[CQ-Contest] ARRL to allow self-spotting in contests

[John Geiger]

Just don't enter the assisted category and it is business as usual.

On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 11:36 AM Mike VE9AA ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca <
ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> So to be competitive I now have to employ: "..use of online and other
> non-amateur radio
> platforms including but not limited to social media, live video
> streaming, and
> internet chat rooms ..." ?
>
> This is not radio anymore.  I *DO* like the idea of especially QRP & LP
> SSB and antenna or location constrained ops to have the ability to self
> spot...Say, once every 10minutes or something, but this goes waaaaay
> beyond this and makes it a popularity and social media experiment.
> (the RBN already does this automatically for CW and RTTY)
>
> Shame.
>
> Mike VE9AA
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