It wouldn't bother me at all to see a station correct a wrong spot for
themselves, in fact I would welcome it if I was looking for them.
73,
Tom, KE1JF
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From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a@mtaonline.net>
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 7:55 PM
To: "RTTY Contesting" <rtty@contesting.com>
Subject: [RTTY] Self spotting question
> I always run FSK so when I generate a spot for someone I'm sure the
> frequency I'm putting out is correct. Unfortunately there are many RTTY
> spots generated that have the wrong frequency . I suspect these are being
> generated by folks running AFSK who forget to adjust the actual frequency
> to
> compensate for their being on LSB or USB. It's discouraging to be calling
> away in a contest and finally see someone spot me, but then give the wrong
> frequency!
>
> So my question is this. I know self spotting is a no-no, but if someone
> else spots you and includes the wrong frequency would it be frowned upon
> to
> generate a correction spot yourself? Perhaps the Remarks section of the
> spot would contain something like, "Correct freq". Any thoughts?
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
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