[CQ-Contest] cqww cw spotting report

[K1TTT]

N1mm has logic that prevents automatic spotting when the call is already in
the bandmap.  Many cluster nodes also have filters that remove dupes within
some time period, typically 10-15 minutes, and some frequency range, maybe
200-300hz on cw.


David Robbins K1TTT
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AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe [mailto:nss at mwt.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 15:28
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] cqww cw spotting report
> 
> I am new to all this spotting stuff.
> 
> But when someone is running a freq, say as the below example, LZ9W. and
> someone K9XYZ comes and works him, and his program is set to spot all
> S&P contacts,  doesn't then LZ9W get spotted every time someone works
> him?  I mean that would be several spottings a minute.
> 
> So,  Why would anyone need to have a cheerleader pushing them?
> 
> Can say in N1MM  can the spotting system be set up to show the spots,
> but when the person works the spot it is not spotted to the system?  To
> lower the level of spots sent to the system?
> 
> Just wondering,,
> 
> Old school contester here
> 
> 
> Paper logs and dupe sheets and no clusters or anything like that so
> just trying to learn the 20th century stuff.
> 
> Joe WB9SBD
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> On 12/2/2010 6:50 AM, wally wrote:
> > Hi David,
> >
> > For some reason, LZ2NP knows himself only, he was spotting LZ9W on one
> and
> > the same frequency each two minutes sending 6 - 7 spots at once. We
> waited
> > for a while ,if he would stop this by his own. After few hours we
> realised
> > guy does not have intention to stop, so we found his tel. no. and we
> told him
> > to stop all that nonsense. After our phone talk there were no more spots
> for
> > LZ9W by LZ2NP.
> >
> > OK4PA thought may be he is helping his friend OK1FDR, who was part of
> LZ9W
> > team in CQWW CW, by spotting LZ9W so often ?
> >
> > LZ2UZ and LZ3SM were spotting other stations as well as LZ9W, although
> as I
> > see percentage for LZ9W is quite high taking under consideration their
> total
> > no. of spots.
> >
> > I hope you understand that we can not control the guys who want to make
> spots
> > and all these spots were not made under the order of LZ9W team !
> >
> > If you follow the spotting reports from previous years such situation
> never
> > happened before and we DID NOT encourage such behavior ourselves !!!
> >
> > We for sure will have a serious talk with LZ2UZ and LZ3SM and we'll take
> care
> > these guys behave themselves normally next time.
> >
> > We can not keep under control actions of OK4PA.
> >
> > 73, de Wally LZ2CJ
> > on behalf of LZ9W contest team
> >
> > spotter	dx		Spots	total	Pct
> > LZ2NP		LZ9W		34	34	100
> > UA3TT		RT3T		30	49	61
> > HA3MM		HG3DX		22	23	95
> > UA9JJA	RT9J		16	16	100
> > RD3DM		RC3F		15	15	100
> > Z33T		Z35T		14	15	93
> > 7Z1MO		HZ1DG		13	13	100
> > LZ2UZ		LZ9W		12	16	75
> > LZ3SM		LZ9W		12	21	57
> > UA9URZ	DM3MM		12	12	100
> > WX3B		W3LPL		12	22	54
> > EC1KR		EA2EA		12	140	8
> > PY2UO		PY2UO		11	11	100
> > HA3A		HA9RT		11	11	100
> > VA3CDX	FS/K9EL	10	14	71
> > YV5JF		ZL8X		10	25	40
> > HA2QW		HG1Z		10	12	83
> > IZ1GCZ	IR1C		10	13	76
> > OK4PA		LZ9W		9	34	26
> >
> > Looks like lz9w had a real cheering section in lz2np, lz2uz, lz3sm, and
> > ok4pa.
> >
> >
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