[CQ-Contest] Self spotting?

[Chuck Milam, N9KY]

Now if we could just get people to stop using S&P mode in N1MM when they're
actually running, that would be great.  You can always tell it's happening
when you see 25 juicy new ones suddenly pile up on the same spot on the
bandmap.

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Chuck Milam, N9KY
N9KY at arrl.net

On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 6:43 AM, Trent Sampson <vk4ts at outlook.com> wrote:

> It is not self-spotting if you are spotting another station - Maybe us
> down under contesters need to be smarter and spot all our S&P QSOs - it is
> a feature of N1MM
>
> Cheers
>
> Trent VK4TS usually @VK4KW
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Mark
> Sent: Friday, 3 November 2017 1:29 PM
> To: CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Self spotting?
>
> As you may know we have all sorts of issues in this part of the world with
> getting people to turn their beams in a contest.
>
> So if I come across a station calling CQ who clearly cannot hear me, is it
> OK to spot him saying ZL can hear you? Would it make a difference if, being
> in a multi-op, the spot comes from my personal callsign and not the
> multi-op callsign?
>
> My feeling is if the spot doesn't come from the station callsign and
> doesn't mention the station callsign,it can't be considered self spotting
> as the DX station won't know the callsign which wants to work him (although
> he might assume it is the one spotting him).
>
> Thoughts?
>
> 73
> Mark ZL3AB
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