[CQ-Contest] Don't forget to spot in CQWW SSB

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Why would you be "better off" just "leaving the cluster disconnected 
altogether"?  Seems to me that for the other 50,000 or so participants 
who aren't in it to win, spotting is a real benefit.  After all, WAC, 
DXCC, WAZ, etc. don't care if you're assisted or not.

73, Pete N4ZR
Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network
web server at<http://beta.reversebeacon.net>.
For spots, please use your favorite
"retail" DX cluster.

On 10/28/2021 6:14 PM, John Dorr wrote:
> Pete,
>
> That’s not what I said (or meant). I clearly said that sending spots 
> does not make you assisted. However, it’s my added suggestion that if 
> you’re going to enter as an unassisted entry you may be better off 
> just leaving the cluster disconnected altogether. The rules don’t 
> require this, of course, but it’s a practice I’ve always used.
>
> There are some purists that take this even further by having no 
> Internet connection at all in the shack when unassisted.
>
> 73, John, K1AR
>
>
> **Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 28, 2021, at 5:15 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> John, I don't understand this - are you saying that someone might try 
>> to argue that simply being connected to a DX cluster must mean you're 
>> assisted?  Strikes me as pretty slim reasoning for such advice, and I 
>> hope that people will ignore it.
>>
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>> Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network
>> web server at<http://beta.reversebeacon.net>.
>> For spots, please use your favorite
>> "retail" DX cluster.
>> On 10/28/2021 4:54 PM, John Dorr wrote:
>>> The CQWW rules allow for outbound spotting as an unassisted entry. 
>>> However, my advice is that if you are unassisted to avoid any use of 
>>> the cluster. You’re only inviting the possibility of unintended 
>>> access (or worse).
>>>
>>> 73, John, K1AR
>>>
>>>
>>> **Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On Oct 28, 2021, at 3:15 PM, AB1J via CQ-Contest 
>>>> <cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> What's the rule for spotting if you are Unassisted?
>>>>
>>>> Be careful about using the Automatically Spot New S&P QSOs 
>>>> feature.  It's not unusual for me to make a mistake, mistype the 
>>>> call or just be deaf.  I always double check the call I've S&Ped, 
>>>> sometimes after I've worked them.  When I'm sure, I'll spot them 
>>>> manually.
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>> Ken, AB1J
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr at gmail.com>
>>>> To: reflector cq-contest <CQ-Contest at Contesting.COM>
>>>> Sent: Thu, Oct 28, 2021 3:50 pm
>>>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Don't forget to spot in CQWW SSB
>>>>
>>>> We have all gotten a little spoiled on CW with the RBN, whose 170+ 
>>>> nodes
>>>> spot everything.  Just a reminder, then - Fort Meade has not yet
>>>> released an SSB Skimmer, and until they do (write your Congressperson
>>>> and ask!) those of us operating Assisted will need human help.
>>>>
>>>> If you run N1MM Logger, you can turn on
>>>> on the Config menu in the Entry Window, and your machine will
>>>> automatically spot all the QSOs you log which do not duplicate a spot
>>>> (from anyone) within the last 10 minutes. Just remember that this
>>>> option is not "sticky", so you need to select it again each time you
>>>> restart N1MM Logger.
>>>>
>>>> I'm sure the other popular loggers have something similar.  Please 
>>>> use it!
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>>> Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network
>>>> web server at<http://beta.reversebeacon.net>.
>>>> For spots, please use your favorite
>>>> "retail" DX cluster.
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