I think the value of recordings is more to determine whether
unassisted ops are using unclaimed assistance. If someone is tuning
they would sound differently than if they were using spots and jumping
around. It's hard to detect this with an SDR recording.
Ria
N2RJ
On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 2:22 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com> wrote:
> What exactly would a recording of what you received proved? That they moved
> into your spot? It does not prove anything else. I suspect you are trying
> to say they were listening on an SDR which may or may not be true. How
> could you prove it. Later it turns out that maybe it was conditions?
> This is where things get really dicey.
>
> Taking over someones spot is part of the game like it or not. I watched
> numerous time where East coast stations continued to creep in on me from
> both sides. Not much I can do.
>
> W0MU
>
>
>
> On 1/28/2018 9:27 AM, Tom Haavisto wrote:
>>
>> I see there is a (continuing) controversy about contest recording. My
>> understanding is the for the CQWW at least, the contest is recorded from
>> several locations around the world by SDR receivers and then shipped to
>> the
>> contest committee.
>>
>> I was very much in the camp of “Well – if the contest committee wants to
>> hear what happened on the air, they have the time, date and frequency, as
>> well as a recording if they want to hear what happened." Until last night
>> in the CQ 160 contest, and no, I did not record it.
>>
>> A few times, someone got pretty close to me, and in one case, started
>> CQing
>> right on top of me. Fair disclosure – I run a KW into a full size
>> vertical,
>> and these guys were LOUD. A few times, I even checked the amp and the
>> wattmeter to make sure things were working, and I was starting to
>> seriously
>> wonder about a few folks... Once, twice... OK, something odd is going
>> on... A few times when I reverted to S&P, I called a few loud guys, and
>> it took them several tries for them to pull out my call. This was not
>> normal.
>>
>>
>> As we all know, 160 is an interesting band and still pulls up a few
>> surprises now and then. This being the latest example. An SDR would not
>> have captured what I experienced - the only way to capture this would be a
>> personal recording.
>>
>> Just food for thought.
>>
>>
>> Tom - VE3CX
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