[CQ-Contest] ARRL to allow self-spotting in contests = NO DRAMA

[Richard F DiDonna NN3W]

No, it means that you can solicit spots off the air.  You now need a social
media director to broadcast your spots on:
Reddit
qrz.com
Facebook
Twitter
cq-contest
eham
packet
instagram
pornhub

etc.

The entire concept of not soliciting contacts by non-amateur means is now
-gone-

73 Rich NN3W

On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 3:37 PM Steve Dyer W1SRD via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:

> Despite all the wailing and hair pulling on the list (and plenty more to
> come), I see this as largely equivalent to SSB RBN without the RBN
> aggregation as the feed.
> It was predicted RBN would be the end of all things good in contesting
> and it just didn't work out that way.
> The biggest difference is RBN spots can be filtered out of the spot
> stream by the user at the node level since RBN spots are tagged.
> Time to get creative.
> 73,
> Steve
> W1SRD
>
> > Wow that is quite a rule change! I have always enjoyed the randomness of
> not
> > knowing what rare station will call next or where and when I will be
> > spotted. W2RE did not display his 20m operating frequency while live
> > streaming so this is very different. I sure that computer literate people
> > could have programs that regularly self spot. This could easily get out
> of
> > hand. Too bad there is no SSB RBN!
> >
> > John KK9A
> >
> >
> >
> > Randy Thompson k5zd wrote:
> >
> > >From the ARRL Contest Update today:
> >
> > "New Rules in effect for all ARRL HF Contests in June
> > Starting with the ARRL International Digital Contest, in all categories
> that
> > allow assistance (Unlimited), the use of online and other non-amateur
> radio
> > platforms including but not limited to social media, live video
> streaming,
> > and internet chat rooms will be allowed. In all Unlimited and
> Multioperator
> > categories, the prohibition of self-spotting, and asking another station
> to
> > spot you, will also be removed."
> >
> > Wow.  It was one thing for the VHF contests to allow use of chat rooms
> and
> > telephone calls, now this is extended to all HF contests. It should be
> > interesting to see what unintended consequences result from allowing
> > multi-ops and assisted competitors to spot themselves. You could spot
> > yourself with every CQ if you wanted to. Or you can call people on the
> phone
> > and ask them to get on the air. Or send out email reminders to work you
> > during the contest.
> >
> > It is likely to have the most impact on SSB to produce spotting equal to
> > what the RBN does for CW and RTTY.
> >
> > For an organization that has always been so timid and conservative on
> rule
> > changes, the ARRL seems to have sprung this one without much consultation
> > with the contest community.  I assume it is in reaction to the W2RE
> incident
> > several years ago in ARRL DX where he used live streaming on Facebook
> during
> > the contest.
> >
> >
> > Randy K5ZD
> >
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