[CQ-Contest] Skimmer/Packet/Internet Spotting Affects Everyone
Tom Haavisto
kamham69 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 19 10:24:42 PDT 2010
> - Allow one to request that their call not be spottable. Upon some means of authentication, G3SXW would be able to request that his DXpedition call
> P5/G3SXW not be spottable. Someone entering a spot for that call would get a message from the node "this operator has requested not to be spotted"
> (and the spot would be ignored); spots entering the node from the network would be ignored and not passed on to other nodes.
>
Problem is - it is very easy to work around. Just change the call
slightly, and presto - spotting works again. In this example, just
change the call to P6/G3SXW, or P5/G4SXW - you get the idea.
Just for good measure, as folks will be "forced" to spot him
incorrectly, not only does he *still* get spotted, he is pretty much
guaranteed to be spotted with a busted call.
Tom - VE3CX
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