[CQ-Contest] Is Self Spotting now allowed in ARRL tests?
Pete Smith N4ZR
pete.n4zr at gmail.com
Wed Nov 23 11:50:12 EST 2022
Given the confusion about self-spotting before the contest, it doesn't
surprise me that relatively few people took advantage of the rule
change. Just wait....
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 11/23/2022 10:53 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
> Pete N4ZR writes:
>
> > The difference is that if highly competitive single ops can self-spot,
> > they will do so after every QSO, not every 10 minutes. They are
> > motivating those people to clog up the packet cluster network in ways
> > that will make the RBN seem almost trivial.
>
> Pete, it wasn't until Sunday morning in SS that I began keeping a log
> of the cluster traffic to look just for self spots. I see 95
> self-spots by 22 SS participants in the last 11.5 hours of SS SSB,
> which amounts to less than 9 per hour.
>
> I'm honestly surprised it's so low. Elsewhere in the thread I've
> already shown how W5OV of the ARRL corrected my misreading of the text
> of the actual SS rules, so maybe the language wasn't so clear to
> others either. I'm gonna have to get some law dictionaries or something.
>
> Self spots in the last 11.5 hours are below.
>
> Tim N3QE
>
> DX de K6OK: 21384.0 K6OK 1534Z
> DX de W7RN: 14229.5 W7RN NV 1540Z DM09
> DX de K1KD: 14322.4 K1KD MN 1542Z EN34
> DX de W7RN: 14228.6 W7RN NV 1544Z DM09
> DX de W0UC: 7187.3 W0UC 1548Z EN35
> DX de N0UR: 21427.1 N0UR USB 1550Z EN03
> DX de N3OC: 21274.5 N3OC 1551Z FM19
> DX de W0UC: 21272.1 W0UC 1557Z EN35
> DX de NI0K: 21367.5 NI0K 1604Z EN27
> DX de W7RN: 21363.0 W7RN NV 1615Z DM09
> DX de W6SR: 21436.2 W6SR USB 1617Z
> DX de W7RN: 21360.6 W7RN NV 1622Z DM09
> DX de N0UR: 7263.1 N0UR LSB 1633Z EN03
> DX de W0UC: 14338.1 W0UC 1640Z EN35
> DX de N3OC: 28433.0 N3OC 1700Z FM19
> DX de W7RN: 28417.0 W7RN NV 1703Z DM09
> DX de AB2ZY: 21320.0 AB2ZY NNY 1708Z
> DX de K6OK: 28470.0 K6OK 1711Z
> DX de N3OC: 14284.0 N3OC 1713Z FM19
> DX de K0HB: 21311.0 K0HB 1737Z EN34
> DX de N9TTK: 21318.5 N9TTK IN 1740Z
> DX de W6SR: 21436.2 W6SR USB 1802Z
> DX de N0EG: 7232.0 N0EG OK where are you!!?!?
