[CQ-Contest] When do we spot? Should it be required?

[Ktfrog007 at aol.com]

By whose definition is the cluster a "DX" cluster?
 
It's just a spotting cluster to let you know who's on.  Anyone.   Anywhere. 
 Right now.  This frequency.
 
73,
Ken, AB1J
 
 
In a message dated 2015-10-28 4:08:24 P.M. Coordinated Universal Tim,  
pd2r.maarten at gmail.com writes:

- The DX  cluster essentially is for spotting DX. But what is the definition
of DX?  What "DX" means to you might be very different then what "DX" means
to me.  If I look at the cluster right now it seems to me that it no longer
is a  proper "DX" cluster. If self spotting was allowed, will it still be a
DX  cluster? Not really but that could be overcome by setting certain
filters,  for instance blocking self  spots.