This just appeared on CQ WW http://cqww.com/blog/cqww-2016-ssb-self-spotting-and-entrant-audio-recording s/ . I know the intimate details of two situations from the last CQWW where genuine friends, u
Hi Rich: I do not agree that forcing everyone who wants to compete onto the internet ("nail in the coffin for the single operator categories") is the right answer - I think we should retain single-op
I agree 100% with Rich's assessment, comments and suggestions. I, too, have suggested that self-spotting be allowed, subject to conditions on how often, and under what circumstances. The resistance I
Mark: Don't get me wrong, I'm in favor of keeping the single-op category, always have been. But prohibiting self-spotting in single-op unassisted means these enforcement issues will continue to hound
Hi Rich, always have been. Single-op is the heart and soul of ham radio and contesting. I cannot imagine it being discarded. enforcement issues will continue to hound us If a participant chooses sing
Just because you have internet connectivity does not mean you are using it to receive spots. There are commands on every DX cluster for disabling receipt of spots. For example, on an AR-node, "set/dx
Mark, We have anything goes now. Whatever goes. If you have the money build the biggest station in the world and compete against people with dipoles and single radios who are on limited incomes or th
I also agree with Rich's comments and suggestion. The first issue is that CQ needs to define what exactly a FRIEND is. Why are you telling me what my friends can do. I have no control over other peop
And my point is that single operator categories should not be played on the internet. Otherwise, as Rick observed, the final nail is in the coffin. We have to accept some possibility of undetected ch
It is indeed time for some rules changes. You cannot be DQing people for the actions of others that we have no control over. If you have proof of collusion or cooperation great. To tell me you can DQ
And I don't know if N1MM or the other Windows contest loggers offers it, but CT offered the ability to send spots without receiving them. Barry W2UP On 4/17/2017 09:10, Steve London wrote: Just becau
Besides the sun making a huge amount of noise.. or lack of.. how about making a whole lot less noise, an entirely blanket shutdown, during every major contest of the entire spotting network and RBN..
I think the best solution is to allow self-spotting without conditions for all "assisted' categories. I agree with Mike that it's impossible to control any station from being spotted by another stati
Hi Kelly, My message was not clear on what I was commenting. I meant the act of self-spotting, not skimmer. Although skimmer could be considered 'passive' self-spotting, I guess. If you are unassiste
Not quite: you have no control over whether someone unrelated to your operation (or on CW, Skimmer) spots you, so your being spotted in that way doesn't affect your unassisted status. If it were oth
Hi Vince, Very simple: unassisted means you can't receive spots, not that you can't send them. Self-spotting restrictions aren't limited to unassisted, they apply to all. 73, kelly, ve4xt Sent from m
Because it would never happen. There is no one button to push and I guarantee you that people would use slack, Facebook and other means. Spotting is out of the bag. It has been since the 80's. Maybe
So, if I want to get WX1XXX disqualified, I can just spot him a whole bunch of times? Seems like a bad way to go. And, before you say that I will also be DQ'd, I can do it from my phone, my local lib
N1MM allows spotting while in S&P mode. This works great until you forget to switch over and then you end up spotting all the people you are working on your run frequency. I did this by accident a co
OK. That's enough. There was apparent evidence of off-air communication with VE3XIN and T48K in approximately 60 suspicious spots of T48K. To confirm this and other claims of innocence, SDR recording