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

[Tom Osborne]

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Tom W7WHY

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Mike Tessmer <mtessmer at cinci.rr.com> wrote:

> I've read a number contest reports from the recent ARRL DX contests where
> DX
> ops share their annoyance with the large number of dupes - all the result
> of
> erroneous cluster spots.  I've experienced the same in previous DX
> operations.
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> 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
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