[RTTY] DX Spotting during WPX

[Larry L Lindblom]

It is a no brainer to change a few things and log into a cluster with a
different call.  Then all those self spots are not from you;-)  One
station was consistently calling CQ on the frequency spotted for "rare"
stations.  Maybe he like I decided  why not CQ here when he went to a
spot and no one was there. If so he did it every time he found a spot
with no one of the frequency, where as I did it a total of 3 times.   

I still remember one big time DXer  (CW & SSB) who when the pile up was
too big, would falsely spot another equally rate DX station on a
different band.  He did this in the hope of getting some of the pile up
to QSY and give him a better chance to work the DX.  

73 Larry W0ETC/WI0WA

 
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 14:15:14 -0600 "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au at bellsouth.net>
writes:
> Yes, Jim, this is poor practice.  And if would dare speculate, I 
> would go as
> far as saying that these spots were probably generated by a station 
> actually in
> the contest but using a different callsign than EA9LS.
> 
> IMO, this is the same as "self spotting".  And should not be 
> confused with a
> strategy where someone spots a rare station, you go there and there 
> is no one
> on that frequency, so you go ahead and CQ.  I did not use this trick 
> in WPX,
> but it seems perfectly within the rules and the intent of the 
> contest.
> 
> I did notice a particular station in W7 land that was spotting 
> stations on his
> run frequency.  This doesn't bother me if a station sends out, say 
> one spot, just
> to let people know there is a rare station floating around S&P on 
> that band that
> you my want to fish for.  However, when several spots come out for 
> the same
> frequency from the station running on that frequency, it's the same 
> as self spotting.
> 
> Good point to bring up.
> 
> >From what I can tell, I had more multipliers than any other single 
> op in WPX,
> so I was jumping on every single multiplier spotted on the cluster 
> after the first
> 24 hours.  It doesn't do much good chasing multipliers via packet 
> spots on the
> first day (unless it's a very rare one you don't think will be there 
> on Sunday)
> because you will get at least 1 new multiplier in every 3 QSO's just 
> by running CQ.
> 
> 73, Don AA5AU
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Martin" <MM0BQI at thersgb.net>
> To: "rtty" <rtty at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 3:40 AM
> Subject: [RTTY] DX Spotting during WPX
> 
> 
> > I noticed during the contest the number of spots put on the 
> cluster by a
> > station using the callsign 'EA9LS'
> > They all seem to refer to DX stations working another EA9 who was 
> running on
> > that frequency.
> > Seems to me that this type of 'well intentioned' help for a friend 
> could get
> > that friend in hot water with the contest organisers.  I certainly 
> support
> > local stations by spotting them during contests but this seems a 
> bit over
> > the top.  I have copied a few lines from DX-Summit below
> > 
> > EA9LS     28109.5 WW7OR      ea9                          1615 09 
> Feb 2003
> > EA9LS     28109.5 W6NL          wrk ea9                   1643 09 
> Feb 2003
> > EA9LS     28113.0 W1ZT          wrk ea9                    1647 09 
> Feb 2003
> > EA9LS     28113.0 8P2K           wrk ea9                    1653 
> 09 Feb 2003
> > EA9LS     28113.0 XE2XX                                        
> 1658 09 Feb
> > 2003
> > EA9LS     28113.0 VE9FX                                         
> 1701 09 Feb
> > 2003
> > 
> > 73
> > Jim  MM0BQI
> > 
> > 
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