[CQ-Contest] ARRL DX SSB Contest - Self-spotting is allowed in ALL entry categories, including UNASSISTED

[David Hachadorian]

Recent changes to ARRL Contest rules allow self-spotting in all 
categories, including Unassisted Categories. 
https://groups.arrl.org/g/ARRL-Contesting/message/1499

Only Assisted Classes may USE spotting info to find QSO's, but ANYBODY 
can GENERATE spots, including self-spots.

It seems logical to me that everyone should spot themselves regularly, 
like maybe every 10 minutes or so.  Maybe rare DX stations would not 
want to spot themselves and get inundated with callers, but almost 
anybody else should welcome the increased rate.

It would also be great if everyone spotted every S&P QSO they made.  SSB 
could then approach equality with CW and RTTY, where automatic Skimmers 
generate tons of spots all weekend long. Some logging programs already 
have the capability to automatically generate self spots and Search & 
Pounce spots.

Assisted ops will have to focus on filtering which spots they want to 
see, but the good ops know how to do this already.  For example, US/VE 
ops will not want to see US/VE spots, and DX ops will not want to see 
non-US/VE spots.

The more spots, the better.  It should be a lot of fun!

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