[CQ-Contest] Self spotting

[David Gilbert]

See what I mean?

Dave  AB7E


On 3/10/2024 2:30 PM, Matt Wilhelm (W1PY) wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> With the allowance of self-spots, what is the reason as to why it matters
> what call you use to spot oneself? They are not operating with that call
> sign on the air and what they did was not nefarious (according to the
> rules) nor did they do anything other than to spot themselves.  I would
> argue that it was an incredibly clever way to get around the filters that
> other folks configured with geographic restrictions, which they likely
> configured prior to this contest and without thinking they would miss
> self-spots.  I mean the stations clicked on those spots and used them,
> right? How is that dishonest? I'm sure folks are rethinking how they have
> manual spots filtered moving forward in ARRL contests.
>
> I guess I'm just not understanding what you are trying to protect by saying
> that ops have to self-spot using the call sign they are operating with on
> an unauthenticated system?  I didn't use this method, but I'm having
> trouble understanding your argument.  I hope that doesn't make folks think
> I'm dishonest!
>
> 73,
>
> Matt W1PY
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 3:50 PM Chris Tate - N6WM<chris.tate at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I have thought about the use of call sign prefixes from other countries to
>> defeat others filters while self spotting and feel this is a dishonest
>> loophole that should be closed.  Crafty?  No I don’t think so, and opens up
>> an entire Pandora’s box of what can be manipulated in the cluster
>> networks.  And it’s essentially a false statement and should result in a
>> DQ. This self spotting experiment will get out of hand very quick if this
>> is allowed to continue.  A simple rule addition stating that you must use
>> Your operating call to self spot (without false prefix) will solve this
>> micro issue, but there are other nefarious things possible with this self
>> spotting rule and the existing cluster network.  honestly am a little
>> disappointed with the usually highly respected contesters that chose to
>> exploit this loophole to the detriment of their competitors.
>>
>> Chris
>> N6WM
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