[CQ-Contest] [Bulk] To spot or not to spot

[Bill Coleman]

On Nov 8, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Richard Zalewski wrote:

> This may be a two edged sword question.  If you run assisted do you spot
> your S&P Q's?  From an ethical point I have always spotted my S&P Q's when
> running in that class.  However I have noticed that some of the bigger
> assisted stations do not spot or reciprocate.  Is that a strategical issue?

When I've operated at the NQ4I M/M, we always took the position that we were getting a lot from the DX cluster, so we ought to be giving back as well. I typically ran on "mult" position instead of a "run" position, and so would tend to spot what I found during S & P. As a general rule, I wouldn't spot anything that had previously been spotted in the last 5-10 minutes.


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