(ARRL 10-Meter Contest, Single-op, CW only, high power from Tennessee)
Presented for what little it's worth... A couple of times there were little
"bubbles" of rate. I got really curious as to whether they were the result
of being spotted on packet. So, after the contest I looked myself up in the
archive on DX Summit. Found myself 20 times, and put together the following
table:
Time: time I was spotted
Spotter:who spotted me
Hr: QSOs in the hour centered on the spot (0040-0140z for first spot)
10Q: QSOs/hr for five QSOs preceding and following spot
Post: QSOs/hr for ten QSOs following spot
Next: Next five stations worked after spot
Time Spotter Hr 10Q Post Next stations worked
====================================================================================
130110 N4GN 7 9 12 N4KN N7DLS K5MA W0SD ZL1ALZ
130250 ZL3GA 11 13 12 ZL3GA W0VD W5VX KE5C ZL/W3SE
131134 N4GN 13 32 42 K3CR K3ZO K1SE W1RM VA3EC
131538 N5MT 54 65 72 KD5TFD W7SE K8BL W7KW VY2TT
131631 AD6WL 61 40 42 K4GKD N6ZI W0YK W6CWM WA5RNV
131715 K6OWL 84 83 96 K6OWL K6OQ KB7Q W7OM WA6FGV
131724 ND5S 71 90 66 ND5S KF7AJ K2LE N9CK W4MA
131857 KB0VVT 83 180 120 W5EKF N7OG KS0M KB7N K0LUZ
132004 AD6E 50 55 66 N3FR K1DW WU8Q W6KC ZL1BYZ
132134 RL3A 30 50 42 WA6OEC K4JLD VE6YC OH3RR N7JB
132136 WA6OEC 34 47 54 K4JLD VE6YC OH3RR N7JB KJ6C
140401 K1TTT 30 39 54 N4FNG WO2E N2RI VE2CU W8FJ
140426 AA1K 31 26 12 W1AMF KD1OG WS4G K3ZO K5LH
141438 ND5S 79 80 84 WB2Y AA3YV KE4VV VE3XAT K8OQL
141453 W6YX 77 98 72 WB0KGN KD2HE N5ZU K8OOK W2GD
141524 N6EE 87 75 96 NF6S N3ZD KU3G W4AU K4JLD
141807 W6YX 38 21 36 W6SZG KK1L RW1ZA K6RG N6TU
141846 AD6E 27 36 6 K6RFM K8MP JA6WFM/HI8 K7BG
KH7U
142015 YL2KA 33 27 12 VE6EZ N9AZZ ZF2NT N5XM VA7MM
142103 YL2KA 34 48 48 LA5LJA SM5E KN6DQ W7RGL N4TN
I find it interesting that in six of the 20 cases, my rate actually *dropped*
after being spotted.
Another strange thing... was that of the 11 spots posted the 13th UTC, in
nine cases I worked the spotter within five QSOs either side of the spot.
(the exception were both spots by N4GN, who I'd worked S&P 40 minutes before
he spotted me) Of the nine spots posted the 14th, in only *one* case (AA1K)
did I work the spotter within five QSOs of the spot. K1TTT, N6EE, and YL2KA
I didn't work at all. (was YL2KA the op at YL0A?)
Note the absence of TCG members on the list of spotters - no worries about
packet ethics around here<grin>!
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com
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