Phil,
If you don't recall sending anything, I doubt you did. It would be hard to
spot yourself in WL without you actually typing in your own callsign
somewhere. I think Doug is correct; another example of malicious behavior.
73, George .. W1ZT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Cooper" <pcooper@guernsey.net>
To: "Writelog" <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 2:08 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] Odd packet cluster spot!
> Hi all,
>
> In WAEDC RTTY this weekend, I saw a spot for me, but it showed that I had
> sent it!
>
> At the time, I was busy with a pile-up on 40m, and was logging stations at
a
> very high rate, so wouldn't have had time to spot myself in any case!
> I am of the opinion that that is bad practice, and would not intentionally
> do it.
>
> So, my question is: Is there a way of sending a packet spot WITHOUT using
> Alt-F3?
> Could I have hit a combination of Alt-something, or Ctrl-something?
>
> I could well have hit something else, although the rate at which I was
> logging Q's meant it would have had to have halted the progress of that,
and
> I was not aware of anything like that.
>
> Oddly, the spot came out as 70322.0 (note the position of the decimal
> point!) when I was on 7032.25, and it showed as me sending the spot!
>
> I have to say that it didn't help at all, as the pile was enormous as it
> was!
>
> Any thoughts?????????
>
> 73 de Phil GU0SUP
>
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