[CQ-Contest] Getting more SSB spots

[Steve Lott]

Pete

I agree we should thank each other for each QSO
By immediately spotting the run stations we work

Steve
KG5VK

On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 9:05 AM Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Some of you may have read my post about using this weekend's ARRL DX
> contest to try for more countries on 160.  Well, the contest on that
> band is effectively over, and the results are in.  I used Spot Collector
> to give only 160-meter spots this weekend, and since Friday
> night/Saturday morning I've received precisely 5, of which only one was
> DX .  This phenomenon, unfortunately, is precisely what leads to stupid
> rule changes like ARRL's "self-spotting" idea.
>
> It's sad, too, because something more than half of contesters use N1MM
> Logger+, which has a convenient, zero-effort way to fix this.  On the
> Config menu in the Entry window, N1MM has the option to "automatically
> spot all new S&P QSOs".  If you check this option, you will spot every
> S&P QSO you make, where the station has not been spotted within the last
> 10 minutes on the same band and mode. Imagine what a huge difference
> this would make if even half of N1MM users turned it on.
>
> 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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