Topband: Is self-spotting ALWAYS wrong?

[Tim Duffy]

Hello Mike,

Just a comment - the Reverse Beacon Network reported many W0BTU spots this
morning from the Skimmer receivers. Anyone watching the RBN knew you were
calling CQ. 

I also heard you FB this AM while turning the "big knob" here!

73,
Tim K3LR

-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike
Waters
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 7:31 AM
To: topband
Subject: Topband: Is self-spotting ALWAYS wrong?

Pardon my ignorance, but if there is little or no activity on 160, what
harm does spotting one's own "CQ DX" do? I know it's frowned upon, but I
have never understood why.

I called CQ DX for awhile this morning before dawn, and no one answered. I
know that propagation was decent, because I worked a VK2, K1N, and heard
other DX. Perhaps if I would have spotted myself on the DX cluster, then
some DX station would have taken notice and answered me.

Not everyone tunes the bands looking for CQs all the time (like I did this
AM after K1N's sunrise). But lots of people monitor the cluster.

Just who would I have harmed (any why) if I would have self-spotted myself?

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
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