[CQ-Contest] Assisted - still trying to get it right

[steve.root at culligan4water.com]

Tree said:

"There are other indicators - like what is the frequency profile of the 
QSOs. For example, if the frequencies are jumping around instead of 
monotonic - it could be an indicator that something is up."
Let's be very careful here. Last weekend I didn't "first call' very many stations with the second radio. I would make note of where they were and come back when propagation was more favorable. I'd hop all over the place calling these guys. How would this be distinguishable from a spot chaser jumping all over a band? In addition, I live in Minnesota. The DX I can hear is going to be spotted, and spotted often. There's a very good chance that I am going to work a station near the time it gets spotted. How can you prove that I was using the Cluster? Or more importantly, how could I possibly prove I wasn't? These "indicators" have to take into account operating styles as well as QTH.
73 Steve K0SR