[CQ-Contest] Spotting - not

[Matt Murphy]

I think RBN was very bogged down on Saturday night. Spots were taking 30+
minutes to appear.

73,
Matt NQ6N

On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 8:20 PM Gerry Hull <gerry at yccc.org> wrote:

> KE1J was very active from K2LE in Vermont.
>
> In CW contesting, the need to spot has virtually been eliminated by the
> RBN.
>
> In fact, if you are not looking at RBN spots, you are at a disadvantage.
>
> This has a detrimental effect on SSB, as it is not automated.
>
> However, for Assisted operating in the real world, RBN is here to stay.
>
> RBN hurt us at VY1AAA, as we were not manually spotted much, and prop,
> especially in Europe, was not so
> hot, so we were not picked up by RBN.
>
> The is game in CW contesting now.
>
> 73, Gerry W1VE
> One of the VY1AAA Gang
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 8:04 PM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Apparently, no one wants to spot any more.  They think that everyone is
> > using skimmer so what's the point?  I decided to make some notes this
> time
> > in ARRL DX.
> >
> >
> >
> > -          When did I start CQing on 80, 40, 20, 15?
> >
> > -          When did I get spotted?
> >
> > -          Did I notice any big burst of calls?
> >
> >
> >
> > I compared those notes with a look at the DX Summit to see how the spots
> > compared.
> >
> >
> >
> > Keep in mind that I was likely the ONLY Vermont station CQing for many if
> > not most of the time.
> >
> >
> >
> > I found that in MANY cases - I was running for more than an hour, in some
> > cases, close to 2 hours! Before being spotted.  Worked 100 - 300 stations
> > before being spotted.
> >
> >
> >
> > I also had a very direct correlation of a noticeable burst of activity
> when
> > spotted.  That means that there was a noticeable group of people not
> using
> > skimmer that were assisted.  Why don't those people spot?
> >
> >
> >
> > If you run assisted, what is your comment?
> >
> >
> >
> > 73
> >
> >
> >
> > Ed  N1UR
> >
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