[CQ-Contest] Self-spotting explanation from CQWW blog

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Because it would never happen.  There is no one button to push and I 
guarantee you that people would use slack, Facebook and other means.  
Spotting is out of the bag.  It has been since the 80's.  Maybe we 
should just figure out that the what used to be will never be again.


W0MU


On 4/17/2017 12:38 PM, Dale Putnam wrote:
>
> Besides the sun making a huge amount of noise.. or lack of.. how about 
> making a whole lot less noise, an entirely blanket shutdown, during every
>
> major contest of the entire spotting network and RBN... all of it. 
> shut off. no connects.
>
> wow.. think about it.. we would actually have to tune the radio, find 
> the station, decode the station, use our brains, and fingers... enter 
> the callsign AND the exchange.. unless using the auto full feature, 
> that must be noted in the log, and tuning the radio again..  WOW 
> again.. THINK.. it would actually level the playing field for the 
> internet ... and that.. alone.. would make a whole lot less noise on 
> this reflector about cheating with the internet or not.. or may be or 
> sorta, coulda, shoulda, did, didn't.. or ....??
>
>   Pretty much put it back where it should be.
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>
> Have a great day,
> --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy
>
> "Actions speak louder than words"
> 1856 - Abraham Lincoln
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