[CQ-Contest] Contest Recording

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Unless you are running the new waterfall feature right?  Wouldn't that 
sound like spot jumping?

W0MU


On 1/28/2018 2:36 PM, Ria Jairam wrote:
> I think the value of recordings is more to determine whether
> unassisted ops are using unclaimed assistance. If someone is tuning
> they would sound differently than if they were using spots and jumping
> around. It's hard to detect this with an SDR recording.
>
> Ria
> N2RJ
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 2:22 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:
>> What exactly would a recording of what you received proved?  That they moved
>> into your spot?  It does not prove anything else.  I suspect you are trying
>> to say they were listening on an SDR which may or may not be true.  How
>> could you prove it.    Later it turns out that maybe it was conditions?
>> This is where things get really dicey.
>>
>> Taking over someones spot is part of the game like it or not.  I watched
>> numerous time where East coast stations continued to creep in on me from
>> both sides.  Not much I can do.
>>
>> W0MU
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/28/2018 9:27 AM, Tom Haavisto wrote:
>>> I see there is a (continuing) controversy about contest recording. My
>>> understanding is the for the CQWW at least, the contest is recorded from
>>> several locations around the world by SDR receivers and then shipped to
>>> the
>>> contest committee.
>>>
>>> I was very much in the camp of “Well – if the contest committee wants to
>>> hear what happened on the air, they have the time, date and frequency, as
>>> well as a recording if they want to hear what happened."  Until last night
>>> in the CQ 160 contest, and no, I did not record it.
>>>
>>> A few times, someone got pretty close to me, and in one case, started
>>> CQing
>>> right on top of me. Fair disclosure – I run a KW into a full size
>>> vertical,
>>> and these guys were LOUD.  A few times, I even checked the amp and the
>>> wattmeter to make sure things were working, and I was starting to
>>> seriously
>>> wonder about a few folks...  Once, twice... OK, something odd is going
>>> on...   A few times when I reverted to S&P, I called a few loud guys, and
>>> it took them several tries for them to pull out my call.  This was not
>>> normal.
>>>
>>>
>>> As we all know, 160 is an interesting band and still pulls up a few
>>> surprises now and then.  This being the latest example.  An SDR would not
>>> have captured what I experienced - the only way to capture this would be a
>>> personal recording.
>>>
>>> Just food for thought.
>>>
>>>
>>> Tom - VE3CX
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