> Maybe... I also got a card from VU2-0020,
> interestingly at the exact time VU2BGS answered
> my CQ in 2004. I'm attaching a couple of emails
> from him below. Being a bit skeptical by nature,
> I'd really be more impressed if I knew all SWLs
> actually heard NA DX unassisted, without listening
> to a local station (e.g. VQ9LA, A45XR, 8Q7DV,
> etc) actually making the QSO...or were not simply
> monitoring Packet spots.
I'm sure that goes on. I've received several cards where
the SWL obviously was watching the cluster. Some from
mid-day at the SWL location. It's almost like the WAZ scam
using 18MHz cards.
I never trust a report where the SWL might really be
listening to another local station.
My best SWL report was from 4S7. I knew it was good because
there was no such thing as a cluster back then and I was
working (now sk-)W2EQS.
Anything after the days of clusters is suspect IMO.
73 Tom
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