[CQ-Contest] List of WRTC stations / Results /Overspotting, and its impact

[Joe]

With this thinking,

That means prior to the 80's there would have been no contesting?  
Because there is no spotting?

Joe WB9SBD
On 7/15/2010 10:53 AM, kd4d at comcast.net wrote:
> Good day, Kelly and everyone:
>
> I am concerned about the potential effect of a suggestion "to request the DX
> Cluster operators to kindly employ WRTC filters" on the vast majority of
> participants in the IARU contest.  Relatively few of the callsigns in my IARU
> log are from serious competitors - most are from operators who get on to increase
> country totals, give out a few points, work WRTC competitors, etc..
>
> I think we need to consider the casual operators when discussing proposals like
> disabling the packet cluster system or filtering out WRTC calls.  Without them,
> contesting would wither away...
>
> 73,
>
> Mark, KD4D
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kelly Taylor"<theroadtrip at mts.net>
> To: "Paul O'Kane"<pokane at ei5di.com>, CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:39:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] List of WRTC stations / Results /Overspotting, and  its impact
>
> [...]
>
> Is it not possible, just thinking out loud here, to request the DX Cluster
> operators to kindly employ WRTC filters for the course of IARU?
>
> [...]
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