- 1. [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: Charles Harpole <hs0zcw@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 18:08:46 +0700
- What is the difference between a CQ and a self spot? Both call attention to you, both announce your desire for contacts, both are self-promoting. We in SEAsia seem seldom spotted in contests, maybe d
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00177.html (7,556 bytes)
- 2. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: Jukka Klemola <jpklemola@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 14:13:15 +0200
- Basically, there is no difference. For a CQ on a contest frequency band using the contest transmit mode, it is a call in the contest. For a CQ on internet is a CQ on the internet. The difference come
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00179.html (7,879 bytes)
- 3. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: Jorge Diez - CX6VM <cx6vm.jorge@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 10:57:16 -0300
- There's a big difference The first one improve your skills, you must learn about propagation, know where to point your antennas, etc etc etc The other one not So what's next, why we use radios? If we
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00185.html (9,223 bytes)
- 4. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: DXer <hfdxmonitor@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 11:08:19 -0500
- Jorge, That's not a bad idea, you know. :^) The opening line is kind of tongue-in-cheek, but in the SW/AM/FM listening community, recording an entire band and 'analyzing' the files later for 'catches
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00192.html (8,610 bytes)
- 5. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: <kzerohb@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 09:25:01 -0700
- Charly asks: A CQ = The sound of a wild deer rustling deep in the forest, heard by the stealthy hunter. A self-spot = A package of harvested meat piled high for sale in the meat department at Kroeger
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00195.html (8,127 bytes)
- 6. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 10:20:03 -0600
- Online games are very sophisticated. You could program in long path, turning antennas, allowing a competitor to change antennas, heights and on and on. It would be fantastic for learning and getting
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00196.html (10,567 bytes)
- 7. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: "Barry Merrill" <w5gn@mxg.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 10:43:26 -0600
- There's an even bigger difference; actual spots from hams or RBN convey propagation information, self spots.don't. Barry, W5GN --Original Message-- From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contest
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00199.html (10,502 bytes)
- 8. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: Ria Jairam <rjairam@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 14:58:05 -0300
- To understand why the self-spotting issue was raised, we need to back up a bit. In CW contests, RBN and private skimmers will automatically pick you up and spot you on the cluster networks, courtesy
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00204.html (13,744 bytes)
- 9. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: Joe <nss@mwt.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 13:35:43 -0600
- Ok, how about this, No self spotting, BUT... to be able to participate in the contest, anytime you are in S&P mode, your program automatically sends out a spot whenever you work someone. That would b
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00211.html (14,317 bytes)
- 10. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: steve.root@culligan4water.com
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 21:43:45 +0000
- All this talk of self spotting and computers and RBN reminds me of the Abe Simpson quote: "I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was, and now what Im with isnt it. And whats it seems we
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00213.html (7,843 bytes)
- 11. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: <kzerohb@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 15:03:32 -0700
- Excuse me? Have you lost your cotton-pickin mind? If I search and find and work a new station, why in Gods name would I be required to provide YOU, my competitor, with that information? Sounds like a
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00217.html (9,390 bytes)
- 12. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: Robert Chudek - K0RC <k0rc@citlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 16:03:59 -0600
- That concept (every S&P station spots the RUN station) would quickly overload the RBN. Currently there are a limited number of Skimmers feeding into the RBN. The RBN aggregates the spots coming in by
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00220.html (17,660 bytes)
- 13. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 16:29:32 -0600
- or an organized or unorganized group of cheerleaders for one individual for whatever reasons those may be. Self spotting levels the playing field in this regard. We have seen cheerleading from the ge
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00221.html (14,568 bytes)
- 14. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: Juan Hidalgo EA8RM <ea8cac@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:29:14 +0000
- """In CW contests, RBN and private skimmers will automatically pick you up and spot you on the cluster networks, courtesy of W3LPL and others. This is essentially the same as self-spotting because no
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00227.html (10,185 bytes)
- 15. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: "Stephen Bloom" <sbloom@acsalaska.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 18:07:01 -0900
- In contesting and baseball, I'm waaaaay conservative, but ..I gotta give a big thumbs up to this one. I was on for CQWW 160M SSB. As you can imagine, 160M Phone is a tough one from KL7, so wasn't exp
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00230.html (17,393 bytes)
- 16. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 09:50:40 -0500
- To be clear, there is NO universal connection of RBN spots to DX Summit at least. There is the W3LPL robot which does so. But that robot only does that on certain filtered DXCC spots. No idea what th
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00238.html (8,806 bytes)
- 17. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Adams <mda@n1en.org>
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 17:49:56 +0000
- Keep in mind EA8's aren't banned from RBN. It's just that W3LPL doesn't repeat them as classic spots, because they aren't uncommon. A significant amount of email could be generated discussing the pro
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00241.html (11,528 bytes)
- 18. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:07:43 -0800
- I operate both assisted and non-assisted, depending on the contest and my goals. When operating assisted, I use VE7CC's software to filter his cluster to feed me spots from spotting stations in my re
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00244.html (10,128 bytes)
- 19. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 17:42:31 -0600
- Connect to the multitude of other DX clusters such as w0mu-1, VE7CC and many others. There are no EA8 or any other filters on the cluster side. You as a user can filter as much or as little as you wi
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00249.html (12,430 bytes)
- 20. Re: [CQ-Contest] cq self spot (score: 1)
- Author: Juan Hidalgo EA8RM <ea8cac@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 09:29:40 +0000
- Hello Jim and Mike. For dx, multiOP and assisted i always use VE7CC without filters, i really like how it works. What.i really mean it is as LPL and others take spots from RBN and send to the classic
- /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-02/msg00254.html (15,379 bytes)
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