[CQ-Contest] SS - No more self-spotting needed, let's bait and switch

[Jack Brindle]

This also might be something far less sinister. 
Most loggers allow you to auto-spot stations you have worked while S&P. If you switch over to running, but haven’t told the logger, this will continue, spotting stations on your run frequency. I will admit to being guilty of this from time to time. When I see a station I just worked show up on my run frequency I will quickly switch the logger over to run mode to limit the number of bogus spots.

It isn’t always that someone is trying to game the system or do something they shouldn’t.

For the record, it wasn’t me. My one and only QC was worked while S&P this weekend.

73,
Jack, W6FB


> On Nov 20, 2023, at 11:21 PM, David Gilbert <ab7echo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I've never understood why callsigns aren't provided in posts like this.  If you're certain of what you said, it can be verified by matching the spot with the culprit's log ... assuming that the ploy was successful in garnering him some contacts.  If you're not certain, your post is out of place.
> 
> Self-policing isn't self-policing if everything is kept anonymous.
> 
> Dave   AB7E
> 
> 
> On 11/20/2023 11:50 AM, Bill N6MW wrote:
>> Near the end of phone SS, QC was need for the sweep. An N*** spotted a bogus VE2 on his run frequency. A bit later he did again on a different frequency.  So this brilliantly solves the moral dilemma of self-spotting. QC never found.
>> 
>> N6MW
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