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

[Barry Jacobson]

What do S&P spots do when you are jumping around band?

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Barry Jacobson
WA2VIU
bdj at alum.mit.edu
@bdj_phd

On Tue, Feb 28, 2023, 5:38 PM David Hachadorian <k6ll.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
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