[CQ-Contest] Self spotting

[Paul O'Kane]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tree" <tree at kkn.net>

> I have always felt that self spotting was something that should
> not be allowed...   ... I guess it falls into using non-amateur
> communications for facilitating QSOs.

That's precisely why spotting (of any kind) should not be permitted
in contests.

Self-spotting is merely the equivalent of calling CQ on non-amateur
communications which facilitate contest QSOs.

If we permit spotting networks, then, if only for consistency, we
should permit self-spotting.

73,
Paul EI5DI