[RTTY] [Bulk] Re: Self spotting outside of a contest?

[Vladimir Sidarau]

Isaac,

A RTTY contest may have some 2-3000 participants. What if they all decide to 
spot themselves alltogether? Or what if each of them spots himself every 5 
minutes? How the cluster will look like? Will it be informative at all? 
Technically speaking, can normal cluster channel process 2-3-4000 spots at 
once?

A normal cluster spot informs subscribers that the station X has heard the 
station B. This information serves 2 purposes, it shows that there is the 
station X active in the contest (it may be a valuable mult), and that there 
is actually a propagation between locations of ststions A abd B. What 
purpose serves a self-spot? Do I need a self-spot of a ZL station CQing on 
10 m band in the middle of my night when there is not a sign of propagation? 
In contrary if another VE3 sports the ZL, I may drop my run on other band 
and jump on 10 m, but I will only do that if there is a proof of the unique 
opening, read, a real spot.

OK, this list has always been educational in various aspects. Today I have 
learned that apparently self-spotting can be considered progressive...

73,
Vladimir VE3IAE

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "4Z4TL_IARC_300" <4z4tl at iarc.org>
To: "jim" <wb5aaa at windstream.net>
Cc: <RTTY at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 12:59 PM
Subject: [Bulk] Re: [RTTY] Self spotting outside of a contest?


> What is a "CQ" if not a "self spot on the air" ?.....
> IMHO there is nothing wrong with self spotting on the cluster.
> It's just that some people will never admit they're wrong in understanding
> progress....
> 73
> Isaac, 4Z1TL (ex-4z4tl)
>
>> Not very many  takers .... call CQ for  hour with no Q's   then make a
>> post
>> And here comes 2 or 3 .....
>>
>
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