[CQ-Contest] Getting more SSB spots

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

With all due respect to all...
One would think that if those who are relying on spots to be posted are less than happy that there aren't enough spots posted... the solution would be to turn the dial, the good-old-fashioned a-boy-and-his-radio way, rather than insist or at least encourage (primarily or solely for this reason) others to post more spots -- whether they wish to or not.
Spotting technology is a nice assist,  a nice additional tool in the arsenal, for those who desire to use it.  But if one is relying on it too much, it stops being a tool and starts becoming a crutch.  IMHO.
73, ron w3wn


-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr at gmail.com>
To: reflector cq-contest <CQ-Contest at Contesting.COM>
Sent: Sun, Mar 6, 2022 10:05 am
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Getting more SSB spots

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

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