[CQ-Contest] Self-Spotting

[Doug Smith]

>> There is a local debate regarding use of the PacketCLuster. Looking for some comments.
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>> If the contest rules do not specify, it is acceptable to spot your own call on Packet?
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>> Rick W1TY

Is not self-spotting frowned upon *by the Cluster node operators*?

(if for no other reason, because of the fear that self-spots by not-rare-enough-that-anyone-else-will-spot-them W stations will overwhelm the system 
and slow down delivery of the rare spots the system was built to deliver)

The practice is technically legal in the Tennessee QSO Party.  We hope our entrants have the common sense not to do it.

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Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View, TN  EM66