[CQ-Contest] Limiting Spotting

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

What would be the point of one spot a day per band?

The issue is that on CW and RTTY you get spotted constantly, 
automatically, most of the time assuming you are being heard by the many 
skimmers across the planet.

Self spotting on SSB would put everyone on the same playing field for 
spotting anyway.  Spotting means more people to work, which in turn 
means more fun for all.  Advertise all you want on Facebook, twitter, 
cluster, youtube, etc. Winning is still going to come down to skill, 
location and equipment.   Imagine actually advertising our contests 
outside the normal media outlets.  Gosh who knows we might actually 
attract more players.   With self spotting you need not worry about 
spotting your friends, being spotted too much, too little, etc.  Spot to 
your hearts content.

The clusters already have dupe prevention in place because of the RBN 
and Skimmers.  That part of the technology is already in place.

Obviously if you never hook up to the web or clusters to get spots this 
really has no effect on you.


W0MU





On 4/18/2017 2:24 PM, Ed Sawyer wrote:
> Many have suggested that self spotting should be allowed and that somehow it
> could be limited to once per new run frequency or some other criteria.
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> If spotting can be limited - why not just limit the spotting of other
> stations to once per band per day.  If the maximum benefit you could get
> from a "friend" is one spot a day per band, then it would not amount to an
> unfair advantage in my opinion.
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> Can spotting be limited?  No idea, I don't spot.
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> Ed  N1UR
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