[CQ-Contest] ARRL Cheating in ARRL using the cluster

[Ktfrog007 at aol.com]

Hi,

Does everyone understand what the original post said?  I  didn't at first, 
but what I think he said was:

A DX station puts a  fake spot for, example, 9H1EL (pick any call W/VEs 
would be working in the  ARRL DX) on the clusters and then goes to that 
frequency and calls CQ himself to  run, having attracted people to the fake spot.  
It's an indirect way of  spotting yourself.

I don't think that can possibly be allowed for any  station, Assisted or 
not.
 
BTW, UT is Ukraine.

73,
Kermit
 

Message dated 2/18/2013 5:22:10 P.M. Coordinated Universal Time,  
Cqtestk4xs at aol.com writes:
 
It seems  like a couple of Russian station are cheating using the   cluster.

I operated AB unlimited over the weekend and was checking  spots the whole  
weekend.

As the contest progressed over the  weekend semi rare mults were worth  
QSYing to.  Over a dozen  times as soon as the call appeared on my band map 
 I 
QSYed to it only  to UT0U merrily CQing away.  (There I named a  call!)    
Another U station did the same thing but I forgot to get his   call.  The 
calls 
spotted were semi-rare mults like (9H1 etc), but  rare  enough to attract a 
crowd.  Once would be a coincidence,  but it happened  many times.  Every 
time 
there was no hint of  the station spotted.   Pure out and out cheating!

Did anyone  else see that behavior?  The only way to stop this crap is  to  
put pressure on them.

Bill  K4XS