[CQ-Contest] Cheerleading

[somata90924 at mypacks.net]

get rid of all this skimmer crap,,,,,,,,,packets,,,,,,,,,, lets go back to real HAM radio! Ham Radio is an old technology hobby,,,,,keep it a old way to communicate....

w6vnr, zf2ah

-----Original Message-----
>From: Barry N1EU <n1eu.barry at gmail.com>
>Sent: Nov 7, 2011 10:51 AM
>To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Cheerleading
>
>It seemed like the majority of the skimmer/RBN provided callsigns on
>my bandmap were bogus (i.e., the spotted callsign was not running on
>that frequency), despite the efforts to clean up those spots.
>
>So I suspect that many/most folks will keep skimmer spots turned off
>because of this, and there IS a reason to care who gets spotted the
>old fashioned way.
>
>Barry N1EU
>
>On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 11:53 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:
>> Which contest?  Examples?
>>
>> In CW who cares.  There are enough skimmers to find nearly anyone
>> operating on any band.
>>
>> Mike W0MU
>>
>> J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011
>> J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011
>> W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net
>>
>>
>> On 11/6/2011 7:00 AM, Telegraphy.com wrote:
>>> I've been watching DX Summit and see many instances where US stations are spotting other US stations
>>> on a selective basis during Sweepstakes.  This is obviously nothing more than cheerleading and in my
>>> opinion totally unnecessary and frankly unfair.   What's wrong with those who are doing the spotting are
>>> they oblivious or just plain stupid?
>>>
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>>>
>>>
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