Very interesting, Jamie.
According to a QRZ search this morning, the first two spots:
> K4FWC 21246.5 YP3A YO1828 02 Mar 2002
> K7LPK 21246.5 YP3A vy gud sig YO1844 02 Mar 2002
are bogus calls, not even issued!
So, I would say you have something here.
73,
Gerry, W1VE
> During the recent dustup over spotting, I decided to search the DX summit
> database
> for my call - just to see what might be on there. I am not an active
> spotter - one time
> I sent in a spot after working some DX, mainly just to see my call pop up on
> the screen.
>
> When I searched for NS3T, I found a second spot which was listed as if I
> submitted it
> during the ARRL DX SSB contest - the contact was with YP3A.
>
> I got curious and decided to check out the spots involving YP3A from that
> contest.
> It is somewhat revealing.
>
> There were forty unique calls involved with YP3A spots. All showed YP3A as
> the DX.
>
> I checked every single call in the same spot database to see if these
> stations posted
> spots on a regular basis - and half did so - familiar calls like W3LPL,
> K1AR, W4MYA.
> All seemed fine there. There was one cheerleader (N2GM) who spotted
> YP3A a bunch of times - in each case on 15 meters...but that did not
> interest me.
>
> Remember, what got me into this was that my call (NS3T) was listed as
> posting YP3A.
> 14 of the 40 spots for YP3A (35%) were by stations that had no spots during
> 2002, and
> some of them had never posted a spot at all.
>
> This is the list:
>
> K4FWC 21246.5 YP3A YO1828 02 Mar 2002
> K7LPK 21246.5 YP3A vy gud sig YO1844 02 Mar 2002
> NS3T 21246.5 YP3A YO2010 02 Mar
> 2002
> KJ7UO 21246.5 YP3A YO2050 02 Mar
> 2002
> K1QK 21246.5 YP3A YO2052 02 Mar
> 2002
> W1AMJ 21246.5 YP3A YO2100 02 Mar 2002
> W4IMF 21246.5 YP3A YO2106 02 Mar 2002
> W3ARS 21246.5 YP3A YO2126 02 Mar 2002
> W0GHZ 21246.5 YP3A YO2130 02 Mar 2002
> N1BFF 21246.5 YP3A YO2136 02 Mar
> 2002
> K2EVY 21246.5 YP3A YO2144 02 Mar 2002
> KA9ZLR 21246.5 YP3A YO2238 02 Mar 2002
> KG4GNO 21246.5 YP3A YO2256 02 Mar 2002
>
>
> Like I said - for all of these stations, this was their ONLY spot of the
> entire
> contest on the DX Summit database and for seven, the ONLY spots involving
> their
> calls for all of 2001 & 2002.
>
> What's more interesting is that each spot is on the same frequency over a
> several hour period. Others did spot YP3A during this time - a couple had a
> slightly
> different frequency posted.
>
> What does it mean?
>
> Does it mean that someone at YP3A was posting spots, under the guise of
> someone else's call in the US? I am hesitant to accuse anyone of
> wrongdoing.
>
> Maybe some of these US stations made only one spot in the contest and
> it happened to be YP3A.
>
> All I know is, I did not spot YP3A - but someone submitted a spot under
> my call....and the evidence shows I might not have been the only one.
>
> Any thoughts from the contest community?
>
> Jamie NS3T
>
>
>
>
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