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Re: [CQ-Contest] Spot Filters was: Self-spotting explanation from CQWW b

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Spot Filters was: Self-spotting explanation from CQWW blog
From: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: k9yc@arrl.net
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:02:24 -0700
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I strongly agree. I set my filter to see spots from W of the Rockies, including VE, KL7, and KH6, and to see spots from W3LPL. Why? Because I want to see spots for stations in my skip zone, so I don't get NILs when someone I think is working me is really working someone else on my frequency. :) Yes, a good op can usually tell from timing, but not always.

73, Jim K9YC

On Tue,4/25/2017 1:11 PM, Matt NQ6N wrote:
But just for the record, I don't necessarily think that seeing too many
spots is bad for a new ham, it helps to illustrate how propagation works
(and doesn't work). In a sense seeing only workable spots is a pragmatic
thing to do, but it hides the reality that the bands may be hopping
elsewhere in the world.


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