The same thing happened to me. I occasionally get a dupe, but at one point,
all of a sudden, I worked 10 or 12 dupes in a row. I finally had to QSY.
Running unassisted, I couldn't tell what was spotted on my frequency, but I
knew it was a busted call.
reply to: K1EP@arrl.net
On Mon, Dec 5, 2022, 23:47 Ron Spencer via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
wrote:
> Re Packet and the contest
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> May not be of interest to everyone.
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> Sat evening around 0010 or so, had been running with a nice rate. Then a
> dupe. And another. And yet another. This continued for around 15 minutes
> until I finally QSY'd to escape.
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> My guess of what happened: someone spotted me but with an incorrect call.
> On all those using packet, a new call popped up. They clicked on it, dumped
> in their call. Typically I work all dupes and, for the first few did but,
> as the volume grew, I replied with their call, mine and "B4". Most went
> away but a few insisted on a Q.
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> In addition to showing how far our hobby has sunk, isn't it the
> responsibility of the calling station to actually copy the call sign? Many
> of the stations that duped me were very recognizable stations. Again,
> guessing, they were running SO2R, clicked on the spot, called and expected
> a quick Q. NEVER bothering to check accuracy of packet spot. Is it a valid
> contact if you don't copy the actual call sign? Even if the call was
> correct on packet. Or are we moving towards letting the computer do most of
> the work?
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> Sure would be interesting if more contests were like the Stew Perry where
> no spotting assistance is allowed. You have to actually copy the
> information...... Yes, I know. A radical idea.
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> Ron
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> N4XD
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