Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 14:14:00 -0800
Those who are promoting the DX cluster technology and those that are "griping" about it are not the same sets of people. A lot of people would like to "de-promote" the technology. -- Kenneth E. Harke
Use of clusters is in the rules, as a separate category, for those contests that allow spotting. Those that allow spotting also state no self spotting. K1TTT is simplying pointing out suspicous data
KI9A continued: So do I! Don't get confused with my post about power/cluster watching. I appreciate Daves efforts to try & make a dent into cheating exposure, but, I think we, as a contest community,
Boy I guess I'm missing out, Do you guys mean that there is a place where somone will tell me what frequency a DX station is on ??? Quack but the we _______________________________________________ CQ
EI5DI added: I agree with Hans. IMHO the problem is not self-spotting, it's the technology. Self-spotting on packet/cluster is simply the equivalent of calling CQ on the air. Surely it's pointless to
I'm always curious when the suggestion to de-invent packet spotting is made. By what mechanism? By what grace of deity would kolumbus.com give two hoots about our desire to return to the purist's vie
Any it is not 'the clusters' who have stopped providing data, just dxsummit. Below is some data I looked up on a tip from someone who noticed something odd: Spots for d44td spot lookup from a spotte
D44TD was SOSB 14 MHz by IV3TAN, however it still looks interesting. Jim SM2EKM -- David Robbins K1TTT wrote: Interesting that the clusters have stopped providing IP data... Hmmm. Any conspiracy theo
Hi, i'm just come back home from Cape Verde and i'm very surprised to see that there are some "comments" about my operations and about who spotted me on the cluster network. Well! I can tell to the c
It's a sad commentary that circumstances force you to defend your reputation against thinly-investigated public innuendo. Recklessly splashing the reflectors with "I wonder about this guy" jeremiads
Yeah, that one has an easy explanation, some friends apparently traveled with him to help with antennas and such and spotted him. If he had been multi-op and those guys were operators then it would b
delle Conchiglie (EU-130, IIA UD-007) on 26-28 April. ... Alberto, at least I used my own callsign when I spoted 3V8BB twice last year! Congrats the score hoping that it was made with 1.500 W RF. 73
Mario, Interesting. 3V8BB M/S entry broke the self spotting rule last year and didnt get nailed. This year D44TD broke the "number of operators" rule and at the same time the self spotting rule. Cont
Hans, Is it reckless? Sorry I dont see it that way. These are the stated facts. As I see it, facts has just been prestented and no judgement has been done. 1. IV3HAX/IU3X connects to a internet clust
Oh boy!!! Stop. I'm very tired about all this incredible posts. Dear Jim may be you absolutely don't know what means (about the VERY HARD WORK) to have a contest station in Africa or in a different p
K0HB added: It's a sad commentary that circumstances force you to defend your reputation against thinly-investigated public innuendo. Recklessly splashing the reflectors with "I wonder about this guy
As a person who turns up to give away points and also maybe work some DX I must say that the DX Clusters aren't really that useful as I have a weak signal at the moment (the 10kW amplifier and 5 elem
I have to disagree. Spotting helps. I was just playing around in the WW test and it was fun just to click on spots and go work people. Would I have worked them anyway? Maybe. Many of the Carib statio
wanted to. Not for the normal internet user I'm afraid. bet I will be operating! You'll find me in the beer tent - let me know how many stations you worked. I'll pay attention to the DX Cluster durin
On Nov 2, 2004, at 6:45 PM, Stuart Santelmann KC1F wrote: You'd care if you busted your butt assembling your station, and competing and operating ethically, finished #2 in a major category, and #1 wa