[RTTY] Gripe of the Day

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Sorry. Thats not self spotting. Self spotting is connecting to the cluster
and spotting yourself. They try to disguise it now by connecting under a
different callsign and using that callsign to spot, but post contest work,
based on ip addresses, etc, usually point out those offenders as well.
On 1/28/2007 12:37:38 PM, Fred Dennin (fdennin at numail.org) wrote:
> No "self spotting" is one central premise in virtually every major contest
>
> and should be understood that it is unacceptable.  However, it seems that
>
> lack of specificity in the rules is sometimes interpreted to mean that if
>
> it's not spelled out in the rule, then it's fair game.  Based on my quick
>
> review of the BARTG rules for this year, it does not expressly prohibit
> self
> spotting.
>
> Other committments kept me from playing in this one but for what
> it's worth,
> he/she should just submit a check log.
>
> 73'......Fred
> WW4LL
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Mintz" <Rmintz at Rochester.rr.com>
> To: "RTTY Mailing List" <RTTY at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 9:14 AM
> Subject: [RTTY] Gripe of the Day
>
>
> > Hi Gang,
> >
> > I noticed a station in BARTG RTTY Sprint asking other stations to spot
> > him/her on the PacketCluster.
> >
> > I think that this is outside the bounds of "proper" operating. Am I off
>
> > base here? Should we really be doing this?
> >
> > The station in question will remain forever nameless. At least he/she is
> a
> > good operator