> 1803Z EM28
> DX de K6OK: 21373.0 K6OK 1805Z
> DX de N3OC: 7208.0 N3OC 1815Z FM19
> DX de N3OC: 21319.0 N3OC 1824Z FM19
> DX de K1KD: 14322.8 K1KD MN 1833Z EN34
> DX de W6SX: 21388.8 W6SX SJV 1843Z
> DX de K6OK: 28458.0 K6OK 1846Z
> DX de K0AD: 21261.6 K0AD USB 1852Z
> DX de K0AD: 14169.1 K0AD USB 1903Z
> DX de K6OK: 21392.6 K6OK 1915Z
> DX de K1KD: 21434.4 K1KD MN 1915Z EN34
> DX de N9TTK: 14295.5 N9TTK IN looking for ONN
> 1918Z
> DX de W6SR: 28424.4 W6SR USB 1919Z
> DX de K0TG: 21282.9 K0TG 1931Z
> DX de KI6RRN: 14281.6 KI6RRN ORG 1932Z
> DX de K6OK: 14317.4 K6OK 1932Z
> DX de W7RN: 28416.7 W7RN NV 1938Z DM09
> DX de K0AD: 21270.5 K0AD USB 1941Z
> DX de W0UC: 28402.6 W0UC 1942Z EN35
> DX de K1KD: 21232.4 K1KD MN 1947Z EN34
> DX de KI6RRN: 28500.0 KI6RRN ORG 1950Z
> DX de K0AD: 14174.1 K0AD USB 1950Z
> DX de N9TTK: 14295.5 N9TTK IN, need ONN 1951Z
> DX de W6SR: 14249.4 W6SR USB 1954Z
> DX de W0UC: 21438.9 W0UC 1955Z EN35
> DX de K0TG: 21283.3 K0TG 2009Z
> DX de W6SR: 21338.0 W6SR USB 2038Z
> DX de K0TG: 14234.5 K0TG 2042Z
> DX de K0TG: 14157.3 K0TG 2044Z
> DX de W6SR: 14283.7 W6SR USB 2045Z
> DX de K0AD: 14281.7 K0AD USB 2051Z
> DX de AB2ZY: 14181.0 AB2ZY NNY 2053Z
> DX de K1KD: 14344.2 K1KD MN 2108Z EN34
> DX de K0AD: 21369.2 K0AD USB 2115Z
> DX de W6SR: 14175.0 W6SR USB 2117Z
> DX de K0TG: 14289.9 K0TG 2120Z
> DX de K0TG: 21291.0 K0TG 2136Z
> DX de K0TG: 21294.0 K0TG 2143Z
> DX de N9TTK: 7255.0 N9TTK in 2146Z
> DX de W4SDX: 28405.0 W4SDX USB 2200Z
> DX de W4SDX: 28405.0 W4SDX SWEEPSTAKES USB 2201Z
> DX de W6SR: 14340.6 W6SR USB 2208Z
> DX de K1KD: 7253.7 K1KD MN 2210Z EN34
> DX de KD9V: 7272.0 KD9V LSB 2234Z
> DX de W6SR: 7182.6 W6SR LSB 2239Z
> DX de N9TTK: 7272.0 N9TTK IN 2250Z
> DX de AB2ZY: 3777.5 AB2ZY NNY 2329Z
> DX de K0AD: 7150.9 K0AD LSB 2336Z
> DX de W6SR: 14183.2 W6SR USB 2341Z
> DX de N9TTK: 7272.0 N9TTK IN, need ONN 2349Z
> DX de W0UC: 3783.3 W0UC 2352Z EN35
> DX de NE9U: 14237.0 NE9U 2353Z EN24
> DX de K1KD: 7292.5 K1KD MN 0000Z EN34
> DX de KE0L: 7197.6 KE0L LSB 0003Z
> DX de AB2ZY: 7215.0 AB2ZY NNY 0007Z
> DX de K4PQC: 3532.9 K4PQC CW 0030Z
> DX de W6SR: 7291.4 W6SR LSB 0037Z
> DX de K1KD: 14311.4 K1KD MN 0048Z EN34
> DX de K1KD: 3765.9 K1KD MN 0106Z EN34
> DX de W6SR: 7280.9 W6SR LSB 0126Z
> DX de AL2F: 7267.5 AL2F AK 0126Z BO49
> DX de W6SR: 7281.8 W6SR LSB 0136Z
> DX de W0UC: 3669.1 W0UC 0153Z EN35
> DX de W6SR: 14246.8 W6SR USB 0154Z
> DX de W4SDX: 3743.0 W4SDX SWEEPSTAKES LSB 0155Z
> DX de W6SR: 3638.5 W6SR LSB 0158Z
> DX de NE9U: 3705.0 NE9U 0214Z EN24
> DX de W6SR: 7157.8 W6SR LSB 0221Z
> DX de KD9V: 7250.0 KD9V LSB IN 0227Z
> DX de KE0L: 3742.1 KE0L LSB 0231Z
> DX de W6SX: 3740.4 W6SX SJV 0235Z
> DX de W6SR: 7153.5 W6SR LSB 0247Z
> DX de N9TTK: 7250.5 N9TTK IN, NEED ONN 0248Z
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