[CQ-Contest] Are you a Clueless Cluster Clicker?

[DXer]

Mike,

 > The floor is yours.  Justify your actions!

I don't do this, so nothing to justify from my part. For entertainment 
purposes only. :^)

 > Are you just too lazy

I don't think laziness alone explains it.

 > Are you a Clueless

Getting warmer. Let's use the JX case you mentioned. The software will 
give the entity's name, but how many people could find it on the map? 
Propagation, time of day etc, won't 'register'.

Other crazy theories are:

The cluster has thousands of users, if there was no correction, it must 
be right;

Poor hearing/I can't believe my ears;

Herd mentality;

WFWL;

The list could go on.

Expand this behavior to all other human endeavors, and you could explain 
why the world is SNAFU. But now we're getting off-topic. LOL

73 de Vince, VA3VF

On 2017-03-07 2:37 PM, Mike Tessmer wrote:

> This past weekend I listened to an exasperated S54ZZ on 80m tell caller
> after caller "We've worked before, we've worked before" all because he was
> erroneously spotted as S51ZZ.  He'd give his call....and the guys just kept
> calling.  And when he'd tell them they had already worked they'd just say
> "59 <state>".  VE3DZ/6Y2T (BY2T) and the P40R (PV0R) ops both noted over 500
> dupes in the CW contest - all because of erroneous cluster spots.  The
> erroneous spots are bad enough, but what is worse (pathetic, really) is the
> large number of the regular, high scoring multi-op stations and
> assisted/unlimited stations that feed these piles - guys who have been
> around for a long time, and presumably might have a clue.  Plenty of other
> "calls" made the highlight reel this past weekend:  JX5J (ZX5J), TT3Z
> (TO3Z), FK0N (5K0N), FJ2T (PJ2T)
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> The question is why?  Why do you just blindly pounce on any spot without
> considering whether or not it's likely that is really the call on frequency?
> Are you just too lazy to process that it's unlikely that there would be a
> station QRV in JX, in the middle of winter, with a commanding signal on 15m
> beaming southeast?  Are you just too lazy to question a loud, clear BY on
> 40m, beaming south, when it's high noon in Beijing?  Are you just too lazy
> to question the likelihood of a really loud TT3 station, again beaming
> south/southeast...you know, because there's such a plethora of activity from
> TT that they now issue special prefixes for the ARRL DX contest?
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> Are you a Clueless Cluster Clicker?
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> The floor is yours.  Justify your actions!
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> (Please spare us the lectures on how/why occasional dupes may occur.  That
> is NOT AT ALL what is happening here.)
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> 73, Mike K9NW