active? ;-)
>
> 73-Chuck KI9A
What happened to SHEMP? :-)
I agree; this whole thing is pretty much pointless. No one is going to be
able to prove anything out of it; possibly some of the stations who in
fact did only spot one callsign once during the contest will be offended.
And what constitutes an "inactive station"? Who decides that? I would go
through the effort of contacting each and verifying he/she wasn't in the
contest and didn't spot anybody before making such a broad statement. And
again, it's going to be difficult or impossible to determine and prove who
did make the spot if it was with a fake callsign.
I only made about 10 QSO's during WPX SSB because I lost my voice due to a
virus. I didn't send in a log. I may have spotted somene during that
time; does that make me a suspected villain? Does that make me an
"inactive station"?
Let's discuss something else. Who's going to be in the TARA PSK Rumble
this weekend?
73, Zack W9SZ
>From Sylvan Katz <jskatz@sk.sympatico.ca> Fri Apr 19 14:30:28 2002
From: Sylvan Katz <jskatz@sk.sympatico.ca> (Sylvan Katz)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] NS3T's "witch-hunt"
References: <23FDC2BE.08F208D0.00003FFE@aol.com>
Message-ID: <00d301c1e7a6$5f1f9fe0$6400a8c0@selfsimilar>
> This thread needs to stop. BTW, I do not condone using "fake" calls for
spotting, but, I'm sure there are better things to talk about than this BS.
Jamie - I on the other hand think your analysis is intriguing and
insightful. We need a lot more of this type of analysis to shed light on the
actual activities and fundamental nature of contesting. I suspect that only
detailed empirical analysis not hearsay will be the only way we can move
amateur radio contesting to a higher plane that it is currently on.
I am still studying you finding. Keep up the good work and keep us informed!
.. sylvan
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Sylvan Katz, VE5ZX
Saskatoon, SK
"A Novel Perspective of Amateur Radio Contesting" at
http://www.dynamicforesight.com/~ve5zx
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