[CQ-Contest] All Asian DX and self-spotting

[XV4Y]

Hi Rex,

First, you have skimmers on your corners, but here we don't have that much.
Even in Japan you have not so many skimmers.
When running LP in a contest, it is usual to be unnoticed by NA or EU skimmers because signals are buried in the QRM but to be easily workable by the stations having 3elt Yagis.

Second, skimmers should broadcast their spots to a dedicated network like the RBN. DX Clusters should be kept for human decoded spots.

73,
Yan.
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Le 20 juin 2013 à 21:59, Rex Maner a écrit :

> I have a big question,  HOW do I set up to self spot?  I call CQ and with a
> skimmer on every corner I am spotted as to the freq I'm CQing on .  
> 
> SO how do I change this skimmer output to self spotting?  MAYBE   I just
> call   CQ TEST k7qq ?
> 
> Rex K7QQ 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> XV4Y
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 12:46 AM
> To: CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> Cc: rin JG1VGX
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] All Asian DX and self-spotting
> 
> Hi Rin,
> 
> Thanks for your comment.
> I was planning to write to JARL about this but preferred to have comments
> from the contesters community before.
> I know the guy who was self-spotting and he is a nice fellow so I have no
> problem with him.
> However I'd like to have a clear position from JARL about this...
> 
> 73,
> Yan - XV4Y.
> ---
> Yannick DEVOS - XV4Y
> New online shop for kits and more
> http://xv4y.radioclub.asia/boutique/
> 
> Le 19 juin 2013 à 20:35, rin JG1VGX a écrit :
> 
>> Hi Yannick,
>> 
>> I'm nothing to do with JARL, but our national society is somewhat 
>> mediocre in all those respects.
>> I don't think they intend to be "open" about self-spotting and other 
>> unsportsman-like conducts, but they simply don't know what the problem 
>> is and how to deal with them in the rules.
>> 
>> I suggest you to post your opinion directly to JARL contest committee
>> (mail: contest at  jarl.or.jp) in plain English.
>> I'm sure they would be more than happy to receive those opinions and 
>> will take them seriously.
>> 
>> 73 rin JG1VGX
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:52 PM, XV4Y <xv4y at nature-mekong.com> wrote:
>>> Dear fellow contesters,
>>> 
>>> Yesterday I was using the DX Cluster (DXWatch website) to do some
> statistics and check the best time for propagation.
>>> I found that some participants have been self-spotting.
>>> I had a look in the rules
> (http://www.jarl.or.jp/English/4_Library/A-4-3_Contests/2013AA_rule.htm) and
> it seems there are no expressed rules against self-spotting...
>>> 
>>> Does someone know the exact position of the JARL contest committee on
> this topic ?
>>> I thought self-spotting was not considered as a sign of good manner and
> was banned from all contests.
>>> I am surprised JARL seems "open" to this...
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> Yan.
>>> ---
>>> Yannick DEVOS - XV4Y
>>> http://xv4y.radioclub.asia/
>>> http://www.qslwatch.com/
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 73 de rin JG1VGX
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