[CQ-Contest] Getting more SSB spots

[Hans Brakob]

You read my mind, Barry!


73, de Hans, KØHB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™

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From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+kzerohb=gmail.com at contesting.com> on behalf of Barry W2UP <w2up.co at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 6, 2022 10:04:53 AM
To: Steve Lott <lottsphoto at gmail.com>
Cc: Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr at gmail.com>; reflector cq-contest <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Getting more SSB spots

Yes, let's kill off the last vestige of radio, i.e. tuning the band, vs.
clicking the mouse.

Barry W2UP

On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 8:46 AM Steve Lott <lottsphoto at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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