[CQ-Contest] T42K and VE3XIN

Barry w2up at comcast.net
Tue Apr 18 17:25:21 EDT 2017


Careful, Ed.  it may be against the rules to ask not to be spotted :-)

Barry W2UP

On 4/17/2017 18:01, Ed Sawyer wrote:
> Why VE3XIN decided to "super spot" T42K for CQ WW SSB is not obvious.  But
> what is obvious is how over the top it was.  VE3XIN is a high volume spotter
> making over 1000 spots in a 6 month period.  For CQ WW SSB last October, he
> made 85 spots over a 17 hour operating period.  64 of them were for T42K.
> Including stating who the operator was on numerous occasions.
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> He made over 100 spots per contest in WPX SSB and ARRL DX SSB yet never made
> more than a few (less than 5) for any one station.
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> The lesson learned for me is to check spots after a contest in case I have
> been the unwanted recipient of an unfair advantage.  If so, my actions would
> be to submit a check log for that contest and ask the person to stop in the
> future.
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> Not asking to be spotted (already a clear violation) might be a good idea as
> well.
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> Ed  N1UR
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