[CQ-Contest] Spoofed Spots

[Jack Brindle]

I _was_ there, very active in the creation of packet radio and its uses. There is a reason the software system was named “DX Cluster”.
We carried a lot of DX Cluster packets on the GRAPES 56K network between 1985 and 1990.

73,
Jack, W6FB


> On Dec 5, 2021, at 6:43 PM, Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> 
> On 12/5/2021 2:39 PM, Jack Brindle via CQ-Contest wrote:
>> Isn’t that the way it is supposed to be? Remember, the spotting system was created so that hams could alert other hams as to the availability of DX or other “special”  stations. We contesters discovered that it was an effective way to do the same during contests.
> 
> I wasn't active at the time, but I've been told on good authority that the spotting network was developed BY the contesting community, not the DX community.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
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