Topband: Self Spotting and Icebergs

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Bob wrote:
> Self spotting is an interesting topic, but maybe the tip of 
 > an iceberg. I do receive a number of QSL's from both listeners
 > and from 160M operators for QSO's I simply have not had, not
 > called or heard.

Interesting. Possibly it's not always a case of those stations 
trying to falsely claim a QSO? I had a distressing thing happen last 
season...

I was in a pile calling A45XR, not altogether successfully. At one 
point he had got part of my call but we couldn't quite make a QSO of 
it. Then some "helpful" person, pobably in EU, called and worked him 
using my callsign!? I found an email address for A45XR and sent him 
a note explaining that it was not me. I hope this was just an 
isolated incident, but it does make one wonder. I heard both sides 
of the exchange and it clearly was no mistake or accident!

73,
Paul