that makes no sense Ed.....if you call CQ, you will get spotted (in CW
and RTTY) and most serious ops will call you....if you call CQ, you will
be one of the "thousands of spots"....
------ Original Message ------
From: "Ed K1EP" <k1ep.list@gmail.com>
To: "John Geiger" <af5cc2@gmail.com>
Cc: "Mike VE9AA ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>; "CQ Contest"
<cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: 2/17/2022 8:05:20 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL to allow self-spotting in contests
You will have to S&P in the non-assisted category, as all the assisted ops
will be chasing all the thousands of spots and not turning the knob to find
you.
reply to: K1EP@arrl.net
On Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 15:36 John Geiger <af5cc2@gmail.com> wrote:
Just don't enter the assisted category and it is business as usual.
On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 11:36 AM Mike VE9AA ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca <
ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> So to be competitive I now have to employ: "..use of online and other
> non-amateur radio
> platforms including but not limited to social media, live video
> streaming, and
> internet chat rooms ..." ?
>
> This is not radio anymore. I *DO* like the idea of especially QRP & LP
> SSB and antenna or location constrained ops to have the ability to self
> spot...Say, once every 10minutes or something, but this goes waaaaay
> beyond this and makes it a popularity and social media experiment.
> (the RBN already does this automatically for CW and RTTY)
>
> Shame.
>
> Mike VE9AA
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