[CQ-Contest] Spot Filters was: Self-spotting explanation from CQWW blog

[Matt NQ6N]

Very interesting, Pete. I'll definitely check it out and likely use it.

But just for the record, I don't necessarily think that seeing too many
spots is bad for a new ham, it helps to illustrate how propagation works
(and doesn't work). In a sense seeing only workable spots is a pragmatic
thing to do, but it hides the reality that the bands may be hopping
elsewhere in the world.

73,
Matt NQ6N

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net> wrote:

> One very clever approach to this problem is incorporated in the freeware
> Viewprop by ZL2HAM. It lets you set the radius of a circle around your QTH
> so that only spots TO or FROM inside that circle are let through. The idea,
> of course, is to define the circle so that stations inside it have
> propagation similar to yours.  It can he used as "middleware" to filter
> spots going to your logging program, and has a number of useful features
> such as by-band bar charts that let you see at a glance when a given region
> had propagation to your area over the last 24 hours and more.
>
> See ViewProp at yahoogroups.com for info; the installer is in the Yahoo
> group's files section.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Check out the Reverse Beacon Network
> at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now
> spotting RTTY activity worldwide.
> For spots, please use your favorite
> "retail" DX cluster.
>
> On 4/24/2017 5:11 PM, Jukka Klemola wrote:
>
>> Setting spot filters right will help guessing what is the best spot to
>> click.
>>
>> Finding new variables for optimizing the operating efficiency is one of
>> the
>> near-future developments.
>>
>>
>> To see the spot development future, go to slide 25:
>> https://asiakas.kotisivukone.com/files/ohdxf.kotisivukone.co
>> m/contest_station_2020.pdf
>>
>> Contesting software capabilities 2020 on slides 20 through 23.
>>
>>
>> 73,
>> Jukka OH6LI
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2017-04-24 23:51 GMT+03:00 Barry <w2up at comcast.net>:
>>
>> If you are seeing many spots before they are workable, one of those other
>>> skills to which you refer needs more work.  That is, knowing your station
>>> and setting  filters to keep you from wasting time clicking on spots you
>>> can't hear or can't work.
>>>
>>> Barry W2UP
>>>
>>> On 4/24/2017 12:10, Matt NQ6N wrote:
>>>
>>> Spotting makes some of the skills required to contest and work DX less
>>>> useful, but it makes other skills more useful.  <snip>
>>>>
>>>> Also, since most stations see spots before they are workable (before
>>>> propagation has reached their QTH)
>>>> 73,
>>>> Matt NQ6N
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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