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Re: [CQ-Contest] Skimmer/Packet/Internet Spotting Affects Everyone

To: Doug Smith <dougw9wi@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Skimmer/Packet/Internet Spotting Affects Everyone
From: Tom Haavisto <kamham69@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:24:42 -0400
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> - Allow one to request that their call not be spottable.  Upon some means of 
> authentication, G3SXW would be able to request that his DXpedition call
> P5/G3SXW not be spottable.  Someone entering a spot for that call would get a 
> message from the node "this operator has requested not to be spotted"
> (and the spot would be ignored); spots entering the node from the network 
> would be ignored and not passed on to other nodes.
>

Problem is - it is very easy to work around.  Just change the call
slightly, and presto - spotting works again.  In this example, just
change the call to P6/G3SXW, or P5/G4SXW - you get the idea.

Just for good measure, as folks will be "forced" to spot him
incorrectly, not only does he *still* get spotted, he is pretty much
guaranteed to be spotted with a busted call.

Tom - VE3CX
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